Company Info
Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.
Olam Agri is a market-leading, differentiated food, feed, and fiber agri-business with a global origination footprint, processing capabilities, and deep understanding of market needs built over 33 years. With a strong presence in high-growth emerging markets and products across grains & oilseeds, animal feed & protein, rice, edible oils, specialty grains & seeds, cotton, wood products, rubber and commodity financial services.
Olam Agri is at the heart of global food and agri-trade flows with more than 40 million MT in volume traded annually. Focused on transforming food, feed and fiber for a more sustainable future, it aims at creating value for customers, enabling farming communities to prosper sustainably, and strive for a food-secure future.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Head of Engineering
Location: Tin-Can, Lagos
Function: MATS
Sub-Function: MATS-Common
Job Description
- Responsible for establishing & implementing effective maintenance program for all IFP assets – Poultry feed at Kaduna & Ilorin, Fish feed at Ilorin and Day-old-chick farms & hatchery at Kaduna and Soya Crush Solvent Extraction Operation at Ilorin.
- Responsible for all IFP greenfield & brownfield capex projects.
- Responsible for utilities operations across the plants
- Responsible for R&M budget preparation and control
- Lead Cost Efficiency improvement initiatives, e.g. OEE enhancement, Utilities (power/steam) cost reduction, etc.
Key Deliverables
- Effective Maintenance strategy for the Plants and operations within the BU
- Capex and Opex budgeting and implementation adherence
- Lead design, planning and implementation of expansion projects within timeframe, and cost
- Lead cost saving ideation and initiative implementation to deliver cost efficient maintenance programs.
Strategic Effectiveness
- Ability to coordinate multiple teams concurrently and deliver key business priorities.
- Strong stakeholder management skill. Managing both Internal and External stakeholders for key business results.
- Versatile technical knowledge across various operations and technologies in Feed Mill, Hatchery operation and Solvent Extraction plants.
- Possesses strong communication skill and collaborates with functions within the business to deliver top departmental results.
- Ability to manage complex projects and ensure post-project integration
Requirements
- BE / B-Tech in Mechanical Engineering (Masters Degree would be an added advantage)
- Minimum 15 years experience in FMCG in the Engineering field, of which 5 years minimum must have been in Engineering leadership role.
- Must have managed the engineering function for a multi-site operation (at least 3 plants) or a very large single site.
- Must have managed projects of >$10Mn
- Experience in multiple processes/large operations.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
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