Civil Engineer
2025-10-20T18:51:52+00:00
Yalelo
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FULL_TIME
Butembe-Buikwe
Jinja
00256
Uganda
Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources
Science & Engineering
2025-10-24T17:00:00+00:00
Uganda
8
JOB OVERVIEW:
Provides leadership in engineering support and multidisciplinary engineering expertise to production operations, striving for continuous productivity and quality improvements/enhancements.
KEY DUTIES:
- Using design software, develop detailed designs and resolve design and development problems.
- Feasibility assessments and site inspections.
- Researching and providing estimates for projects.
- Preparing and implementing project plans to ensure that projects run smoothly, and structures are completed within budget and on time
- Scheduling material and equipment purchases and deliveries
- Making sure the project complies with legal requirements, especially health and safety
- Assessing the sustainability and environmental impact of projects
- Manage the repair, maintenance, and replacement of company buildings and infrastructure
- Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications and structural repairs to industrial and managerial personnel
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice in civil engineering to aid and improve operational performance.
- Contribute to functional excellence of the engineering team
- Develop a maintenance and repair schedule that aims to continuously drive down company-wide non-productive time (NPT)
- Develop and maintain project plans to ensure delivery of milestones to agreed cost targets and timescales.
- Ensures KPIs are met by working to the overall plan, including management of, and reporting.
- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.
- Manages and leads the team, daily supervision to maximize efficient productivity.
- Monitors the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems.
- Provide technical expertise to the team.
- Production of required civil engineering reports
- Reviewing government regulations and ordinances.
- Making recommendations or presenting alternative solutions to problems.
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
- Member – Engineering Institute of Uganda.
- At least 6 years engineering experience in food or a related industry, which must include two years’ project management and/or supervisory experience.
- Action and detail oriented, having a drive for success.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong management and leadership skills together with excellent communication, influencing, negotiating and presentation skills.
- The ability to network and interact effectively with a broad range of associates spanning varied disciplines and responsibilities.
- Ability to coordinate more than one project at a time.
- Service-focused approach vested in product and process excellence and customer satisfaction.
- Resilience and the ability to work independently and effectively under pressure.
- Flexible and adaptable with the ability to work within a changing environment and respond to different demands with a sense of urgency.
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of civil engineering principles, methods, and techniques
- Understanding of principles of capital improvement cost estimation and contract administration.
- Understanding of principles of programs and project development, implementation, management and on-going evaluation.
- Knowledge and understanding of all relevant national laws, regulations, and operating guidelines.
- Computer literate with a working knowledge of the range of MS Office packages and civil engineering software applications.
Using design software, develop detailed designs and resolve design and development problems. Feasibility assessments and site inspections. Researching and providing estimates for projects. Preparing and implementing project plans to ensure that projects run smoothly, and structures are completed within budget and on time Scheduling material and equipment purchases and deliveries Making sure the project complies with legal requirements, especially health and safety Assessing the sustainability and environmental impact of projects Manage the repair, maintenance, and replacement of company buildings and infrastructure Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications and structural repairs to industrial and managerial personnel Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed. Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice in civil engineering to aid and improve operational performance. Contribute to functional excellence of the engineering team Develop a maintenance and repair schedule that aims to continuously drive down company-wide non-productive time (NPT) Develop and maintain project plans to ensure delivery of milestones to agreed cost targets and timescales. Ensures KPIs are met by working to the overall plan, including management of, and reporting. Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department. Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance. Manages and leads the team, daily supervision to maximize efficient productivity. Monitors the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems. Provide technical expertise to the team. Production of required civil engineering reports Reviewing government regulations and ordinances. Making recommendations or presenting alternative solutions to problems.
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering. Member – Engineering Institute of Uganda. At least 6 years engineering experience in food or a related industry, which must include two years’ project management and/or supervisory experience. Action and detail oriented, having a drive for success. Analytical and problem-solving skills. Strong management and leadership skills together with excellent communication, influencing, negotiating and presentation skills. The ability to network and interact effectively with a broad range of associates spanning varied disciplines and responsibilities. Ability to coordinate more than one project at a time. Service-focused approach vested in product and process excellence and customer satisfaction. Resilience and the ability to work independently and effectively under pressure. Flexible and adaptable with the ability to work within a changing environment and respond to different demands with a sense of urgency. Advanced knowledge and understanding of civil engineering principles, methods, and techniques Understanding of principles of capital improvement cost estimation and contract administration. Understanding of principles of programs and project development, implementation, management and on-going evaluation. Knowledge and understanding of all relevant national laws, regulations, and operating guidelines. Computer literate with a working knowledge of the range of MS Office packages and civil engineering software applications.
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Vacancy title:
Civil Engineer
[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Agriculture, Food, and Natural Resources, Category: Science & Engineering]
Jobs at:
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Deadline of this Job:
Friday, October 24 2025
Duty Station:
Butembe-Buikwe | Jinja | Uganda
Summary
Date Posted: Monday, October 20 2025, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
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JOB OVERVIEW:
Provides leadership in engineering support and multidisciplinary engineering expertise to production operations, striving for continuous productivity and quality improvements/enhancements.
KEY DUTIES:
- Using design software, develop detailed designs and resolve design and development problems.
- Feasibility assessments and site inspections.
- Researching and providing estimates for projects.
- Preparing and implementing project plans to ensure that projects run smoothly, and structures are completed within budget and on time
- Scheduling material and equipment purchases and deliveries
- Making sure the project complies with legal requirements, especially health and safety
- Assessing the sustainability and environmental impact of projects
- Manage the repair, maintenance, and replacement of company buildings and infrastructure
- Provide technical advice regarding design, construction, or program modifications and structural repairs to industrial and managerial personnel
- Contribute to team effort by accomplishing related results as needed.
- Contribute to the creation and implementation of best practice in civil engineering to aid and improve operational performance.
- Contribute to functional excellence of the engineering team
- Develop a maintenance and repair schedule that aims to continuously drive down company-wide non-productive time (NPT)
- Develop and maintain project plans to ensure delivery of milestones to agreed cost targets and timescales.
- Ensures KPIs are met by working to the overall plan, including management of, and reporting.
- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department.
- Develops and maintains strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders to ensure optimal performance.
- Manages and leads the team, daily supervision to maximize efficient productivity.
- Monitors the completion of tasks and ensure good performance and record on appropriate systems.
- Provide technical expertise to the team.
- Production of required civil engineering reports
- Reviewing government regulations and ordinances.
- Making recommendations or presenting alternative solutions to problems.
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
- Member – Engineering Institute of Uganda.
- At least 6 years engineering experience in food or a related industry, which must include two years’ project management and/or supervisory experience.
- Action and detail oriented, having a drive for success.
- Analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong management and leadership skills together with excellent communication, influencing, negotiating and presentation skills.
- The ability to network and interact effectively with a broad range of associates spanning varied disciplines and responsibilities.
- Ability to coordinate more than one project at a time.
- Service-focused approach vested in product and process excellence and customer satisfaction.
- Resilience and the ability to work independently and effectively under pressure.
- Flexible and adaptable with the ability to work within a changing environment and respond to different demands with a sense of urgency.
- Advanced knowledge and understanding of civil engineering principles, methods, and techniques
- Understanding of principles of capital improvement cost estimation and contract administration.
- Understanding of principles of programs and project development, implementation, management and on-going evaluation.
- Knowledge and understanding of all relevant national laws, regulations, and operating guidelines.
- Computer literate with a working knowledge of the range of MS Office packages and civil engineering software applications.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 72
Level of Education: bachelor degree
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