Background

At Hima Cement, our Vision is "To be the preferred provider of cement and concrete based building solutions in East Africa with a strong focus on customer experience." Hima Cement works with all actors in the building and construction industry in Uganda – manufacturing and supplying a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects. Whether supplying high-quality cement to a craftsman or helping leading architects explore and deliver creative possibilities, Hima is committed to providing solutions that fit the needs of all its clients. In order to achieve the above objectives, Hima Cement seeks to recruit a motivated and competent Electrical Technician as indicated below;

Job Summary

Ensuring that electrical and instrumentation equipment in his/her allocated shop is efficiently well maintained at optimum cost and in compliance with the OHS and Environment regulations.

Roles and Responsibilities

Maintenance Operations

• Carryout robust trouble shooting of Electrical and instrumentation failures in the Plant, repair with high quality.
• Report anomalies observed on the equipment during maintenance or inspection. Contributes to the analysis of equipment electrical failures & problems, recommending best corrective actions.
• Performs trial of equipment after every maintenance activity.
• Ensure timely readiness to efficiently tackle emergencies or urgent breakdowns as programmed with supervisors.
• Execute weekly work orders according to preventive maintenance plans or scheduled corrective maintenance actions as assigned by supervisor.
• Participate in development of execution Job Plans for all maintenance activities He/She is involved in.
• Proposes & executes cost reduction initiatives and in extension of electrical life of the plant equipment.
• Cooperate with shift leaders in the execution of scheduled maintenance actions

Management – Planning & Cost control

Support the Electrical supervisor in the control of the maintenance budget, ensuring planning and followup on key tasks & costs through executing effective solutions to achieve budget and to meet or exceed targets for the assigned equipment.

Standards

Ensure compliance with regulations, company goals, Rules, local permits, policies and procedures; optimize the internal processes and structures.

OH&S and Environment

Ensure compliance with OH&S and environment policies and procedures to ensure zero harm

Educational Requirements

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering or equivalent education / experience
• 3-5 years’ experience dealing with production or maintenance.
• Experience in heavy industry experience preferred
• Experience applying FMEA techniques and knowledge of basic problem-solving tools

Other requirements:

• Knowledge of cement manufacturing process.
• Experience in pole climbing is an added advantage
• Strong knowledge of electrical equipment and instrumentation systems.
• Knowledge of control loops and PLC theory
• Strong troubleshooting, analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of material transport equipment
• Knowledge of operating principles of Cement Plant equipment; Crushers, Vertical roller mill, Ball mills, Rotary Kiln, Bag Filters, Conditioning towers & Packing machines, Stackers, Reclaimer

Skills requirement

• Analysis and problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure

• Carryout robust trouble shooting of Electrical and instrumentation failures in the Plant, repair with high quality.
• Report anomalies observed on the equipment during maintenance or inspection. Contributes to the analysis of equipment electrical failures & problems, recommending best corrective actions.
• Performs trial of equipment after every maintenance activity.
• Ensure timely readiness to efficiently tackle emergencies or urgent breakdowns as programmed with supervisors.
• Execute weekly work orders according to preventive maintenance plans or scheduled corrective maintenance actions as assigned by supervisor.
• Participate in development of execution Job Plans for all maintenance activities He/She is involved in.
• Proposes & executes cost reduction initiatives and in extension of electrical life of the plant equipment.
• Cooperate with shift leaders in the execution of scheduled maintenance actions
• Support the Electrical supervisor in the control of the maintenance budget, ensuring planning and followup on key tasks & costs through executing effective solutions to achieve budget and to meet or exceed targets for the assigned equipment.
• Ensure compliance with regulations, company goals, Rules, local permits, policies and procedures; optimize the internal processes and structures.
• Ensure compliance with OH&S and environment policies and procedures to ensure zero harm

• Analysis and problem solving skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to work under pressure

• Diploma in Electrical Engineering or equivalent education / experience
• 3-5 years’ experience dealing with production or maintenance.
• Experience in heavy industry experience preferred
• Experience applying FMEA techniques and knowledge of basic problem-solving tools
• Knowledge of cement manufacturing process.
• Experience in pole climbing is an added advantage
• Strong knowledge of electrical equipment and instrumentation systems.
• Knowledge of control loops and PLC theory
• Strong troubleshooting, analysis and problem-solving skills.
• Knowledge of material transport equipment
• Knowledge of operating principles of Cement Plant equipment; Crushers, Vertical roller mill, Ball mills, Rotary Kiln, Bag Filters, Conditioning towers & Packing machines, Stackers, Reclaimer