Building Services Technician- Intern-Refrigeration & Air Conditioning at Malawi Liverpool Wellcome Trust

QUALIFICATIONS: (i.e. Education, Training, and Experience Requirements).

 Education: The minimum level of education required to perform all the duties of the job to standard.

• Diploma in Refrigeration and air conditioning or a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering with focus on refrigeration.
• Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE)
• A Level 3 TEVET or City and Guild Grade I in refrigeration and air conditioning.
• Any additional training and qualifications in refrigeration and Air Conditioning will be an advantage

Experience:  The minimum number of years of experience required to perform all the duties of the job to standard.

• At least 2 years’ relevant experience.

KEY COMPENTENCIES/ATTRIBUTES AND SKILLS (e.g. IT Skills, Personality, Communication, Teamwork etc)

• Troubleshooting and repairing skills
• Numerical and analytical skills
• Innovative and creative
• Written and speaking report writing skills.
• Team player

DECISION MAKING: 3-5 decisions required on the job with minimum input or checking by supervisors.

• Decide on the course of action to take in the event of an emergency
• Decide on maintenance model to use when carrying out maintenance of the buildings.
• Clearly come up with daily assigned work plans and give them priority levels.
• Decide on the type of maintenance to be used

 Manuals, policies, procedures or guidelines that govern decision-making:

• Maintenance manual
• Building inspections SOP’s.
• Fuel tank inspections SOP’s.

Financial decisions required in this job (e.g. budgets, expenditures, petty cash etc)

• Critically analyzing quotations given by suppliers so that there is value for money and deciding on who should carry out the works based on the analysis

     Key performance indicators (KPIs)

• System uptime and availability.
• Customer satisfaction ratings.
• Mean time to repair (MTTR).
• Mean time between failures (MTBF).
• Compliance with HSEQ and regulatory requirements.

RESPONSIBILITY: 

(a)    For people (supervisory):

• No supervisory role 

(b)    For resources:

• The Building Services Handyman shall be fully responsible in managing maintenance items stock.
• The Building Services Handyman shall be fully responsible in managing maintenance working tools.

 WORK COMPLEXITY: The degree of complexity of the job i.e. how simple, standardized or complicated the work is:

• The Building Services Handyman will be required to work under pressure.
• He/She will be working odd hours and will be required to come to work earlier sometimes

ACCOUNTABILITY FOR ERRORS:  The impact of errors on organizational resources, customers, processes, equipment etc.

• The Building Services Handyman shall be required to work with extreme care as his work is delicate, since it involves business continuity of the organization

WORKING CONDITIONS:  Inconvenient or disagreeable aspects of the job e.g. exposure to heat, dirt, outside work, constant interruptions, hazards, uncomfortable situations etc.

(a)     Uncomfortable Conditions: 

• Working on risky/ hazardous systems, for example plumbing systems i.e flushing blocked plumbing systems.

(b)     Job Hazards:

• Septic tank overflows
• Untreated wastewater
• Exposure to foul.
• Falling from heights
• Water jets

Applications are to be received no later than 14^th November 2024

Method Of Application

Interested applicants should apply by sending a cover letter, copies of relevant certificates, and a detailed CV with three traceable referees (at least two professional referees) to the address below or emailing it to [email protected]. This should be in one PDF format and  saved using file names starting with the following pattern:

“Surname_GivenNames_MLWFacilitiesApprenticeship_Application.”