Job Purpose:

To manage maintenance and repairs service, grounds maintenance, annual service programmes and delivering all services within budget efficiently and effectively. To establish and maintain appropriate policies and procedures, ensure compliance with statutory and regulatory requirements and be in accordance with the university policies and procedures.

Main Duties and Responsibilities:

• Ensure that the University’s response maintenance service is delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner in accordance with the standards of the university;
• Carry out both pre and post inspections of maintenance & repair works;
• Carry out inspections of all new property acquisitions, compiles reports, issues work orders and organises all such works as necessary to bring the property up to lettable standards;
• Monitor all work orders issued, ensuring compliance with completion times, standards of workmanship and satisfaction;
• Liaises with consultants, contractors, property staff and others as required to ensure adequate monitoring of service delivery;
• Provide grounds maintenance service throughout the Associations estates;
• Monitor standards and performance of the University’s grounds maintenance programmes;
• Prepares a property database listing for all of the university landscaping areas; and
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications and Experience:

• Grade 12 Certificate with a minimum of 5 ‘0’ levels with Credit or better in English and Mathematics;
• Diploma in Civil/Mechanical / or Structuring Engineering, Building Construction and any technical related field;
• Minimum of five (05) years of related working experience and some supervisory experience; or equivalent training and experience in Civil Engineering works in the engineering department of any reputable organization(s); and
• Must be a member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)

Required Competencies and Behavioral Attributes:

• Must have good knowledge of oral and written English;
• Ability to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to more complex tasks in the construction of infrastructure;
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations;
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such engineering tasks as structure, stress, load weights and other engineering factors; and
• Must be responsible, mature, reliable and have a high level of confidentiality.

Reporting Relationships:

• Immediate Supervisor: Maintenance Officer
• Salary Scale: PSS 05

Interested applicants meeting the above specifications should submit a detailed Curriculum Vitae, National Registration Card, Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA) validated and certified copies of Academic and Professional Certificates, Proof of Valid Professional Membership and three (3) names of referees, two (2) of whom must be Professionally acquainted with the applicant.

The applications in hard copies should be submitted to the undersigned not later than Wednesday 17th December 2025. Soft copies MUST be submitted as a single file to jobs@cbu.ac.zm. Clearly state the job title being applied for in the application letter or subject line for email applications. Applicants are also advised to apply for only one position that best matches their skills and experience. Female applicants are encouraged to apply.

The Registrar
The Copperbelt University
Plot 4692, Jambo Drive, Riverside
P O Box 21692
KITWE

**Please note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted**

Kitwe, Zambia

• Ensure that the University’s response maintenance service is delivered in an efficient and cost-effective manner in accordance with the standards of the university;
• Carry out both pre and post inspections of maintenance & repair works;
• Carry out inspections of all new property acquisitions, compiles reports, issues work orders and organises all such works as necessary to bring the property up to lettable standards;
• Monitor all work orders issued, ensuring compliance with completion times, standards of workmanship and satisfaction;
• Liaises with consultants, contractors, property staff and others as required to ensure adequate monitoring of service delivery;
• Provide grounds maintenance service throughout the Associations estates;
• Monitor standards and performance of the University’s grounds maintenance programmes;
• Prepares a property database listing for all of the university landscaping areas; and
• Performs any other duties as may be assigned by the Supervisor.

• Good knowledge of oral and written English
• Ability to define problems, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions to more complex tasks in the construction of infrastructure
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables
• Ability to apply advanced mathematical concepts such as exponents, logarithms, quadratic equations, and permutations
• Ability to apply mathematical operations to such engineering tasks as structure, stress, load weights and other engineering factors
• Responsible, mature, reliable and have a high level of confidentiality

• Grade 12 Certificate with a minimum of 5 ‘0’ levels with Credit or better in English and Mathematics
• Diploma in Civil/Mechanical / or Structuring Engineering, Building Construction and any technical related field
• Minimum of five (05) years of related working experience and some supervisory experience; or equivalent training and experience in Civil Engineering works in the engineering department of any reputable organization(s)
• Must be a member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ)