Team Leader - 3 Positions

Morogoro, Kilombero, Tanzania, United Republic of

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Experienced

Job Purpose
Kikonyo Nursery Team Leader will be responsible for overseeing all Planting, Growing, Dispatch and transplanting of the high-quality output speeding.

The Kikonyo nursery team leaders are responsible for overseeing all production aspects in a particular phase of the speedlings production, that are: Germination team leader, Growing team leader, and Dispatch & transplanting team leader. This role ensures the production of high-quality planting material, adherence to best agronomic practices, and the successful distribution of healthy sugarcane seedlings to the company fields by adopting and improving efficient team management skills.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities:

Trays and crates cleaning using water pressure machine
Receive the substrates from factory – Bagasse and filter mud - and rice husks from local rice machines
Sieve the Bagasse and filter mud
Carbonize the rice husks
Store the prepared single substrates before mixing
Mix the substrates in the precise ratio
Store mixed substrate
Fill the trays with mixed substrate
Receive seed cane from the field
Distribute seed cane in the bud cutting machines
Run the bud cutting machines
Collect the cut stalks in the bud cutting machines area, and place it in the conveyor in the trailer to the mill
Collect the cut buds at the machines station
Treat cut buds with hormone and fungicide (in the solution container, red)
Mix treated cut buds with substrate
Print the labels to identify the sprouting crates
Place the printed labels in the crates
Place the cut buds + substrates in the crates
Move and place the crates in the sprouting chamber
Monitor the kikonyo development inside of sprouting chamber
Move the sprouted crates to the planting table
Off load the sprouted crates on the planting table
Select the sprouted and rooted speedlings for planting
Plant the sprouted buds in the filled trays
Place the planted trays in the tug trailer
Off load the trays inside the greenhouse
Label the place regarding the daily production inside the greenhouse
Greenhouse management i.e.: temperature monitoring, air moisture monitoring, diseases monitoring, greenhouse cleanness, shade-net daily schedule (pre-hardening management), plastic daily inspection.
Ready speedlings loading into the trailer
Ready speedlings movement to the hardening area
Tug trailer offloading to the hardening area
Trays placing on the benches
Hardening area management (irrigation and nutrition monitoring, mortality removal, pests and diseases monitoring, agrichemicals application (insecticide/fungicide), weeds manual control, trays consolidation (filling the gaps and sorting), ground weeds controlling, tug trailer loading to the dispatch area, tug trailer offloading in the dispatch area
Dispatch management (pre-transplanting land prep quality control, crates offloading from the field, crates stacking, crates movement to the dispatch area from the cleaning station, speedlings placement in the crates, speedlings watering before dispatch, loading crates with seedlings for planting in the field, speedlings offloading in the field, distribution of seedlings in the field, planting quality control.
Other activities not listed here that promotes a healthy and good quality speedlings development (in nursery and field environment)

Minimum Requirements:

Ordinary Secondary Education desirably
Minimum 1 year experience in sugarcane or seed cane propagation
Experience in managing pests and diseases in sugarcane crops
Knowledge of sugarcane propagation techniques and agronomic practices
Good knowledge of sugarcane cultivation requirements and nursery operations

Terms of Service: The successful candidate will be engaged on a fixed term contract.

All interested candidates, who meet the above requirements, please apply for the position on or before 10th July 2025. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.

Kilombero Sugar Company Limited is an equal opportunity employer. Women and people with disability are highly encouraged to apply.

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Kilombero Sugar Company Limited (KSCL), is the largest producer of sugar in the country under the strong "Bwana Sukari" brand name.

Team Leader - 3 Positions

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