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Maintenance Supervisor-Packaging job at Human Capital Business Solution
Posted by: great-volunteer
Posted date: 2026-Jan-24
Location: Kampala, Uganda.
Maintenance Supervisor-Packaging 2026-01-24T09:27:29+00:00 Human Capital Business Solution https://cdn.ugashare.com/jsjobsdata/data/employer/comp_7033/logo/HCBS.jpg https://hcbsltd.com/careers/ FULL_TIME Kampala, Uganda Kampala 00256 Uganda Professional Services Management, Science & Engineering, Manufacturing & Warehouse, Installation, Maintenance & Repair 2026-01-27T17:00:00+00:00 8 Human Capital Business Solutions Ltd is a Boutique HR Advisory Firm that specializes in strategic HR Consulting, Talent Acquisition & Development, Risk Management and Business Process Outsourced Services with our Headquarters based in Uganda and Country Office in Tanzania. On behalf of Our client in the FMCG Sector, we are looking for a competent and experienced Maintenance Supervisor-Packaging to be based in Kampala Reports To: Packaging Engineer Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda. Job Summary: The Maintenance Supervisor – Packaging is responsible for leading the maintenance team in the Plastic Division to achieve maximum equipment reliability, uptime, and performance of plastic processing machinery. This role ensures minimal downtime in high-volume production while upholding strict food safety, hygiene, and safety standards in a FMCG manufacturing environment. Main Duties and Responsibilities Asset Care - Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice.
- Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the Packaging Engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, ensure these are addressed.
- Support the implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including the Condition Monitoring program
- Where required, participate in the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) meetings
- Is accountable for the execution of the technical gap plan for the plant
- Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements e.g., spares
Plant Reliability - Responsible for the reliability and uptime of Packaging plant.
- Ensure the execution of maintenance / extended maintenance work
- Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams.
- Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimization initiatives.
- Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly.
- Ensure spares needed to support asset management program are available on time and within costs
- Verify that the technical teams are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work.
- Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage
- Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed
- Confirms that spares and special tools are available
- Coordinate and control MAS’s availability for the maintenance day.
- Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously.
- Take part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the Packaging Engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving techniques.
- Ensure that technical gaps are closed within budget
- Develop and control maintenance cost plans and CAPEX
Plant Optimisation - Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and recommend changes.
- Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures.
- Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes.
- Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support.
- Ensure that continuous improvement is built into the MAS’s team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions.
Team Leadership and Management - Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members.
- Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions.
- Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members.
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging team. (This includes evaluation of workmanship of teams)
- Manage Contracted-out maintenance services by ensuring that the service supplied is in strict accordance with supply scheme contract and that of service and product reliability, quality, cost, and the service provider's own employee behavior is acceptable while on site.
Safety and Housekeeping - Ensure that the team members apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks.
- Ensure adherence to the appropriate and legislative policies (such as OSH Act) on safety and housekeeping.
- Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded.
- Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings.
- Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Maintenance Controller is responsible for correcting this.
- Performs any other task as per management request.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills - A minimum of a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline.
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in supervising Maintenance activities preferably in the FMCG sector.
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Effective problem-solving ability
- Customer Service skills.
- Reasoning and calculating
- Adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations
- Embrace continuous learning mentality
- Work independently or in a team environment.
* Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice. * Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the Packaging Engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, ensure these are addressed. * Support the implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including the Condition Monitoring program * Where required, participate in the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) meetings * Is accountable for the execution of the technical gap plan for the plant * Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements e.g., spares * Responsible for the reliability and uptime of Packaging plant. * Ensure the execution of maintenance / extended maintenance work * Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams. * Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimization initiatives. * Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly. * Ensure spares needed to support asset management program are available on time and within costs * Verify that the technical teams are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work. * Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage * Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed * Confirms that spares and special tools are available * Coordinate and control MAS’s availability for the maintenance day. * Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously. * Take part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the Packaging Engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving techniques. * Ensure that technical gaps are closed within budget * Develop and control maintenance cost plans and CAPEX * Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and recommend changes. * Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures. * Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes. * Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support. * Ensure that continuous improvement is built into the MAS’s team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions. * Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members. * Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions. * Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members. * Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging team. (This includes evaluation of workmanship of teams) * Manage Contracted-out maintenance services by ensuring that the service supplied is in strict accordance with supply scheme contract and that of service and product reliability, quality, cost, and the service provider's own employee behavior is acceptable while on site. * Ensure that the team members apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks. * Ensure adherence to the appropriate and legislative policies (such as OSH Act) on safety and housekeeping. * Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded. * Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings. * Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Maintenance Controller is responsible for correcting this. * Performs any other task as per management request. * Effective oral and written communication skills * Organizational and time management skills * Effective problem-solving ability * Customer Service skills. * Reasoning and calculating * Adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations * Embrace continuous learning mentality * Work independently or in a team environment. * A minimum of a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline. * A minimum of 4 years’ experience in supervising Maintenance activities preferably in the FMCG sector. JOB-697490811f905 Vacancy title:
Maintenance Supervisor-Packaging Jobs at:
Human Capital Business Solution Deadline of this Job:
Tuesday, January 27 2026 Duty Station:
Kampala, Uganda | Kampala Summary
Date Posted: Saturday, January 24 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed JOB DETAILS:
Human Capital Business Solutions Ltd is a Boutique HR Advisory Firm that specializes in strategic HR Consulting, Talent Acquisition & Development, Risk Management and Business Process Outsourced Services with our Headquarters based in Uganda and Country Office in Tanzania. On behalf of Our client in the FMCG Sector, we are looking for a competent and experienced Maintenance Supervisor-Packaging to be based in Kampala Reports To: Packaging Engineer Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda. Job Summary: The Maintenance Supervisor – Packaging is responsible for leading the maintenance team in the Plastic Division to achieve maximum equipment reliability, uptime, and performance of plastic processing machinery. This role ensures minimal downtime in high-volume production while upholding strict food safety, hygiene, and safety standards in a FMCG manufacturing environment. Main Duties and Responsibilities Asset Care - Partake in the development of the asset care plan for the packaging plant, contributing suggestions and providing expert advice.
