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: Ilorin, Kwara
Employment Type: Full-time
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 Operations 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 the 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 skills. Managing both Internal and External stakeholders for key business results.
• Versatile technical knowledge across various operations and technologies in Feed Mills, Hatchery operations and Solvent Extraction plants.
• Possesses strong communication skills 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 of 15 years experience in FMCG in the Engineering field, of which 5 years minimum must have been in an 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.