Background

Zambia Sugar Plc is an ABF Group sugar company and is the leading sugar producer in Zambia. Its main activities are the growing of sugar cane, the production and marketing of sugar and other sugar downstream products.

Zambia Sugar carries out Off-Crop maintenance works in the Factory for a duration of up to four (4) months and invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill Off-Crop positions in the Manufacturing Department.

Overall Responsibility

This position reports to the Lead Artisan – Machine Workshop. The successful candidates will be responsible for implementing preventative, reactive and predictive maintenance initiatives and plans to reduce costs and downtime.

Key Performance Areas

• Ensure compliance to minimum operating standards.
• Implement the “ABF Way of Maintenance” (iAMP) on all mechanical equipment maintenance to ensure ABF is the world class sugar producer.
• Promote cross-discipline functional and stakeholder engagement as well as teamwork.
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks and drive continuous improvement throughout operations by using best practices.
• Execute stop day or opportunity stops/shut down activities timeously.
• Carry out machine maintenance to achieve maximum plant availability and equipment capacity as per OEMs and ABF procedures.
• Read engineering drawings and manufacture parts or spares as per drawing.
• Perform machining operations on the lathe machine.
• Machine keys and keyways on shaping and milling machines as required.
• Use drilling machine to drill specific machine parts and other required size holes.
• Perform machining operations on the boring machine.
• Carry out operations on the press and the reciprocating power saw machines.
• Work all jobs to the specified tolerances for perfect fitting.
• Perform standby duties when called upon by the Supervisor.
• Ensure the Job Plan / Checklist on the WO is diligently followed as per the work-order tasks.
• Contribute to the RCA process in your section, possessing a positive mindset and elimination of failure.
• Monitor own section KPIs, understand your contribution to them, contribute to solutions to resolve out-of-spec KPIs and maintain actions to sustain KPIs being within spec.
• Execute work for stop day, shut-down and off-crop maintenance activities on plant equipment and carry out the machining timeously without delay to production.
• Promote and adhere to ABF’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Qualifications and Experience

• Grade 12 Certificate.
• Craft Certificate in Machining.
• 2+ years post experience in a robust plant environment.
• Training or knowledge in CNC machines will be an added advantage.
• 2+ years’ experience in the sugar industry is an added advantage.

• Ensure compliance to minimum operating standards.
• Implement the “ABF Way of Maintenance” (iAMP) on all mechanical equipment maintenance to ensure ABF is the world class sugar producer.
• Promote cross-discipline functional and stakeholder engagement as well as teamwork.
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks and drive continuous improvement throughout operations by using best practices.
• Execute stop day or opportunity stops/shut down activities timeously.
• Carry out machine maintenance to achieve maximum plant availability and equipment capacity as per OEMs and ABF procedures.
• Read engineering drawings and manufacture parts or spares as per drawing.
• Perform machining operations on the lathe machine.
• Machine keys and keyways on shaping and milling machines as required.
• Use drilling machine to drill specific machine parts and other required size holes.
• Perform machining operations on the boring machine.
• Carry out operations on the press and the reciprocating power saw machines.
• Work all jobs to the specified tolerances for perfect fitting.
• Perform standby duties when called upon by the Supervisor.
• Ensure the Job Plan / Checklist on the WO is diligently followed as per the work-order tasks.
• Contribute to the RCA process in your section, possessing a positive mindset and elimination of failure.
• Monitor own section KPIs, understand your contribution to them, contribute to solutions to resolve out-of-spec KPIs and maintain actions to sustain KPIs being within spec.
• Execute work for stop day, shut-down and off-crop maintenance activities on plant equipment and carry out the machining timeously without delay to production.
• Promote and adhere to ABF’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

• Machining operations on lathe, shaping, milling, drilling, and boring machines.
• Reading engineering drawings.
• Manufacturing parts and spares.
• Working to specified tolerances.
• Preventative, reactive, and predictive maintenance.
• Risk assessment and continuous improvement.
• Teamwork and stakeholder engagement.
• Adherence to safety, health, environment, quality, and risk (SHERQ) procedures.
• Knowledge of CNC machines (advantageous).

• Grade 12 Certificate.
• Craft Certificate in Machining.
• 2+ years post experience in a robust plant environment.
• Training or knowledge in CNC machines will be an added advantage.
• 2+ years’ experience in the sugar industry is an added advantage.