Careers

Job Purpose

To collect and deliver customers' orders in a safe, timely and cost-effective manner using company vehicle. 

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Transports stock items in a professional manner while complying with vehicle safety requirements. 
• Assures vehicles are clean and in working order.  
• Communicates with warehouse staff to receive relevant data and instructions.  
• Inspects vehicle prior to daily vehicle usage for safe materials transportation.  
• To liaise with the Company’s Vehicle Maintenance Workshop to ensure vehicle is in a roadworthy condition prior to commencement of trip.  
• Daily liaise with supervisor to obtain loading plans for collection and delivery of customers’ products. 
• Perform daily vehicle pre-trip checks prior of leaving the depot/warehouse, record findings in appropriate register and submit such checklist to Workshop Manager and Supervisor. 
• Report any defects immediately to Workshop Manager and Supervisor. 
• Immediately report any delays to supervisor and Customer Service Manager. 
• Report accidents and incidents immediately following guidelines of the incident reporting procedure. 
• Ensure that all paperwork is signed and returned to supervisor after each trip. 
• Responsible to ensure that the loading and off-loading of trailer/s is done correctly and safety.  
• Ensure adherence of all Company Procedures and Policies, e.g., Safety, Quality, Environment, Drug & Alcohol, Smoking, Seat Belt Policies, etc. 
• Complies with all company safety and risk management policies and procedures.  
• Participates in regular safety meetings, safety training and hazard assessments.  
• Perform any other task related issue to your position as driver as instructed by your supervisor. 

Job Qualification and Experience 

• Form Four Secondary Certificate   
• Driving Certificate from NIT or VETA
• Class C or E Driving License   
• Minimum 5 years of heavy vehicle driving experience in Public Roads 
• A clean Police Clearance Report
• Age limit: At least 45Yrs
• Fire Fighting training will be an added advantage
• First Aid Training will be an added advantage

Knowledge and Skills

• General Mechanical Knowledge
• Excellent communication skills 
• Report writing skills.
• Ability to use smart phone/electronic gadget i.e. TMS scanner  
• Good problem solving and decision-making skills. 

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Fixed Term Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 12th February 2025.

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

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Job Purpose
The GIS Technician will enable precision agriculture by facilitating close collaboration between the Agric Optimisation Manager, Agric Engineering Manager and Crop Manager through efficient management and processing of spatially relevant data. Support the development of Geographic Information System (GIS) capability and understanding on site, in close collaboration with L&D, Agric Optimisation, Estate Surveyor, Business Systems & Planning Analyst. The GIS Technician will ensure streamlined integration of spatial data through pro-active technical engagement with third-party platforms, data sources, other sites and ABFSugar Centre functions.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acquire/process and present GIS data in a suitable format to enable precision agriculture in areas such as;

               -Variable rate technologies
               -Drone imagery processing and analytics
               -Controlled traffic and auto-steer technology
               -Ag-tech spatial data management

• Collaborate with and support ABFSugar Centre GIS Lead to codify GIS best practice into standardised work processes
• Collaborate with and support Crop Production and Optimisation functions
• Facilitate data processing and interactions with the selected centralized data processing entity (where present)
• Manage data and user access on the chosen ABFSugar cloud based spatial data repository
• Prepare spatial data for projects
• Assist in improving the visualisation of survey data for routine reporting
• Support the Optimisation function in representing cost and productivity reporting in spatial formats
• Support the spatial data requirements of grower agriculture and other estate functions
• Support site L&D team to develop GIS skills and application competence
• Spatial tracking of day-to-day operations, where applicable
• Promote and adhere to KSCL, ISA & ABFS  procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree/Diploma in GIS / Land Surveying / Agricultural Engineering (GIS preferred)
• Minimum of 2 years experience with GIS
• Demonstrated competence in GIS, land surveying, sugarcane agriculture, drone pilot, agricultural machine control, computer programming, database management software, systems integration and agriculture data analytics
• Proven track record within an ABFSugar Company, aligning with the company culture, is an added advantage

