Vacancy title:
Industrial Metrology Officer

[Type: FULL_TIME, Industry: Public Administration, and Government, Category: Science & Engineering, Civil & Government, Installation, Maintenance & Repair]

Jobs at:
Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS)

Deadline of this Job:
Thursday, May 28 2026

Duty Station:
Lilongwe | Lilongwe

Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, May 13 2026, Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:

The Malawi Bureau of Standards (MBS) is a statutory organization established in 1972 by an Act of Parliament (Cap 51:02) with a mandate to promote standardization of commodities and their manufacture, production, processing or treatment and to provide for the verification and calibration of weighing and measuring instruments; and further to provide for matter incidental to or connected with standardization.

The MBS is inviting applications from suitably qualified and interested persons to fill the following vacancies:

Responsibilities or duties

To ensure effective and efficient implementation of industrial metrology activities.

• Daily management of a designated laboratory i.e. Temperature, Mass, Volume, Pressure, Force or Length Laboratory
• Supervising Senior Industrial Metrology Technicians
• Facilitating the calibration of weighing and measuring instruments
• Planning calibration trips
• Maintaining accuracy of working standards
• Creating and maintaining equipment files for measuring and test equipment requiring calibration
• Drafting reminder letters to clients on equipment due for calibration
• Keeping and updating records for calibrated equipment
• Initiating maintenance of equipment
• Compiling weekly progress reports
• Appraising the performance of Senior Industrial Metrology Technicians

Qualifications or requirements (e.g., education, skills)

• A Bachelor of Science (Honours) Degree in Physics or A Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) Degree in Mechanical, Electrical and Electronics, Biomedical, Telecommunications, Metallurgy Engineering or Metrology

Experience needed

• At least 2 years’ practical experience in a related field

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: bachelor degree

Job application procedure

Interested persons who meet the above specifications should submit a written application letter together with copies of relevant certificates, detailed current Curriculum Vitae, names and contact details of three traceable referees plus a copy of the National Identity Card in a sealed envelope clearly marked on top with post being applied for before close of business on 28th May, 2026 to:

The Director General
Malawi Bureau of Standards
P O Box 946
BLANTYRE

NOTE: THOSE THAT RESPONDED TO THE EARLIER ADVERT ON THE ABOVE POSITIONS SHOULD NOT RE-APPLY

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