Instrumentation Plant Engineer

Job description

Instrumentation Plant Engineer

Company: Zambia Sugar Plc
Department: Manufacturing
Location: Nakambala, Mazabuka, Zambia
Employment: Permanent, Full Time
Positions: 1

Zambia Sugar Plc invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates. Reporting to the Electrical & Instrumentation Engineering Manager, the successful candidate will support factory operations through safe, reliable instrumentation and effective life-cycle management of control systems.

Key Performance Areas

• Maintain documentation for instrumentation maintenance, repairs, equipment history and schedules.

• Optimise maintenance operations, daily work scheduling and resource allocation.

• Ensure major maintenance operations and annual overhauls are completed on schedule.

• Contribute to the five-year investment plan and support team performance and communication.

• Keep DCS environments safe, temperature-controlled and optimised; manage change logs and user rights.

• Protect PI Historian and DCS systems from malware and keep antivirus protection current.

• Troubleshoot DCS and PI Historian systems and manage their hardware and software life cycles.

• Develop PCS7 DCS and PI Historian programmes; install and administer hardware and software.

• Perform system maintenance, backups and programme read-backs in line with ABF standards.

• Tune control loops and maintain current drawings, manuals and operating documentation.

• Work with optimisation, maintenance and process teams to solve problems and promote teamwork.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Full Grade 12 Certificate.

• Degree in Electrical Engineering.

• Preferably 5 years’ experience in field instrumentation, PCS7 systems, electricity supply and control-and-instrumentation maintenance.

• Familiarity with ABF systems and SAP is an advantage.

• Proven control-and-instrumentation infrastructure maintenance and improvement experience.

• Employee and contractor management experience, plus continuous-improvement knowledge.

• Certificates must be verified by ZAQA.

How to Apply

Submit a detailed CV, copies of relevant qualifications and registrations, and ID or passport to Apply Now. Use the subject line: Application – Instrumentation Plant Engineer.

Internal employees must complete the Internal Application Form and obtain the required signatures. Pre-employment checks may apply.

Closing date: 4 September 2026.