Assistant Technical Manager at Virunga Express Ltd

Position: Assistant Technical Manager

VIRUNGA EXPRESS LTD is a Rwandan company with its HQ, Nyarugenge on KN 1 Rd.

VIRUNGA EXPRESS LTD is the provider of passenger transportation services on the roads on the following routes: KIGALI-MUSANZE, KIGALI-RUBAVU, MUSANZE-RUBAVU, RUBAVU-KARONGI, RUBAVU – RUSIZI, and KIGALI-GICUMBI, MUSANZE – GICUMBI, MUSANZE - GICUMBI-NYAGATARE, RUBAVU-MUHANGA and KIGALI- MUHANGA - NGORORERO.

We are seeking to recruit self-motivated, qualified persons of high integrity to the position of Assistant Technical Manager who will be under the supervison of Technical Manager.

Assistant Technical Manager will fulfil the following task and responsibilities:

Main mission:

• Assist the Technical Manager to contribute to the achievement of production objectives;
• Coordinate and supervise the maintenance activities of machinery, vehicles and production tools.

Detailed functions:

• Assist the Technical Manager to Organize and supervise maintenance work within the departments,
• Plan of service activities
• Develop and update intervention procedures on vehicles
• Ensure the dissemination of information to other services
• Switch easily from one language to another
• Able to work in team
• Adapt their behavior to the culture and image of VIRUNGA EXPRESS Ltd
• Mastery of computer software for office automation and processing
• Ensure regular and effective management of the activities and personnel of his department
• Define critical stocks and ensure the availability of spare parts and other materials necessary for maintenance activities;
• Contribute to the identification of training needs, and make proposals for training plans

The interested candidates should fulfills the following requirements:

• Mechanical engineer or equivalent (Bachelor's degree in auto and machinery mechanics or in electromechanics);
• At least 3 to 5 years of experience in a similar position.
• Having a driving license Category B will be an added advantage.

Technical skills:

• Knowledge of maintenance techniques and procedures for machinery, vehicles, generators;
• Control of vehicle and machine operating parameters;
• Knowledge of mechanics, electricity and welding;
• Mastery of the types of oils, lubricants and greases;
• Mastery of computer tools and specialized software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.);
• Flexible availability depending on the activity.

Assets:

• Knowledge of EPC software (Electronic Product Code)
• Knowledge of English and French

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested candidates can send their applications documents to virunga.recruitment@gmail.com before July 08^th, 2024.

NB: All documents must be combined and in PDF Format. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.