Vacancy title:
Shift Mechanical Artisan
Employment type: Full time, Industry: Beverages, Category: Installation, Maintenance & Repair, Manufacturing & Warehouse, Science & Engineering
Jobs at:
Hariss International
Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, October 22 2026
Duty Station:
Kampala | Kampala
Summary
Date Posted: Thursday, October 15 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed
JOB DETAILS:
Hariss International Limited is seeking a Shift Mechanical Artisan to join their team in Kampala, Uganda. This role is within the Maintenance Division/Department and reports to the Packaging Engineer.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Perform highly diversified duties of installation and maintenance of production machines and the plant facility’s equipment.
- Provide emergency/unscheduled repairs of production equipment during production and performs scheduled maintenance repairs of production equipment during machine service.
- Perform simple machinist duties and responsibilities.
- Perform all machine work including, but not limited to, mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, hydraulic, troubleshooting and repair of production machines.
- Read and interpret equipment manuals and work orders to perform required maintenance and service.
- Diagnose problems, replace or repair parts, test and make adjustments.
- Perform regular preventive maintenance on machines, equipment and plant facilities.
- Perform a variety of plumbing maintenance and carpentry functions.
- Operate a variety of hand and power tools, electric meters and material handling equipment in performing duties.
- Detect faulty operations, defective material and report those and any unusual situations to proper supervision.
- Receive work orders and determine what parts, equipment and services are needed to perform necessary maintenance and repair work.
- Comply with safety regulations and maintain clean and orderly work areas.
- Perform any other task as per management request.
Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:
- A minimum of a diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a relevant discipline in relation to engineering.
- Knowledge in boilers, pipe fitting and welding.
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in a similar role in a busy environment.
- Prior experience working in general maintenance, plumbing or HVAC.
Key Requirements:
- Effective oral and written communication skills.
- Organizational and time management skills.
- Effective problem-solving ability.
- Customer Service skills.
- Reasoning and calculating.
- Ability to adapt quickly to unfamiliar situations.
- Embrace continuous learning mentality.
- Ability to work independently or in a team environment.
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months: 24
Level of Education: associate degree
Job application procedure
Interested in applying for this job? Click here to submit your application now (careers@harissint.com) .
Applications should be sent
Please consider your application unsuccessful incase you do not hear from us within three (3) weeks from the submission deadline.
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