Maintenance Planner Jobs – RI Distributors Limited

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Posted date: 2025-Mar-19

Location: ampala, Uganda

Job Title: Maintenance Planner

Organisation: RI Distributors Limited

Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda

About Organisation:

RI Distributors Limited is a leading Transport and Logistics player with vast experience both in oil & gas and non-Oil & Gas fields across East Africa. Our experience spans over seven years of delivering quality to our clients within the region and our proven track record in meeting clients’ expectations has helped us experience an exponential growth in clientele. Our growth strategy is very much informed by our customer needs and is tailored to raising customer service level.

With a focus on this, we have invested heavily in systems, human resource, equipment offering a complete suite of logistics services to clients across a carefully selected list of verticals – Importers, Exporters, manufacturers, Telecoms, Energy.

Job Summary: A Maintenance Planner is responsible for making sure maintenance technicians have the tools and parts they need to complete work orders and to schedule maintenance in a way that minimizes equipment downtime and impact on the business operations.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Perform and facilitate execution of administrative activities and procedures for the effective execution of own role and operations of the workshop in accordance with the company objectives.
Plan and schedule corrective and preventive maintenance activities by task and priority level, and share weekly maintenance plans with the Fleet and Logistics departments.
Manage spare parts and alignment between the maintenance department and the inventory department to ensure minimal downtime of vehicles under repair.
Manage work orders, documentation, and assets within the computerized maintenance management system.
Coordinate and call-in vehicles to the workshop for maintenance as per the generated and shared weekly maintenance plan.
Manage maintenance budgets for all company owned fleet in liaison with the Head mechanic and Workshop Manager/ Head of Maintenance.
Log artisan utilization and share weekly artisan utilization reports with the supervisor and top management.
Monitor fleet availability and share periodic fleet availability reports.
Conduct, record and document failure and/ or root cause analyses for major incidents such as accidents, premature equipment failures and any other maintenance related cases which might warrant investigating and bringing about operational efficiencies.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

A Bachelor’s degree in Automotive & Power Engineering or Mechanical Engineering from a recognized university.
Proficiency in Swahili would be an added advantage.
3+ years working in a similar position in a busy equipment/ vehicle workshop preferably in a Transport company, FMCG company or manufacturing and production company.
Computer Literacy (Windows, Ms Office).

Personal Attributes

A team player
Excellent communication skills. (Written, Verbal and Listening Skills)
Efficiency, planning & good organizational skills
Good Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
Good presentation and Interpersonal skills.
Discretion when dealing with confidential information.
Professional and ethical with absolute honesty.

How to Apply:

Interested and qualified applicants should submit their applications by email to [email protected] clearly indicating the position applied for to the Human Resource Manager. Applications should be in one attachment pdf including a cover letter, detailed up-to-date curriculum vitae (CV), copies of academic and professional certificates/ testimonials, photocopy of their National Identity card and recent passport size photographs on the application submitted.

Deadline: 31st March, 2025

NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

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Date Posted	2025-03-18T16:11
Valid Through	2025-04-01T00:00
Employment Type	FULL_TIME
Hiring Organization	RI Distributors Limited
Job Location	Kampala, Kampala, Kampala , 0256, Uganda

Maintenance Planner Jobs – RI Distributors Limited

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