Zambia Sugar Plc. is an ABF Sugar Company and is the leading Sugar producer in Zambia. Its main activities are the growing of sugar cane the production and marketing of sugar and other sugar downstream products.
The company invites applications from suitably qualified and experienced persons to fill the following positions under the Agriculture Department:
1. GIS TECHNICIAN – PERMANENT x 1
AGRICULTURE DEPARTMENT (NAKAMBALA)
This position reports to the GIS Specialist and operates within the Agriculture function. The successful candidate will be responsible for supporting the development of Geographic Information System (GIS) capability and understanding on site in close collaboration with GIS Specialist, Agric Optimization, Estate Surveyor, and Business Systems & Planning Analyst.
Key performance areas
· Acquire/process and present GIS data in a suitable format to enable precision agriculture in areas such as;
· Variable rate technologies
· Drone imagery processing and analytics
· Controlled traffic and auto-steed technology
· Agriculture tech spatial data management
· Collaborate with and support GIS Specialist to codify GIS best practice into standardized work processes.
· Collaborate with and support Crop Production and Optimization activity functions
· Facilitate data processing and interactions with the selected centralized data processing entity (where present).
· Manage data and user access on the chosen ABF cloud based spatial data repository
· Preparing spatial data for projects
· Assist in Improving the visualization of survey data for routine reporting
· Support the Optimization function in representing cost and productivity reporting in spatial formats
· Support the spatial data requirements of grower agriculture and other estate functions
· Support site L&D team to develop GIS skills and application competence
· Spatial tracking of day-to-day operations, where applicable
· Promote and adhere to ABF procedures, policies and guidelines, including, without limitation, those relating to SHERQ, Competition Law and Anti-Bribery and Corruption (ABC)
Minimum Requirements
· Grade 12 School Certificate
· Bachelor’s degree/Diploma in GIS / Land Surveying / Agricultural Engineering / Agriculture
· Preferably 2 years’ experience with GIS
· Demonstrated competence in GIS, land surveying, sugarcane agriculture, drone pilot, agricultural machine control, computer programming, database management software, systems integration and agriculture data analytics
· Strong analytical skills
· Suitably qualified applicants must provide certificates which have been verified by the Zambia Qualifications Authority (ZAQA)
Should you be interested in applying for this role, please submit your detailed CV, copies of relevant qualifications, registrations and ID/Passport for the attention of HR Business Partner
Email: careers@zamsugar.zmindicating “Application – Position Title” in the subject line.
All internal employees are required to complete the Internal Application Form and obtain relevant signatures when applying for vacancies.
Closing date for applications is 13th March 2026.
Applicants shall be required to complete pre-employment checks (qualification, credit, security, background, and medical assessments) as part of the recruitment process where applicable.
Should you not hear from us within 4 weeks after the closing date, please accept that your application was unsuccessful.
