VAC-2025-0046: Maintenance Engineer – Lines, Rigging & Eastern Area

Application Closing Date: January 5, 2026

Grade: CEC6

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Kitwe

This role is responsible for carrying out design, maintenance, repair, modification, retrofit, and commissioning of electrical equipment in the Company to increase system reliability and improve service delivery to our customers.

The position will report to the Senior Maintenance Engineer – Lines, Rigging & Eastern Area.

Key Accountabilities

• Provide engineering input in the development and implementation of periodic maintenance programmes and procedures to ensure all electrical installations and equipment are properly maintained and repaired.
• Provide prompt response to defects and institute repairs to ensure timely restoration of equipment and installations.
• Investigate causes of defects to ascertain their nature with a view to preventing their recurrence.
• Provide engineering input in the retrofitting of equipment to adapt them to new operating requirements.
• Maintain surveillance over the power network and auxiliary equipment to determine their health status and initiate condition-based maintenance when the need arises.
• Ensure strict adherence to statutory safety regulations to safeguard Company assets and personnel. Take a leading role in the development of appropriate risk assessment for various works.
• Provide engineering input in the installation and commissioning of new equipment as and when required.
• Review work procedures, key tools, and equipment to improve the efficiency of maintenance teams, i.e., procurement and utilization of test instruments and emergency spares inventory.
• Contribute to the preparation of strategic plans and procedures to enhance emergency response and implementation of emergency response plans.
• May carry out minor projects or special assignments commensurate with his/her skills and/or knowledge as part of staff development and as assigned by the senior engineer.
• To plan and effectively manage the maintenance of wayleaves to ensure the security of transmission lines and the uninterrupted power supply to customers.

To be successful in this role, you will be required to have:

• A degree in Electrical Engineering from an accredited institution.
• Member of the Engineering Institution of Zambia (EIZ).
• At least two (2) years’ post-qualification practical experience in an engineering department within a large or complex organisation.
• Good presentation skills using constructive and logical approaches.
• Strong technical acumen, with the ability to anticipate, interpret, and apply changes in equipment design and functionality.

Applications

If you have the relevant skills and experience, please click the ‘Apply Here’ button below and complete the online job application. Hard copy applications will not be accepted at this stage.

CEC is an equal opportunity employer; therefore, it is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in its staff. The closing date for receipt of applications is January 5, 2026.

Applicants are requested to provide daytime contact numbers and accessible email addresses. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.