- Ensure that asset care competencies are developed in the Packaging Engineering team. Where training needs have been identified, ensure these are addressed.
- Support the implementation of the Predictive Maintenance Strategy, including the Condition Monitoring program
- Where required, participate in the OEM SPP (Supplier Partnering Programme) meetings
- Is accountable for the execution of the technical gap plan for the plant
- Exercise budgetary controls over the asset care requirements e.g., spares
Plant Reliability - Responsible for the reliability and uptime of Packaging plant.
- Ensure the execution of maintenance / extended maintenance work
- Lead the Packaging Engineering team in the provision of asset care and engineering support to the shift-based production teams.
- Support packaging performance improvement by conducting and leading performance optimization initiatives.
- Ensure that predictive maintenance techniques are implemented correctly.
- Ensure spares needed to support asset management program are available on time and within costs
- Verify that the technical teams are carrying out routine and planned maintenance, and validate quality of work.
- Ensure compliance to maintenance planning and execution of maintenance outage
- Ensure that Maintenance packages are updated and effective and that all Engineering changes are executed
- Confirms that spares and special tools are available
- Coordinate and control MAS’s availability for the maintenance day.
- Review plant reliability to ensure equipment is operating optimally and to identify problems or opportunities timeously.
- Take part in maintenance problem solving, and ensure that the Packaging Engineering team is applying the correct problem-solving techniques.
- Ensure that technical gaps are closed within budget
- Develop and control maintenance cost plans and CAPEX
Plant Optimisation - Evaluate impact of new plant and equipment, and recommend changes.
- Have a working understanding of plant operation and associated Work Instructions and/or procedures.
- Analyse plant failure modes and investigate causes for repeat failures to identify and correct root causes.
- Take part in evaluating continuous improvement opportunities identified by the production teams or engineering support.
- Ensure that continuous improvement is built into the MAS’s team goals, and forms part of regular goal review sessions.
Team Leadership and Management - Lead the development of team goals and ensure these are communicated and understood by team members.
- Entrench a high-performance culture by conducting regular Packaging Engineering team goal review sessions.
- Ensure training need analysis are conducted and training plans developed for team members.
- Ensure appropriate competencies are developed in the team, and ensure multi-skilling occurs within the Packaging team. (This includes evaluation of workmanship of teams)
- Manage Contracted-out maintenance services by ensuring that the service supplied is in strict accordance with supply scheme contract and that of service and product reliability, quality, cost, and the service provider's own employee behavior is acceptable while on site.
Safety and Housekeeping - Ensure that the team members apply proper safety and housekeeping procedures, and adhere to all legal requirements when carrying out their tasks.
- Ensure adherence to the appropriate and legislative policies (such as OSH Act) on safety and housekeeping.
- Ensure all statutory and mandatory checks are part of the asset care management system, are performed and all documentation completed and recorded.
- Ensure that health, safety and housekeeping receive appropriate focus through regular checks and audits, with appropriate monthly/quarterly meetings.
- Where unsafe work practices have been identified, the Maintenance Controller is responsible for correcting this.
- Performs any other task as per management request.
Qualifications, Experience, and Skills - A minimum of a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or relevant discipline.
- A minimum of 4 years’ experience in supervising Maintenance activities preferably in the FMCG sector.
- Effective oral and written communication skills
- Organizational and time management skills
- Effective problem-solving ability
- Customer Service skills.
- Reasoning and calculating
- Adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations
- Embrace continuous learning mentality
- Work independently or in a team environment.
Work Hours: 8 Experience in Months: 12 Level of Education: high school Job application procedure
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HOW TO APPLY Candidates who meet the criteria outlined above should submit their applications, resume and academic documents in pdf format with “HCBSU-MSP-MAINTENANCE SUPERVISOR-PACKAGING†Note: - The deadline for applications is not later than 05:00 pm, Tuesday 27th January 2026
- Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted.
- Female Candidates are encouraged to apply.
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