2. REGIONAL COFFEE TECHNICAL OFFICER -1 Vacancy
Department: Production Department Reports to: Principal Development Officer
Job Summary: To inspect factories and equipment, and disseminate agro-technical knowledge to coffee farmers, processors, exporters and roasters
Duties And Responsibilities
1. Inspect and evaluate coffee buying stores, primary processing factories, export grading factories and roasters
2. Train factory personnel (technicians, supervisors, and machine operators) in good processing skills and maintenance of factories
3. Carry-out regular field quality evaluations to determine out turn and screen size distribution
4. Disseminate information on factory equipment and new processing technology
5. Register and keep an inventory of buying stores, primary processors, export grading factories, exporters and roasters
6. Prepare monthly Technical reports in line with established reporting guidelines
7. Advise sector participants on good handling, processing and storage techniques for the maintenance of good quality coffee at the post harvest level
8. Carry-out trouble shooting at factory level and assess the performance of machines for eventual attention and improvement
9. Liaise with local authorities like LCs and DPC and other organisations like NEMA in order to ensure that processing factories conform to the law
Job requirement
Minimum requirements:
The successful applicant must have:
1. A bachelor's degree (hons) in Mechanical Engineering.
2. At least 3 years' working experience in a relevant field.
3. Personal initiative, and good interpersonal, and communication skills.
4. Readiness to work upcountry.
How to apply
Interested persons should send their applications, curriculum vitae, copies of academic transcripts, and telephone contacts and e-mail addresses of three referees not later than Monday 3rd October 2011,4:00 p.m. to;-
Principal Human Resources Officer
Uganda Coffee Development Authority
Coffee House, Plot 35 Jinja Road, P.O. Box 7267, Kampala (U)
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted
REGIONAL COFFEE TECHNICAL OFFICER Uganda Coffee Development Authority
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