Open Position: Process & Recoveries Engineer (1 position)

Office Location: Kilombero,Morogoro

Reports To: Factory Optimization Manager

Background – visit us at https://www.kilomberosugar.co.tz

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited (KSCL), the largest producer of sugar in the country operates cohesively with Illovo Distillers Tanzania Limited (IDTL) and a member of Illovo Sugar Africa Limited (Africa’s largest sugar producer). The Company now invites applicants who are self-motivated, honest, hardworking, and committed individuals to fill above mentioned position at Kilombero.

Job Purpose

The successful candidate will be responsible for implementing the “Kilombero Way of Optimization” by implementing world-class practices to optimize sugar recovery and contribute to the Optimization Strategy with a view toward long-term growth, optimal efficiency and sustainability.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Contribute to the in-country Production Optimization Strategy with the objective of effectively optimizing performance and cost of production.
• Drive production, recovery and extraction initiatives to deliver products at volume, cost and quality levels that drive profitability.
• Drive synergies with the group, effectively partnering with group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for production optimization.
• Provide expertise on complex, multi-faceted production issues, support and advise on solutions.
• Model and simulate factory balance to understand bottlenecks and key efficiency drivers, and use the model to propose solutions, drawing on factory real time data.
• Set direction, implement, and monitor continuous improvement by driving work practices, and ensuring that tools and techniques are being applied to deliver high quality products made in a safe and sustainable manner at the highest extraction rate.
• Contribute to production & Supply Side plans and monitoring of compliance to plans.
• Optimize cost of production.
• Conduct regular internal and external benchmarking exercises to identify and develop Production best practices and improvement opportunities.
• Address all technical process audit findings.
• Support production teams in developing the necessary skills and experience to meet current and future needs.
• Management of technical standards, MOPS, TOPS, process specifications, best practices and policies and the governance thereof.

Job Requirements:

• in Chemical and process Engineering or equivalent from a recognized Institution.
• 3+years’ experience in Sugar production and a sound knowledge of the manufacturing process.
• Lean six sigma knowledge is an added advantage.
• Proven track record of technical leadership and process design engineering experience.
• Good data analysis and interpretation skills.
• Deep Root Cause Analysis skills and experience.
• Above average digital literacy.
• Self-motivated and ability to motivate others.
• Excellent communicator both in Swahili and English.
• Ability to plan organize and lead
• Above-average training facilitation skills

Terms of Service:

The successful candidate will be engaged on permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please click here to apply for the position on or before 22^nd September 2023. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply. 

Cleopatra Nasari

For: Human Resources Director.