Management Trainee – Motor Vehicle Mechanic
| Location | Kampala, Uganda |
| Date Posted | April 15, 2025 |
| Category | Management |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Currency | UGX |
Description
Job Summary
We are seeking a fresh graduate motor vehicle mechanic to join our team with the aim to learn the responsibility for planning for all company motor vehicles, performing basic maintenance, repair, or replace worn parts and systems, testing systems and individual parts to ensure proper working order, identifying mechanical and electrical problems, performing repairs thoroughly and accurately. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring efficiency while maintaining the highest standards of safety.
- Minimum Qualification : Diploma
- Experience Level : No Experience
- Experience Length : No Experience/Less than 1 year
Job Description/Requirements
Job Purpose
We are seeking a fresh graduate motor vehicle mechanic to join our team, with the aim to learn the responsibility for planning for all company motor vehicles, performing basic maintenance, repair, or replace worn parts and systems, testing systems and individual parts to ensure proper working order, identifying mechanical and electrical problems, performing repairs thoroughly and accurately. The successful candidate will play a critical role in ensuring efficiency while maintaining the highest standards of safety.
Company background
Uganda Tea Corporation has been a leading tea producer and exporter in Uganda for the last 20 years. It has three estates with its headquarters at Kasaku near Lugazi. Kasaku is about 48km from Kampala and 40km from Jinja.
Job Identification
- Duty station: Kasaku, Salama, Luwala Estates
- Job type: Full-Time Job
- Reporting to: Factory Manager
Job specification
- Draw, implement, and review a maintenance plan for all company motor vehicles.
- Perform basic maintenance, including rotating tires, checking fluid levels, and changing oil.
- Repair or replace worn-out parts and systems such as spark plugs, wheel bearings, brake pads, fuel systems, and sensors.
- Test systems and individual parts to ensure proper working order and/or to evaluate the degree of damage.
- Follow checklists to ensure thorough examination of all parts and systems.
- Identify mechanical and electrical problems with the naked eye and available equipment.
- Determine appropriate repair measures based on research, peer-to-peer examination, and past experience.
- Perform repairs thoroughly and accurately, taking into account original repair strategy and equipment specifications.
- Ensure internal customer satisfactions at all times
- Perform any other assigned duties.
Candidate specification
Educational requirements: At least a diploma in Motor Vehicle Mechanics
Work experience: No work experience is required.
Required skills
Strong communication skills, ability to work independently as part of a team, should have a fair
command of the English language, interpersonal skills, public relations skills, leadership skills.