New Vacancies At Kilombero Sugar Company Limited, August 2025

1. JOB TITLE: Maintenance Foreman – Mechanical (1) Position

Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible for Supervising maintenance employees in respective discipline to achieve maximum plant availability and equipment capacity (Maintenance Excellence). Hold teams accountable to the highest standards of maintenance, ensuring compliance to minimum operating standards.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, monthly, and off-crop shutdown targets ensuring that tasks are prioritized and planned in a logical, systematic and cost-effective way to optimize profitability.
• Ensure implementation of preventative / reactive maintenance initiatives and plans to reduce costs and downtime.
• Manage iAMP policy adherence to practices amongst maintenance teams.
• Manage work quality to reduce rework and increase plant reliability.
• Ensure equipment maintenance and reliability for respective area and ensure maintenance plans are aligned to achieve this.
• Identify areas where equipment performance and quality management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements.
• Ensure technical and maintenance reporting (Via SAP S4/HANA) is compliant with company policy and procedures.
• Monitor performance and take corrective action where required.
• Ensure equipment maintenance and reliability for respective area and ensure maintenance plans are aligned to achieve this.
• Identify areas where equipment performance and quality management can be improved and manage the implementation of systems and processes to make improvements.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or Diploma in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized Institution.
• 3+ years post experience in a heavy industry environment with at least 2 years in the sugar industry will be an added advantage.
• Computer literacy.
• Good communication skills in Swahili and English.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Ability to plan, organize, lead and control.
• Creative, innovative and team working skills.

Terms of service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 16th August 2025.

Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply

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2. JOB TITLE: Production Foreman – Steam & Power Generation (2) Positions

Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible for planning and supervising production activities to ensure quality and activity targets are achieved.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of each employee on assigned shift, organize schedules, and assign work activity to achieve team and company objectives safely in the Boilers, powerhouse, water treatment and air compressors.
• Together with the teams, achieve shift, daily, weekly, monthly performance targets for respective area by ensuring that tasks are prioritised and planned in a logical, systematic and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
• Together with Production team leads, develop budget for power plant section with factory Manager, finance business partner and manage costs effectively.
• Monitor performance and support and advise teams in solving problems and/or taking corrective action in the power plant section which include boilers, powerhouse, water treatment and air compressors.
• Monitor standards for setting, operating and maintaining equipment and ensure instructions are adhered to. Make sure logbooks and log sheets are filled hourly and interpreted to achieve desired parameters.
• Provide technical and process guidance to steam and power generation teams.
• Ensure continuous improvement for steam and power generation by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Inspect critical equipment and ensure adherence to minimum standards.
• Supervise factory maintenance needs.
• Work with optimization and maintenance teams to solve problems and promote cross functional engagement & teamwork.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero Sugar Co Ltd procedures, policies and guidelines, including without limitation, those relating to Safety, Health, Environment, Risk and Quality (SHERQ).

Job Requirements:

• Degree or Diploma Mechanical engineering from a recognized Institution.
• 3+ years post experience in a heavy industry environment with at least 2 years in the sugar industry.
• Computer literacy.
• Good communication skills in English.

Terms of Service:The successful candidate will be engaged on permanent terms.
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 16th August 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

CLICK HERE TO APPLY