Senior Maintenance Technician
Full Time
1 day ago
Chongwe, Lusaka
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Employment Information
Hybrid Poultry Farm (Z) Ltd is seeking qualified candidates for key maintenance roles at its poultry processing (chicken abattoir) plant located in Chongwe, Lusaka, Zambia. These maintenance jobs in Chongwe Lusaka offer full-time employment opportunities within the Engineering & Construction sector, focusing on maintaining and optimizing critical plant equipment to support reliable operations and food safety standards.
Senior Refrigeration Technician – Industrial Ammonia Systems
The Senior Refrigeration Technician will oversee the operation, maintenance, and troubleshooting of the industrial ammonia (R717) refrigeration plant. This includes cold rooms, freezers, compressors, pumps, condensers, evaporators, controls, and associated systems. The role requires ensuring regulatory compliance, optimizing system performance, and mentoring local refrigeration technicians to build operational excellence.
Key Responsibilities:
- Operate, inspect, maintain, and repair the ammonia refrigeration plant and its components.
- Troubleshoot refrigeration, mechanical, electrical, and control system faults to minimize downtime.
- Monitor operating parameters to enhance refrigeration system efficiency and reliability.
- Perform preventive maintenance, breakdown repairs, root-cause analyses, and equipment testing.
- Ensure strict adherence to ammonia safety protocols, LOTO procedures, pressure equipment regulations, and emergency response plans.
- Maintain detailed refrigeration maintenance records and manage spare parts inventory.
- Coordinate inspections and collaborate with external contractors and regulatory authorities.
- Train and mentor local refrigeration technicians to improve skills and safety awareness.
Qualifications and Experience:
- Advanced Craft Certificate, Diploma in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, CAT C Refrigeration Technician, or related qualification.
- Minimum of 7 years’ industrial refrigeration experience, with at least 5 years on ammonia (R717) systems.
- Experience in food processing, poultry, cold storage, or industrial refrigeration environments.
- Strong knowledge of ammonia safety, pressure equipment regulations, emergency response, and LOTO procedures.
- Registered Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).
- Certification or formal training in Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration Systems.
Responsibilities
- Operate, inspect, maintain, and repair the ammonia refrigeration plant and its components.
- Troubleshoot refrigeration, mechanical, electrical, and control system faults to minimize downtime.
- Monitor operating parameters to enhance refrigeration system efficiency and reliability.
- Perform preventive maintenance, breakdown repairs, root-cause analyses, and equipment testing.
- Ensure strict adherence to ammonia safety protocols, LOTO procedures, pressure equipment regulations, and emergency response plans.
- Maintain detailed refrigeration maintenance records and manage spare parts inventory.
- Coordinate inspections and collaborate with external contractors and regulatory authorities.
- Train and mentor local refrigeration technicians to improve skills and safety awareness.
Skills
- Ammonia safety protocols
- LOTO procedures
- Pressure equipment regulations
- Emergency response plans
- Refrigeration system troubleshooting
- Mechanical repair
- Electrical repair
- Control system troubleshooting
- Preventive maintenance
- Root-cause analysis
- Equipment testing
- Spare parts inventory management
- Regulatory compliance
- Mentoring
- Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration Systems
Qualifications
- Advanced Craft Certificate, Diploma in Refrigeration and Air Conditioning, CAT C Refrigeration Technician, or related qualification.
- Minimum of 7 years’ industrial refrigeration experience, with at least 5 years on ammonia (R717) systems.
- Experience in food processing, poultry, cold storage, or industrial refrigeration environments.
- Strong knowledge of ammonia safety, pressure equipment regulations, emergency response, and LOTO procedures.
- Registered Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).
- Certification or formal training in Industrial Ammonia Refrigeration Systems.
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