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

Program continuous inkjet and Videojet coders to ensure accurate, legible batch and expiry date printing on bottle necks and caps.

Maintain, diagnose, and service packaging line coding equipment to maximize reliability and avoid unplanned downtime.

Manage ink and solvent handling while enforcing strict safety, chemical control, and packaging quality standards.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Program Videojet and continuous inkjet (CIJ) coders with accurate batch numbers, manufacturing dates, and expiry information.
• Change ink and solvent cartridges safely in accordance with chemical hazard and spill prevention guidelines.
• Perform regular printhead flushing, nozzle cleaning, and alignment checks to ensure crisp code legibility on packaging containers.
• Diagnose electrical, electronic, and mechanical faults on coding units using operating manuals, fault codes, and diagnostic measurements.
• Complete scheduled preventive maintenance inspections and log machine parameters, wear patterns, and component conditions.
• Apply isolation, energy discharge, and safe work control procedures prior to intrusive maintenance or repairs.
• Verify guard placements, interlocks, calibrations, and print performance before handing coding machinery back to operations.
• Maintain traceable shift logs and maintenance records covering consumable usage, downtime, machine adjustments, and repairs.

Skills

• Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) coder programming and parameter setup
• Printhead flushing, nozzle cleaning, and print quality optimization
• Safe handling and control of hazardous ink and solvent chemicals
• Systematic mechanical and electrical diagnostic troubleshooting
• Safe equipment isolation and lockout verification procedures

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, Higher Diploma, Ordinary Diploma, or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Automation and Control, Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plant Maintenance, or a closely related technical field
• National Certificate, Craft Certificate, UBTEB, or equivalent TVET qualification, trade certificate, or recognized apprenticeship in a relevant electrical, electronic, or mechanical engineering discipline
• Relevant manufacturer training, PLC training, electrical installation permits, or specialist coding equipment certifications strengthen candidacy

Experience

• Minimum of 1 year of experience maintaining industrial continuous inkjet (CIJ) printers.

• Program Videojet and continuous inkjet (CIJ) coders with accurate batch numbers, manufacturing dates, and expiry information.
• Change ink and solvent cartridges safely in accordance with chemical hazard and spill prevention guidelines.
• Perform regular printhead flushing, nozzle cleaning, and alignment checks to ensure crisp code legibility on packaging containers.
• Diagnose electrical, electronic, and mechanical faults on coding units using operating manuals, fault codes, and diagnostic measurements.
• Complete scheduled preventive maintenance inspections and log machine parameters, wear patterns, and component conditions.
• Apply isolation, energy discharge, and safe work control procedures prior to intrusive maintenance or repairs.
• Verify guard placements, interlocks, calibrations, and print performance before handing coding machinery back to operations.
• Maintain traceable shift logs and maintenance records covering consumable usage, downtime, machine adjustments, and repairs.

• Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) coder programming and parameter setup
• Printhead flushing, nozzle cleaning, and print quality optimization
• Safe handling and control of hazardous ink and solvent chemicals
• Systematic mechanical and electrical diagnostic troubleshooting
• Safe equipment isolation and lockout verification procedures

• Bachelor’s Degree, Higher Diploma, Ordinary Diploma, or National Diploma in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Electronics, Mechatronics, Automation and Control, Instrumentation, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plant Maintenance, or a closely related technical field
• National Certificate, Craft Certificate, UBTEB, or equivalent TVET qualification, trade certificate, or recognized apprenticeship in a relevant electrical, electronic, or mechanical engineering discipline
• Relevant manufacturer training, PLC training, electrical installation permits, or specialist coding equipment certifications strengthen candidacy