JOB DESCRIPTION

POSITION TITLE: PLUMBER/GENERAL FITTER

Date Posted: March 15 2024

Mwaiwathu Private Hospital invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced candidates for the position of Plumber/General Fitter tenable at the Hospital along Chileka Road in Blantyre.

 

 Position Context

Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader, the Plumber/ General Fitter will undertake general maintenance of the entire Hospital plumbing and metal work and ensure all sanitary equipment are good working condition.

 

Specific duties and responsibilities will include but not be limited to:

 

  • Ensuring that sanitary equipment and facilities are working properly.
  • Ordering spare parts are on time
  • Maintaining the gas, air and oxygen piping
  • Managing the sanitary preventive maintenance program
  • Ensuring that the safety standards and procedures of the hospital are followed
  • Resolving faults and damage on sanitary equipment quickly to minimize disruptions

Educational Qualifications and Experience

 

  • Minimum Trade Test Grade 1 in General Fitting and Plumbing
  • Malawi School Certificate of Education

 

Requisite knowledge, abilities and skills

 

  • Able to follow safety standards
  • Physically fit
  • Alert
  • Attention to detail
  • Initiative
  • Assertive
  •  Hands on
  • Sober minded
  • Willing to learn continuously about new equipment

 

METHOD OF APPLICATION

 

Interested and qualifying candidates should submit their application, enclosing a detailed Curriculum Vitae with names and contacts of at least three credible referees, active e-mail addresses, and copies of relevant certificates by Wednesday, 27th March, 2024 to:

 

The Chief Executive Officer

Mwaiwathu Private Hospital Limited

P. O. Box 3067,

BLANTYRE


Or email: mdpa@mwaiwathuhospital.com