Laboratory Team Leader at Kilombero Sugar

To provide direction, technical guidance and leadership in the Laboratory to ensure the highest quality products are achieve as aligned to the production targets.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develops, prepares, revise and controls of operational budgets for the laboratory, cane weighbridge, effluent plant and manage costs effectively.
• Compiles, reviews and updates the work instructions used in the Factory laboratory, cane weighbridges, effluent plant and design of systems for continuous improvement of the facilities.
• Programs, troubleshoots and maintains the cane lab and Excel Software and database for analytical data capturing, manipulation, storage and reporting as well as the Info wave / Scaleability weighbridge system for capturing and reporting of cane deliveries.
• Develop standards setting for operating equipment and setting of equipment to correct specifications.
• Produces daily, weekly and monthly factory performance reports, diffuser curves and B&C pan brix profiles for process, management, technical services department and sugar Milling Research Institute among other clients.
• Provides high quality services to other departments such as slurry preparation for sugar graining at the pan floor, granulated activated carbon, refinery liquor colour analysis for determining payments.
• Ensure that all weighbridges and scales are as sized, checked and calibrated, yearly, weekly and daily.
• Manages and controls the laboratory, weighbridge, and effluent plant stock inventory.
• Develop capability on the job and hold teams accountable for performance.

Job Qualification and Experience:

• BSc Analytical Chemistry or Chemical Engineering
• 5 year laboratory experience
• 3 years Cane lab experience
• Proficient with Microsoft Excel
• Team and process leadership experience