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Electrical Technician

Category

Engineering

Employment Type

Full-time

Location

Kampala, Uganda

Vacancies

Not specified

Closing Date

1/31/2026
Closed

Employer / Company

Movit Products Limited logo
Movit Products Limited

Description (Public)

The purpose of this role is to handle shift works, carry out preventive maintenance on all equipment and attend to machine breakdowns to maintain optimal availability and productivity.

Duties, Roles and Responsibilities

Functional Outputs/Activities per key performance area:

  • Carry out routine checks and inspections on all equipment and ensure timely return of checklists to the planner.
  • Raising notifications for all equipment related issues.
  • Carry out preventive maintenance on all equipment as per the schedule and in an appropriate manner.
  • Maintain optimal equipment availability through doing reliability centred maintenance activities planned from notifications to improve productivity.
  • Timely Response to abrupt machine breakdowns to ensure continued production.
  • Filling job cards for any machine breakdown that occurs.
  • Carry out root cause analysis (RCA) using 5 Why problem-solving tool for any breakdown above 30mins.
  • Manage daily shift costs by through focused improvement and innovations.
  • Liaise with the Electrical In charge and the Planner to ensure availability of Electrical spare parts.
  • Liaise with the planner, Electrical in charge and stores to receive Electrical spares parts.
  • Ensure timely communication of all equipment related issues to the Electrical Incharge and the production team.
  • Working closely with the different stakeholders to ensure their needs are met.
  • Complying to safety and Quality guidelines in day today activities.
  • Preparation of daily shift handover reports.
  • Ensure adherence to 5S and asset care/autonomous maintenance activities.
  • Train the technical process operators on asset care and equipment set up.
  • Carry out machine control system modifications, motor installation and troubleshooting.
  • Perform any other duties and responsibilities as maybe assigned from time to time by the direct supervisor.

Financial Management:

  • Monitor and control daily shift maintenance costs.

Risk Management

  • Identify the risks associated to the Electrical activities and communicating them to the electrical incharge.

Compliance

  • Ensure regulatory compliance in execution of activities within Uganda.
  • Adherence to all Movit Group and In Country Policies and Procedures.
  • Prepare and submit location daily report.

Qualifications, Education and Competencies

  • Hold minimum a Diploma in Electrical Engineering from a recognized institution.
  • Awareness in occupational health & safety.

Related Minimum Experience:

  • Minimum 3 years relevant experience in FMCG Industry preferably in a similar role.

Application status

This is an archived notice. Applications through this advert are closed.

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