Background

The Lilongwe Water Board is a Statutory Corporation established in 1947 and re-constituted in 1995 under the Water Works Act (Cap 72). It is responsible for the provision of water supply and sanitation services to the City of Lilongwe and other surrounding areas designated as its supply area.

The Board is inviting applications from suitably qualified candidates of Malawi origin to fill the following position that exist within the Board.

Job Title: Assistant Plant Operator

Grade: LWB 10

Division: Production

Reporting to: Senior Plant Operator

Responsible for: None

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Carrying out operation of water abstraction, production and transmission plant within prescribed standards
• Attending to immediate problems from the water production system
• Applying water treatment chemicals
• Conducting daily checks on performance of water production system
• Reporting and attending to faults or complaints from the dams, booster stations and reservoirs
• Checking water levels silt deposition and algae growth and all intake works
• Maintaining general cleanliness of the water production premises
• Monitoring tank water levels and tank performance for corrective measures in addressing discrepancies
• Resetting water plant voltages
• Carrying out the operation of the Dam
• Enforcing safety precautions
• Carrying out Dam inspection through reading and reporting instrumentation;
• Demonstrating outstanding commitment to service delivery programs of the Board by personally identifying and reporting water bursts/leakages to customer care Division of which verifiable repair records shall be tendered to be used as one of the components for assessment during one’s performance appraisal time.

Minimum Qualifications and Experience

• Applicants must have Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE) and a minimum of two years’ experience in water treatment and plant operation

• Carrying out operation of water abstraction, production and transmission plant within prescribed standards
• Attending to immediate problems from the water production system
• Applying water treatment chemicals
• Conducting daily checks on performance of water production system
• Reporting and attending to faults or complaints from the dams, booster stations and reservoirs
• Checking water levels silt deposition and algae growth and all intake works
• Maintaining general cleanliness of the water production premises
• Monitoring tank water levels and tank performance for corrective measures in addressing discrepancies
• Resetting water plant voltages
• Carrying out the operation of the Dam
• Enforcing safety precautions
• Carrying out Dam inspection through reading and reporting instrumentation;
• Demonstrating outstanding commitment to service delivery programs of the Board by personally identifying and reporting water bursts/leakages to customer care Division of which verifiable repair records shall be tendered to be used as one of the components for assessment during one’s performance appraisal time.

• Malawi School Certificate of Education (MSCE)
• A minimum of two years’ experience in water treatment and plant operation