Background

Dalilang Foods & Beverages is a Ugandan FMCG manufacturer producing packaged snacks, including potato crisps, gonja chips, coated peanuts and peanut butter, alongside spring water, fruit nectars and energy drinks.

Job Description

Monitor in line automatic checkweighers to verify weight accuracy across snack packaging lines. Promptly separate and remove rejected underweight and overweight snack bags to prevent non compliant product from advancing. Maintain packaging quality, operational standards, and traceability through continuous monitoring and diligent record keeping.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Operate in line checkweighers in accordance with approved start up, running, changeover, shutdown, and cleaning procedures.
• Monitor weight parameters continuously to ensure snack packages remain within specified target tolerances.
• Remove rejected under and overweight packages immediately to prevent further downstream processing or packing.
• Verify reject mechanisms periodically to confirm that defective packs are accurately identified and sorted.
• Perform routine visual, weight, seal, and cleanliness inspections at the assigned packaging station.
• Make minor equipment adjustments strictly within authorized limits and escalate technical faults to maintenance technicians.
• Keep complete, legible, and accurate weight logs and shift reports at the time checks are completed.
• Execute product changeover, allergen control, and sanitation tasks to keep the work area clean and organized.
• Follow all established food safety, hygiene, PPE, and occupational safety rules during daily shifts.

Skills

• Weight parameter monitoring and reject mechanism verification
• Visual defect recognition and product sorting
• Basic machine operation, changeover, and authorized adjustment procedures
• Accurate weight logging and basic digital or HMI interface operation
• Food safety, personal hygiene, and workstation housekeeping compliance

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

• Ordinary Diploma or National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Food Processing, Production Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Agricultural Engineering, Applied Sciences, or Printing Technology
• National Certificate, Craft Certificate, or Technical Trade Certificate in a related technical area
• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE / S.6) Certificate or Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE / S.4) with demonstrated literacy, numeracy, and mechanical aptitude
• Relevant TVET training or recognized equipment specific operational training

Experience

• No prior work experience required.
• Includes 1 week on site calibration training.

• Operate in line checkweighers in accordance with approved start up, running, changeover, shutdown, and cleaning procedures.
• Monitor weight parameters continuously to ensure snack packages remain within specified target tolerances.
• Remove rejected under and overweight packages immediately to prevent further downstream processing or packing.
• Verify reject mechanisms periodically to confirm that defective packs are accurately identified and sorted.
• Perform routine visual, weight, seal, and cleanliness inspections at the assigned packaging station.
• Make minor equipment adjustments strictly within authorized limits and escalate technical faults to maintenance technicians.
• Keep complete, legible, and accurate weight logs and shift reports at the time checks are completed.
• Execute product changeover, allergen control, and sanitation tasks to keep the work area clean and organized.
• Follow all established food safety, hygiene, PPE, and occupational safety rules during daily shifts.

• Weight parameter monitoring and reject mechanism verification
• Visual defect recognition and product sorting
• Basic machine operation, changeover, and authorized adjustment procedures
• Accurate weight logging and basic digital or HMI interface operation
• Food safety, personal hygiene, and workstation housekeeping compliance

• Ordinary Diploma or National Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Food Processing, Production Technology, Industrial Maintenance, Agricultural Engineering, Applied Sciences, or Printing Technology
• National Certificate, Craft Certificate, or Technical Trade Certificate in a related technical area
• Uganda Advanced Certificate of Education (UACE / S.6) Certificate or Uganda Certificate of Education (UCE / S.4) with demonstrated literacy, numeracy, and mechanical aptitude
• Relevant TVET training or recognized equipment specific operational training