Terms of Service: The successful candidates will be engaged on a permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 10th February 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disabilities are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will provide direction and technical guidance on crop varieties, crop nutrition, crop protection (weed, pest and disease control) and irrigation to ensure long-term optimization of yield and cost of production.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement sustainable agronomic practices with the objective of closing the gap between the actual and the attainable yield potentials for each field on each estate
• Support adoption and embedding of agreed best practices, frameworks, minimum standards and processes for agronomy
• Implement and manage sugar cane agronomic trials (fertilizers and crop protection) required by the head of agricultural optimisation as part of a continuous productivity initiative
• Formulate, communicate and monitor fertilizer, weed control and ripener programmes (including 3rd party contractor management)
• Manage Estate nursery fields, monitor seed quality, and ensure regular disease inspections are carried out
• Ensure all commercial and nursery fields are timeously surveyed for pests and diseases, and that their infestation levels and recommendations are communicated to the relevant parties
• Ensure all agronomic data is captured for trend analysis, reporting and decision making
• Support agronomic optimisation by adopting new technologies and methods and ensure continuous improvement by implementing best practices and conducting regular system checks
• Develop new SOPs per requirements and assure performance against agronomy-related SOPs
• Monitor trends to understand impact of adopted practices, and refine practices accordingly
• Provides agronomic advice to Growers
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Agriculture or equivalent
• 5 years’ experience in sugar cane agriculture
• Research orientated with experience in agronomic experiments, trial work and evaluation
• Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate, interpret and respond to changes impacting on functional area
• A formal business/commercial qualification would be an advantage
• Strong agriculture data analysis skills
• Proven track record within an ABFSugar Company, aligning with the company culture, is an added advantage

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please click here to apply for the position on or before 10th February 2025. 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.
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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will provide adequate quality education to the children and general supervision of Day Care Centre.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Keeps records of all students at the day care centre 
• Keeps records of subscription forms from parents
• Plan and implement engaging learning activities that align with early childhood development milestones
• Maintain a safe, nurturing and stimulating classroom environment
• Maintain a clean and organized classroom environment
• Prepare and conducts sports and games for the children
• Observe and assess children's development and learning through regular observations, assessments and documentation
• Ensures availability of facilities required at the Day Care Centre
• Provide monthly reports on the activities at the Day Care Centre
• Communicate effectively with parents regarding their child's progress, development, and any concerns.
• Follow all relevant safety and hygine protocols

Job Qualification and Experience

• diploma or Certificate  in Early Childhood Education or equivalent
• 2 years experience in a similar role
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Creative and engaging teaching style
• Report writing skills

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 6th February 2025.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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Job Purpose
Provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in estate agricultural optimisation, including agronomic business systems and data management, to ensure the estate realizes its full potential.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Support the development and implementation of the agriculture strategy especially with respect to the optimisation of the sugarcane production and supply chain.
• Evaluate, provide direction and guidance on all Agricultural Opex projects (PIP Projects), including from Field Improvement Teams, to ensure projects are delivered on-time, in full and within budget (OTIFQC)
• Evaluate, provide direction and guidance on all Agricultural Opex. Projects (PIP Projects), including from Field Improvement Teams, to ensure projects are delivered on-time, in full and within budget (OTIFQC)
• Manage the crop maintenance and drone contracts including the Fertilizer and chemicals mixing plants.
• Drive agricultural modernisation and optimisation improvement plans through innovation and new farming systems,
• Reduce the cost of production through yield and efficiency improvement.
• Develop best practice adoption. and embedding methodologies with HR to support capability building in the Agricultural team.
• Develop and update standardized work procedures in line with Head Office best practices and on-site constraints.
• Ensure the crop nutrition, pest and disease and variety specialists fully leverage available support from the Illovo Group (Head Office and other Countries)
• Optimise crop production performance by holding agronomy teams accountable to the highest standards, whilst meeting the required cane crop volume and yield at the optimal cost
• Ensure accurate agricultural data is managed effectively in all data management systems, and is used effectively in farm management, estate performance monitoring, and decision making.
• Ensure Agricultural Optimisation is managed profitably (yield and cost synergies)
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement across all farms.
• Ensure talent and performance management are embedded in local ways of working, whilst leveraging support functions and resources to develop capability.
• Model Leadership behaviours, collaborating, partnering and communicating effectively within and between teams and support functions.
• Promote cross-functional and stakeholder engagement & teamwork.
• When requested, to provide assistance to Grower Agriculture at Kilombero
• Promote and adhere to ABFSugar procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in or equivalent in Agriculture, Agronomy or Agricultural Engineering
• 5-10 years of experience in sugar cane production on an estate size or equivalent enterprise, with 5 years in a leadership/management role Proven track record of effectively developing and implementing strategies through managing budgets, people and resources to meet business KPIs
• Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate and interpret changes impacting on functional area.
• Strong agriculture data analysis skills
• Experience in addressing multi-variable agronomic problems.
• Ability to translate ways of working into standard tools and templates.
• Presentation and facilitation skills to be able to engage with diverse stakeholders and communicate concepts to enable decisions to be made.
• Proven ability to effectively engage, and positively influence, a range of stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability in delivering results and meeting business expectations.
• Self-driven, with the ability to work independently.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written).
• Professional, dedicated and a good team player.
• Above average proficiency in MS office / CanePro
• Proven track record within an ABFSugar Company, aligning with the company culture, is an added advantage.

