Bidco Uganda is seeking to hire five (5) Trainee Production Assistants to join their team. This is a full-time position based in Jinja.

Key Responsibility Areas:

• Set up and operate a production plant in accordance with established standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Responsible for inspecting parts to specifications and carrying out adjustments and tool changes as necessary to maintain quality specifications of products.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and timely solve plant and process problems to minimize down time, eliminate wastage and improve plant efficiency.
• Ensure equipment works to its specifications and appropriate capacities to achieve equipment efficiency, quality products and production targets to fulfill Sales requirements.
• Collect and analyze process data to make improvements to the production process.
• Ensure process and property safety, by ensuring all work is done in a safe environment after carrying out JESA and attaining permit to work.
• Carrying out safety audits and timely elimination of hazards to avoid occurrence of accidents.
• Ensuring and maintaining management standards that includes Food safety standards, process safety, GMP standards, Quality management systems and EMS standards, reading and adhering to all SOPs and process flow diagrams.
• Ensuring effective communication and providing timely feedback to the management for decision making.
• Prepare and submit plant performance reports by recording and maintaining production records and log sheets.
• Perform Autonomous maintenance in the plant.

Qualifications / Experience Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or higher national diploma in mechanical, industrial chemistry, food science & technology, chemical engineering, or any other related engineering profession.

• Set up and operate a production plant in accordance with established standard operating procedures and guidelines.
• Responsible for inspecting parts to specifications and carrying out adjustments and tool changes as necessary to maintain quality specifications of products.
• Investigate, troubleshoot and timely solve plant and process problems to minimize down time, eliminate wastage and improve plant efficiency.
• Ensure equipment works to its specifications and appropriate capacities to achieve equipment efficiency, quality products and production targets to fulfill Sales requirements.
• Collect and analyze process data to make improvements to the production process.
• Ensure process and property safety, by ensuring all work is done in a safe environment after carrying out JESA and attaining permit to work.
• Carrying out safety audits and timely elimination of hazards to avoid occurrence of accidents.
• Ensuring and maintaining management standards that includes Food safety standards, process safety, GMP standards, Quality management systems and EMS standards, reading and adhering to all SOPs and process flow diagrams.
• Ensuring effective communication and providing timely feedback to the management for decision making.
• Prepare and submit plant performance reports by recording and maintaining production records and log sheets.
• Perform Autonomous maintenance in the plant.

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or higher national diploma in mechanical, industrial chemistry, food science & technology, chemical engineering, or any other related engineering profession.