Process Technologist (K4) Job Vacancy at Kilombero Sugar Company Limited

To Provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in production, to ensure the production of highest quality products, to support implementation of the “Kilombero Way of Production” to ensure Kilombero is the best-in-class sugar producer as well as to support teams in achieving maximum production capacity through preventative and reactive operational maintenance.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Identify and resolve deficiencies across shifts and support the implementation of systems and processes to influence achievement of daily production targets.
• Provide Production Team Leads and Production Foremen with sugar production guidance and support, including conducting RCAs, making operational trade-off decisions and preempting production problems.
• Identify production knowledge and skill gaps and coach and mentor to improve individual and shift capability.
• Collaborate with relevant Maintenance and Optimisation teams on cross-shift issues to solve production problems and promote cross functional engagement & teamwork.

• Plan and supervise the daily work and performance of the operational maintenance team, assigning work activity to achieve team and company objectives safely.
• Develop operational maintenance budget with Production Team Leads, Operational Maintenance Foreman and finance business partner and manage costs effectively.
• Monitor performance and support and advise team in solving problems and/or taking corrective action.
• Monitor standards for cleaning and maintaining equipment and ensure instructions are followed
• Ensure Equipment, BOM information and WOs are captured accurately within SAP

• Contribute to an enabling environment, making it possible for each member of the Production teams to develop to their full potential.
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections
• Provide input into best practices, frameworks and minimum standards through Head Office platform, and provide additional opportunities for problem identification and knowledge sharing
• Identify and monitor KPIs to track performance and flag any issues.

Job Qualification and Experience

• Engineering degree in Chemical, Process or equivalent.
• A minimum of 5 years of working experience in the Sugar Factory, with a successful track record in handling issues related to sugar production, associated process controls, refinery. and packing operations and laboratory analyses associated with the processes.
• Strong data interpretation and decision-making skills.
• Demonstrated competence in organizing work and influencing outcomes.
• Strong coaching and development track record.
• Institutional knowledge of the plant.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, should apply for the position on or before 20th March 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.