Process Manager at Olam Agri

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: Process Manager

Location: Kwara
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Process Manager should execute the approved plan to meet the production volume, quality, and safety standards for the Hazardous plant.
• Coordination with the maintenance department to execute Preventive maintenance plan and minimize process break downs.
• Coordination with Safety Manager for all regarding safety involving production and maintenance issues.
• Follow General Manager instructions for improvement/modification follow up, as well as sharing process variables, issues, recommendations, etc to ensure safe operation.

Key Deliverables

• Follow the instruction given by the General Manager/Plant Manager and ensure its implementation to meet volume and quality targets of oil and mill.
• Organize with shift in charge, details of material intakes in time as per production plan and to monitor oil storage area to ensure oil transfer in time with confirmation of correct quantity and quality.
• Ensure all the daily and monthly reports for production, consumptions of utilities as well as for maintenance down time will be ready in time for submission to the Plant Manager.
• Coordinate with Maintenance Manager to execute all preventive maintenance plans and spare parts procurement.
• Monitor daily maintenance report and coordinate with Maintenance to ensure optimum performance and minimize plant downtime.
• Ensure the plant safety and process continuation during any project execution or any process improvement activities.

Strategic Effectiveness:

• Managing Nigeria’s one of the largest oil seed crushing plants, larger than most of the plants in Africa, Europe, and Asia, with a production capacity of 1,000MT/day of Soybean and one of the most advance technologies available today.
• The extraction plant process uses hexane, which is a very hazardous substance and accidents can cause intoxication (high neurotoxicity) or a large explosion jeopardizing the operation, personnel, and the business.
• High-pressure steam management.
• Combustible management
• It is an automated Plant with an employee strength of approximately 150 on roll and off-roll employees

Requirements

• Engineering Degree preferably Chemical / Mechanical.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in oil seed plant.
• 10 years Plant Operational and Management experience at the supervisory level, PLC/ SCADA understanding, and strong computer and reporting skills required.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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