Factory Services Engineer – Maintenance

Job description

Factory Services Engineer – Maintenance

Company: Zambia Sugar Plc
Department: Manufacturing
Location: Nakambala, Mazabuka, Zambia
Employment: Permanent, Full Time
Positions: 1

Zambia Sugar Plc invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates. Reporting to the Mechanical Engineering Manager, the successful candidate will own mechanical iAMP construction and factory fire-reticulation systems while embedding the ABF Way of Maintenance and world-class practices.

Key Performance Areas

• Ensure optimal performance of mechanical equipment across the sugar factory.

• Provide engineering input on vessels, piping, structures, fire-reticulation systems and equipment availability.

• Develop repair solutions and coordinate work on critical equipment and abnormal projects.

• Provide mechanical-engineering input into capital, abnormal and maintenance projects and manage allocated capital projects.

• Oversee off-crop mechanical works and stop-day maintenance planning and execution.

• Develop and manage season and off-crop mechanical budgets and resources.

• Address production losses and improve system and equipment reliability.

• Collaborate with the Reliability Engineer on design modifications and reliability strategies.

• Provide day-to-day technical expertise, leadership, specifications and plant-modification input.

• Drive continuous improvement and the adoption of group engineering best practices.

• Manage service-provider relationships, technical standards, statutory requirements, risk controls and OSH legal appointments.

• Monitor KPIs and comply with ABF procedures on SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Full Grade 12 Certificate.

• Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

• Preferably 3+ years’ broad experience with sugar-mill equipment.

• Preferably 2+ years’ experience with water-tube boilers and power generation.

• Preferably 2+ years’ maintenance-engineering experience.

• Continuous-improvement knowledge and experience.

• Strong knowledge of OSH statutory maintenance, inspections and legal appointments for sugar-milling equipment, including high-pressure steam systems, power generation and rotating equipment.

• Certificates must be verified by ZAQA.

How to Apply

Submit a detailed CV, copies of relevant qualifications and registrations, and ID or passport to careers@zamsugar.zm. Use the subject line: Application – Factory Services Engineer – Maintenance.

Internal employees must complete the Internal Application Form and obtain the required signatures. Pre-employment checks may apply.

Closing date: 4 September 2026.