Industrial Boiler & Steam Technician job at Dalilang Foods & Beverages

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.

Industrial Boiler & Steam Technician

Details

Closing Date:

2026/10/29

Reference Number:

DALI-2026-0048

Job Title:

Industrial Boiler & Steam Technician

Job Category:

Utilities

Job Type:

Full Time

Location, Town / City:

Namanve, Mukono

Job Description

Operates biomass and diesel industrial boilers to generate consistent steam supplies for production blanchers, jacketed cookers, and sanitation lines.

Maintains the technical integrity, reliability, and safety of boiler plant and steam distribution networks through routine inspections, diagnostics, and repairs.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Operate biomass and diesel fired industrial boilers to safely supply steam for factory blanchers, jacketed cookers, and sanitation lines.
• Perform technical inspections, troubleshooting, adjustments, and repairs on steam systems using drawings, manuals, and fault indicators.
• Enforce lockout, tagout, and stored energy isolations across thermal, pressure, mechanical, and electrical sources before undertaking intrusive maintenance.
• Execute scheduled preventive maintenance checks, logging wear, vibration, temperature changes, and early warning signs of equipment failure.
• Verify guards, safety interlocks, alignment, calibration, and functional performance before releasing boilers and equipment back to production.
• Maintain complete, legible, and traceable operational shift logs, water test results, equipment settings, and maintenance histories.
• Coordinate boiler operations and scheduled shutdowns closely with dependent production teams to prevent unplanned downtime.
• Monitor combustion efficiency and utility consumption to minimize waste of fuel, water, treatment chemicals, and replacement components.

Skills

• Boiler pressure safety management
• Water treatment chemistry testing and control
• Steam trap inspection, testing, and repair
• Combustion tuning and burner adjustment
• Technical diagnostics and blueprint reading

Education Qualifications & Experience

Education Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree, Higher Diploma, or Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Automation and Control, Instrumentation, Plant Maintenance, Automotive Engineering, Water Engineering, Chemical Technology, or a closely related field.
• National Diploma, National Certificate, Craft Certificate, trade certificate, UBTEB qualification, or recognized TVET apprenticeship in Mechanical Fitting, Welding and Fabrication, Plumbing, Plant Maintenance, or related technical trades.
• Certified Boiler Operator License or equivalent statutory operator credential.

Experience

• 2+ years operating high pressure industrial steam boilers.

• Operate biomass and diesel fired industrial boilers to safely supply steam for factory blanchers, jacketed cookers, and sanitation lines.
• Perform technical inspections, troubleshooting, adjustments, and repairs on steam systems using drawings, manuals, and fault indicators.
• Enforce lockout, tagout, and stored energy isolations across thermal, pressure, mechanical, and electrical sources before undertaking intrusive maintenance.
• Execute scheduled preventive maintenance checks, logging wear, vibration, temperature changes, and early warning signs of equipment failure.
• Verify guards, safety interlocks, alignment, calibration, and functional performance before releasing boilers and equipment back to production.
• Maintain complete, legible, and traceable operational shift logs, water test results, equipment settings, and maintenance histories.
• Coordinate boiler operations and scheduled shutdowns closely with dependent production teams to prevent unplanned downtime.
• Monitor combustion efficiency and utility consumption to minimize waste of fuel, water, treatment chemicals, and replacement components.

• Boiler pressure safety management
• Water treatment chemistry testing and control
• Steam trap inspection, testing, and repair
• Combustion tuning and burner adjustment
• Technical diagnostics and blueprint reading

• Bachelor's Degree, Higher Diploma, or Ordinary Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Marine Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering, Automation and Control, Instrumentation, Plant Maintenance, Automotive Engineering, Water Engineering, Chemical Technology, or a closely related field.
• National Diploma, National Certificate, Craft Certificate, trade certificate, UBTEB qualification, or recognized TVET apprenticeship in Mechanical Fitting, Welding and Fabrication, Plumbing, Plant Maintenance, or related technical trades.
• Certified Boiler Operator License or equivalent statutory operator credential.