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: Electrical Engineer

Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

• The Engineering Manager will be the driver of excellence when it comes to the overall engineering and maintenance activity of the factory.
• The person will be a proactive individual with many years of engineering experience and proven leadership skills.
• You will be responsible for the overall operations of all processes in the factory. Managing spare part inventory and ensuring uptime for all equipment will be a key deliverable.
• You will require exceptional foresight, great communication skills, and an aptitude for managing risk.
• Ideally, candidates will have proof of their supervisory and technical skills and an appreciation for the complex nature of the industry.
• You will also be required to drive health and safety policies within the system.
• As the engineering manager, you will be required to build and manage a diverse team along with driving the following key dimensions.

Responsibilities
Strategic Effectiveness:

• Generate & implement a comprehensive engineering plan for the factory
• Implement preventive & corrective maintenance system for all the equipment, ensuring maximum up-time for all the equipment.
• Generate and adhere to R&M budget & CAPEX proposals.
• Create daily/weekly/monthly engineering reports, monitor operations and plant health
• Maintain equipment history cards, plan upgrade and replacement of the equipment
• Generate drawings for a new modification/improvement plan, incorporate technical improvements for efficiency increase.

Operational Effectiveness:

• Monitor daily records of energy and downtime, maintain utilization reports
• Build and manage diverse and effective teams.
• Prove hands-on skill and ability to train juniors for the repair of different types of equipment. Be the definitive engineering leader and technical expert
• Monitor performance of packaging m/c’s for technical efficiency
• Build relationships with vendors for services and spares for timely back-up. Cost, quality and time management with vendors and suppliers.
• Implementation of safety policies and developing a strong culture of safety practices
• Handle government agencies for environmental issues, be an advocate for health and safety at the location.
• Identify training needs and provide on-job /internal training. Create relevant training modules where required.
• Contract Management, working with legal and finance teams to ensure timely and effective execution.

Organizational Effectiveness:

• Maintain a high level of OEE for overall plant
• Downtime analysis, optimizing the maintenance process for better utilization of resources.
• Spare parts inventory management (Maintain an adequate level of spare parts as a cost-effective system). Building a network of JIT suppliers for cost control.
• Process optimization and regular improvements. Leading quality initiatives and ensuring actionable information is captured at every process.
• Strong follow-up for LT/HT electrical installations (existing) for proper maintenance
• Monitoring of gen-sets, boilers, chillers, air compressors, WTP, ETP daily for energy-efficient operation

Requirements

• BE/B. TECH in Electrical/Mechanical Engineering from a reputed institute
• 15-20 years of hands-on practical experience in medium/large food processing organization as an engineering & maintenance head.
• Exceptional people management skill along with multitasking abilities.
• Work experience with dairy/beverage Plant with APV/Tetra Pak processing system would be preferred
• Strong knowledge of utilities is a must for this role
• Knowledge of PLC and strong process orientation. Proven ability to manage quality.
• Proven track record of projects & improvement exercises.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.