Terms Of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please click here to apply for the position on or before 10th February 2025. 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.
  Apply here

Job Purpose
The successful candidate will provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in crop production and removal to ensure alignment with strategic plan and sustainable long-term growth through interface with Optimisation and Agric Engineering. They will lead the crop estimating and production planning processes and interfaces in driving effective harvest planning and crop establishment.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Drive operational excellence by making informed trade-offs and driving initiatives that will deliver greatest possible yields at optimal cost and quality levels
• Adopt and embed agreed best practices, frameworks, minimum standards and processes for all aspects of crop production (and removal where relevant)
• With Group CoE’s identify best practices (internal & external) and review policies and procedures to improve yield and financial performance. 
• Contribute to reviewing Standards and operating procedures to sustainably improve yield and financial performance.
• Achieve yield forecasts (together with farm supervisors), ensuring that farming (and crop removal where relevant) activities are prioritised and planned in a systematic and cost-effective way to optimise profitability.
• Provide alignment between Crop Production Farms plans and Factory production Crush plans to achieve budget cane volumes and quality in line with S&OP
• Coordinate and approve annual crop production and harvest plans with farm managers, including crop establishment and husbandry across estate.
• Develop, monitor and manage cane production budget and resource plan, with inputs from farm managers and service departments.
• Drive rigorous performance management, biased towards rewarding strong performance and compliance with critical behaviours, and including managing consequences where required.
• Develop and implement a programme to Identify and address problems and improvement opportunities with Farm Managers
• Identify and implement sustainability initiatives such land and water conservation to prevent soils erosion, soil degradation, pollution and invasive weeds and to improve water footprint and quality,
• Drive synergies across the group, effectively partnering with optimisation function and group counterparts to identify, share and embed opportunities for optimisation.
• Provide input into business cases for key capital projects in Agriculture and support delivery.
• Oversee effective talent and performance management and build a strong leadership team and talent pipeline within crop production, by coaching, mentoring and guiding farm supervisors.
• Identify and monitor KPIs and balanced scorecards, track performance and flag any issues with individuals.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC) that align with ABFSugar policies.

Minimum Requirements:

• A minimum of a Diploma in Agriculture, Agricultural Development or Agricultural Engineering
• 25 years’ experience in sugar cane agriculture and crop removal, including minimum of 10 years in agricultural operations at a senior management level, responsible for a minimum of 9000ha.
• Proven track record of effectively developing and implementing strategies through managing budgets, people and resources to meet business KPIs.
• Good business acumen and agricultural expertise, with ability to anticipate, interpret and respond to changes impacting on all aspects of crop management.
• A formal business/commercial qualification would be an advantage.
• Strong agriculture data analysis skills
• Proven track record within an ABFSugar Company, aligning with the company culture, is an added advantage.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 10th February 2025. 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.
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Job Purpose
Business Systems & Planning Analyst – Is responsible to Implement, maintain and manage agriculture business systems for effective agriculture data analysis, with focus on components of the Planning, Forecasting and Reporting Systems. Also to set up and maintain key statistics necessary to produce Strategic plans and Budget Revisions.
 
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Coordinate installation of business systems and components as required, including effective systems integration e.g. Cane Pro with other estate information management systems), to report on long-term and season trends, crush and production plans, meteorological, manpower and other statistics and reports as required.
• Align agriculture business systems at the start of each season, and ensure accurate information (Field disposition, Estimates, delivery data etc.) throughout the season.
• Produce correct annual field disposition, harvest planning and ripening programme.
• Implement Resource Planners, Scenarios and Op Charts in Cane Pro.
• Setup all Cane Pro modules and manage system updates as required.
• Set up systems for extracting, summarizing, and presenting data, for planning, control, reporting or discussion purposes or for Group Agriculture.
• Ongoing liaison with multiple internal and external parties, including ESA, SQR and Group IT.
• Improve Agricultural data accuracy for the development of precise financial and production management decision.
• Maintenance of Agricultural data in accordance with Centre standards.
• Build standardized, accurate reports within required timeframes e.g. Resource Planners, Scenarios and “Op Charts” in Cane Pro.
• Keep the scenarios up to date, liaising with SQR, technical resources and line mangers, in line with best practice.
• Address system faults with relevant parties.
• Arrange and conduct one-on-one or group trainings on the use of Cane pro system and other systems as required, e.g. Dashboard.
• Assign and modify user roles for Cane Pro and IDB as required.
• Oversee and conduct periodic checks on the data captured (cane deliveries, cutting and haulage contractors reports, material usage, planting reports and field disposition updates, seed-cane deliveries, processing of invoices into the ERP).
• Maintain an accurate Land Use Plan for the Estate.
• Produce the data necessary for strategic planning (AUC, seed-cane, varieties, irrigation systems data, etc.).
• Promote and adhere to Illovo’s procedures, policies, and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Minimum Requirements:

