Maintenance Technician at ReelFruit

ReelFruit, founded in 2012, is the market leader in the healthy snack category, pioneering the introduction of healthy dried fruit as a snack in the Nigerian market. The company was founded on a mission to build a scalable agribusiness to add value to raw materials locally and produce, package and distribute locally made snacks that could sit on any shelf in the world!

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Maintenance Technician

Location: Abeokuta, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• As we increase our processing capacity as well as our global distribution, we seek an experienced Maintenance Technician, based in Abeokuta, Nigeria to join the company in this exciting phase of its growth to build the first of its kind fruit processing company in Nigeria.

Job Summary

• The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for the maintenance of all the equipment used directly and indirectly for production in the factory.

Responsibilities

• Adequate electrical / mechanical maintenance of machines involving preventive and breakdown maintenance and overhauling of factory machines.
• Installing new machinery in cooperation with the maintenance team.
• Replacement and adjustment of a variety of mechanical equipment and parts of mechanical machinery.
• Reduction of machine downtime and production wastage through machine maintenance.
• Ensuring all machines are properly maintained to produce high quality products that meet our customers’ expectations and adhere to proper food product safety criteria.
• Assist production and quality control/ assurance in maintaining processes, maximizing machine performance, and minimizing quality issues.

Educational Qualification & Requirements

• B.Eng or HND in Electrical Engineering / Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum of 3 years experience in a manufacturing industry in a similar role.
• Able to work effectively with little or no supervision.
• Have experience in industrial machinery maintenance (factories, utilities, generators).
• Possess excellent technical skills and be a computer literate.
• Possess good leadership skills.

Application Closing Date
21st April, 2023.