Artisan Machinist

Zambia Sugar Plc. is an ABF Group sugar company and is the leading sugar producer in Zambia. Its main activities are the growing of sugar cane, the production and marketing of sugar and other sugar downstream products.

Zambia Sugar carries out Off-Crop maintenance works in the Factory for a duration of up to four (4) months. The Company invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following Off- Crop positions in the Manufacturing Department.

ARTISAN MACHINIST x 2
This position reports to the Lead Artisan – Machine Workshop. The successful candidates will be responsible for implementing preventative, reactive, and predictive maintenance initiatives and plans to reduce costs and downtime.

Key Performance Areas

• Ensure compliance to minimum operating standards
• Implement the “ABF Way of Maintenance” (iAMP) on all mechanical equipment maintenance to ensure ABF is the world class sugar producer.
• Promote cross-discipline functional and stakeholder engagement as well as teamwork.
• Promote a culture of consistently assessing risks and drive continuous improvement throughout operations by using best practices
• Execute stop day or opportunity stops / shut down activities timeously.
• Carry out machine maintenance to achieve maximum plant availability and equipment capacity as per OEMs and ABF procedures.
• Read engineering drawings and manufacture parts or spare as per drawing.
• Perform machining operations on the lathe machine.
• Machine keys and keyways on shaping and milling machine as required.
• Uses drilling machine to drill specific machine parts and other required size holes.
• Perform machining operations on the boring machine.
• Carry out operations on the press, and the reciprocating power saw machines.
• Work all jobs to the specified tolerances for perfect fitting.
• Perform standby duties when called upon by the Supervisor.
• Ensure the Job Plan / Checklist on the WO is diligently followed as per the work-order tasks.
• Contribute to the RCA process in your section possessing a positive mind set and elimination of failure.
• Monitor own section KPIs, understand your contribution to them, contribute to solutions to resolve out of spec KPIs and maintain actions to sustain KPIs being within spec.
• Execute work for stop day, shut-down and off-crop maintenance activities on the plant equipment and carry out the machining timeously without delay to production.
• Promote and adhere to ABF’s procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC).

Minimum Qualifications

• Grade 12 Certificate
• Craft Certificate in Machining
• 2+ years post experience in a robust plant environment
• Training or knowledge in CNC machines will be an added advantage
• 2+ years’ experience in the sugar industry is an added advantage

Should you be interested in applying for any of these roles, please submit your detailed CV, copies of relevant qualifications, registrations and ID/Passport for the attention of HR Business Partner Email: careers@zamsugar.zm indicating “Application – ARTISAN MACHINIST” in the subject line.

All internal employees are required to complete the Internal Application Form and obtain relevant signatures when applying for vacancies.

Closing date for applications is 4th September 2026.

Applicants shall be required to complete pre-employment checks (qualification, credit, security, background, and medical assessments) as part of the recruitment process where applicable.

Should you not hear from us within 4 weeks after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.