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: Shift Miller (Aqua)

Location: Ilorin, Kwara

Job Description

• To manage an efficient, safe site producing finished products that fulfil the requirements of our customers at least cost/maximum financial benefits.

Key Deliverables

• Quality and consistency of finished products.
• Mill performance.
• Seeking continuous operational improvement.
• Effective management of raw material, intermediate and finished product stock levels.
• Cost control (notably labour, energy, maintenance).
• Site Hygiene.
• Site Condition.
• Health and Safety.
• Direct management and motivation of production team.

Responsibilities
Production Unit:

• Defining and agreeing job responsibilities with all subordinates.  Setting targets and monitoring performance (formally and informally) of all responsible personnel.
• Maintain the welfare and morale of staff and their subordinates.
• Enforce discipline and effect dismissals as necessary within the guidelines of the company disciplinary procedure and employment legislation.
• Selection and appointment of new staff.
• Ensure all areas operate efficiently within agreed financial budgets.  To seek continual improvement.
• Control stock levels (through line managers/supervisors) of both raw materials and finished products to ensure efficient response to product specifications and volume requirements (in line with forecasts and new product development) can be made.
• Maintain and monitor production in respect of output yield/extraction capacity against set targets.  React to variances.
• Ensure (through line managers) efficient maintenance of all plant and buildings under remit. (This will include use of a preventative maintenance scheme to ensure minimum breakdown times on any processes.

Operational Effectiveness:

• Implement work environment safety guidelines – ensure the health and safety of all subordinates within company guidelines and current legislation
• Regularly monitor the entire operations. Hold regular health and safety meetings as chairman of the site committee
• Implement agreed on recommendations from the annual contracted audits, reduce audit observations.
• Ensure all functional managers are aware of the correct codes of practice, both statutory and advisory, that govern accepted standards of safe operation at all premises
• Ensure production plant produces minimal dust and noise both internally and externally
• Build a structured site inspection and employee training plan, ensure effective implementation of the same.
• Ensure full employee awareness of safe working practices and their role in maintaining the required standards

General Responsibilities:

• Manage external contractors in a cost effective manner for cleaning, refuse disposal, gardening and other routine services.  Seek to challenge their costs and performance to ensure cheap yet quality service.
• Ensure perimeter and yard areas are well maintained.
• Through managers, maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).
• Through respective managers, ensure the safe keeping of all company agreements, financial instruments etc.
• To encourage good communication through the plant workplace, through Team Briefing, formal and informal discussions.
• Through managers identify personnel training needs.
• Actively promote training and personal development on site.  (Costs to be controlled within agreed budgets).
• All managers are expected to exhibit a flexible approach to working and the performance of other management tasks may be required for the well being and advancement of the business.

Requirements

• B.Tech/BE from reputed institute.
• 5-6 Yrs. of Work exp. with relevant exposure in handling multiple milling lines.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.