• BSc Agriculture or agricultural business systems/BSc Degree in Business IT or equivalent
• 5 years’ experience in data management, analysis, and data mining, as well as supervisory
• Report writing skills and data compilation. Being able to “tell the story” With data.
• Able to build, develop and manage teams effectively.
• Able to work with a diverse customer base in provision of service.
• Able to capture, interpret and analyse agricultural performance data.
• Proven track record within an ABFSugar Company, aligning with the company culture, is an added advantage.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a permanent contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 10th February 2025. 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.
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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will ensure that the company fleet under heavy plant and field service sections are maintained, serviced, and repaired to the acceptable standards by organizing, controlling, and managing the daily operation of the unit.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Assists the Transport Workshop Manager in the preparations and control of operational budget and ensure that expenditure is within the approved budget.
• Plans organized and controlled operations under him which include service schedules for all vehicles, mobile pumps and heavy equipment as well as implementation of preventive maintenance programs.
• Prepares and compiles company fleet service and preventive maintenance schedules and ensures that they are adhered to. 
• Trains team members to standards required by the company.
• Conducts daily meetings with team members to allocate tasks according to the set work plan.
• Ensures that safety instructions are adhered to in the section. 
• Work with Section Planner to order fleet spares as required, ensuring that this is done cost effectively and that the necessary spares are available for repairs and services. 
• Makes appropriate modification to vehicles and machinery whenever necessary. 
• Adhering to Standard Operating Procedure and all other working standards as per company policy.
• Report to supervisor any damage or issue that occurs at the section.
• Ensure adherence to all company procedures and policies e.g. Safety, Health, Environment, Quality, etc.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support overall effectiveness of the organization.

Job Qualification and Experience

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Automobile Engineer or equivalent
• 3+ years’ experience in transport or vehicle workshop
• Good business acumen and fleet expertise with ability to anticipate, interpret and respond to changes impacting on functional area.
• Excellent on communication skills
• Report writing skills
• Computer literate with knowledge of office package and ERP (SAP S4) system

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a Permanent Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements should apply for the position on or before 11th February 2025.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.
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TERMS OF SERVICE: The successful candidate will be engaged on Fixed Term Contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 28th January 2025. 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.

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Job Purpose
The successful candidate will be responsible for fabricating factory spares using fabrication machine facilities, issue welding materials to welders, advice welding and fabrication support on tools and materials and ensuring good housekeeping.
Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Fabricates by using welding facilities.
• Ensure best engineering and quality standards are met. (Development of different structure.)
• Perform Arc welding, Plasma cutter, Profile cutter, oxy-acetylene gas, Mig and Tig welding as per required standard and specification.
• Operate fabrication shop machinery i.e. bending brake, roller, Guillotine & Cropper etc.
• Direct workers in the repair of boilers, tanks, and pressure vessels. 
• Responsible for the safety conformance of all crews and take control of workmanship.
• Monitor performance, support, and advise teams in solving problems and/or taking corrective action.
• Ensures good housekeeping by inspecting welding and fabrication premises.
• Ensures requests welding materials from stores by writing MRV/Reservation (SAP system).
• Reconditions factory spares by welding example pump shaft, coupling and other spares.
• Selecting electrodes for welding various machine components by using welding materials technology skills.
• Ensure continuous improvement by implementing functional best practices and conducting physical inspections.
• Perform all tasks with “awareness” towards the prevention of any forms of pollution to the surrounding and environment.
• Promote and adhere to Kilombero Sugar Co Ltd procedures, policies, and guidelines, including without limitation, those relating to Safety, healthy, Environment, Risk and Quality (SHERQ).

Job Requirements:

• Minimum Form Four certificate.
• Welding and fabrication Grade I.
• 2+ years in fabrication workshop.
• Completed necessary training modules for C.A.D, BUP, CAP, Welding and Workshop Safety.

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on Permanent Contract.
All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 28th January 2025. 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.
  Apply here