Engineering Manager at Saro Agrosciences Limited

Saroafrica International Limited is an indigenous private sector player with 3 decades of experience in Nigeria. Saroafrica has five Subsidiaries (Saro Agrosciences, Saro Lifecare, Saro Agro-Allied, Gossy Warm Spring and Saro Oil Palm) and two Joint Ventures (AgriseedCo and Green Hills Agricultural Products). Saroafrica is set to become a leading consumer, manufacturing, FMCG and integrated agricultural value chain group. In pursuit of this ambition Saroafrica is making significant investment in a Palm Plantation and Cassava to Ethanol Plant. This role is expected to be for Saro Agrosciences.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engineering Manager

Location: Magboro, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Duties / Responsibilities

• Serve as the engineering leader and technical expert.
• He is responsible for achieving the right machine efficiency level through: Minimized breakdowns, improved machine filling rates, and implementing the required continuous improvement initiatives on the production lines.
• To optimum machine performance, determine various staffing and training needs, as well as hire, train, and supervise engineering staff members.
• Oversee engineering projects, reports/Capex proposal, as well as interpret P&ID, GA, isometric drawings, BOQ & Tender documents.
• He/ she is to ensure adequate spares (and consumables) are available to support product machine operations (with proper sourcing, negotiation & ordering, Budget, and cost control).
• Experienced in construction management along with erection & commissioning of all equipment (utility, processing, electrical, filling & packaging line, service, others, and able to drive seamless handover to production.
• Ensure adherence to all company principles and policies as well as local laws and regulations.
• Ensures compliance to health, GMP, safety and regulatory requirements of all products manufactured.
• Leverages strong product technology knowledge for efficient line operation
• Propose, monitor and flawlessly execute capital projects such as plant expansion, new line installations and equipment modification for growth and/or efficiency.
• Able to work closely with production, quality, R&D, engineering, human resources, finance, and IT functions
• Drive Continuous improvement culture and high level of employee engagement at all levels in the factory.
• Provide leadership and guidance in the development of people to provide a strong bench.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or related field required.
• Preferably 5 - 7 years of experience in plant engineering supervision, with implementation of LEAN and/or TPM.
• Age Requirement: 30 - 45 years.

Application Closing Date
13th July 2022.