JOB DESCRIPTION – TEAM LEAD ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Reports to: ENGINEERING MANAGER
Department: ENGINEERING
Grade: M2
Direct Reports:
- Electrical Engineer
- Electrical Supervisor
- Electrical technicians
- Electrical Graduate trainees
JOB OVERVIEW:
The Electrical Engineering Team Leader will provide end-to-end leadership of all electrical engineering functions across Yalelo Uganda operations. The role ensures high plant availability, safe and reliable electrical infrastructure, and successful execution of expansion projects. It leads a team including Electrical Engineer, Electrical Supervisor, Technicians, and Graduate Trainees while driving safety, compliance, reliability, and engineering governance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Electrical Infrastructure Leadership & Reliability
- Lead electrical maintenance and reliability programs across production, cold rooms, ice plants, hatcheries, and utilities.
- Ensure continuous power availability and system stability.
- Oversee troubleshooting of complex electrical failures affecting production.
- Ensure preventive maintenance planning for critical systems.
- Expansion Projects & Infrastructure Development
- Lead electrical works for plant expansion, cold rooms, ice plants, and distribution upgrades.
- Review designs, BOQs, and contractor works.
- Ensure commissioning and handover of installations.
- Coordinate multiple parallel projects under tight timelines.
- Safety, Compliance & ERA Requirements
- Ensure compliance with ERA licensing requirements.
- Drive closure of safety audit findings.
- Enforce LOTO, PTW systems, and electrical safety standards.
- Lead incident investigations.
- Asset Reliability & RCA
- Support and improve existing preventive and predictive maintenance systems.
- Lead RCA for major failures.
- Address overloads, power instability, and equipment breakdowns and load analysis profile update.
- Energy Management
- Optimize energy usage.
- Manage load balancing and generator dependency.
- Lead the energy committee and follow up strategies
- Leadership & Coaching
- Supervise and develop electrical engineering team with clear succession plans.
- Build technical capability and accountability.
- Conduct performance management within the team.
- Champion annual site electrical safety audits
- Administration & Governance
- Manage electrical budgets and maintenance records.
- Support audits and compliance reporting.
- Ensure critical spare parts availability.
REQUIRED TECHNICAL SKILLS, TRAINING & EXPERIENCE
- Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering.
- ERA licensed engineer.
- 7–10 years industrial experience.
- 3–5 years supervisory experience.
- Strong MV/LV systems experience.
- Vast Experience in the following regulations: BS7671, National Regulatory Authority (ERA), National Regulatory Authority (IEC standards), Uganda National Grid standards
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Please send the application, CV & academic documents as one pdf document to: careers@yalelo.ug, clearly specifying the job position in the subject line. The closing date for receiving applications is 10th July 2026.
“Recruitment will be on rolling basis”
Yalelo Uganda, is an equal opportunity employer and committed to promoting gender diversity in our workforce. Qualified Females are strongly encouraged to apply.
Yalelo Uganda doesn’t solicit any monies at any stage of the recruitment process.
