Kasulu Sugar Company (Mufindi Paper – Kasulu Sugar Project) is looking to hire a Workshop Tire & Equipment Supervisor to oversee tire maintenance, workshop operations, field repairs, inventory control and safety compliance for agricultural and heavy equipment at the Kasulu Sugar Project in Kigoma, Tanzania.
Responsibilities
- Oversee the repair, mounting, balancing, and replacement of tires for tractors, combines, heavy equipment, and utility vehicles.
- Supervise day-to-day workshop activities.
- Maintain tools and heavy tire-service equipment and ensure an organized, clean workspace.
- Coordinate rapid-response tire repairs or changes in the field when equipment breaks down.
- Monitor stock levels for replacement tires, inner tubes, patch kits, and workshop consumables.
- Enforce strict safety protocols around heavy lifting, split rim wheels, and pneumatic tools.
Requirements
- 12+ years of proven hands-on experience with agricultural, industrial or heavy truck tires
- Deep understanding of ballast fluids, ply ratings, tread patterns for various soil conditions and proper inflation pressures
- Strong supervisory capabilities with excellent organizational, problem-solving and communication skills
- Experience operating heavy-duty tire changers, service trucks, cranes and workshop air tools
- Hands-on expertise in agricultural, industrial, or heavy truck tire maintenance.
- Knowledge of ballast fluids, ply ratings, tread patterns, and tire inflation pressures.
- Supervisory and leadership skills.
- Organizational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to operate heavy-duty tire changers, service trucks, cranes, and workshop air tools.
