Engineer for Planning and Inventory Control 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: Engineer for Planning and Inventory Control

Location: Ilorin, Kwara
Function: MATS
Employment type: Permanent - Full Time
Sub-Function: Procurement/Logistics

Job Description

• Perform Plant inspection, Maintenance planning and task scheduling.
• Maintenance planning for old and new installation, update task list to maximize availability
• Systematic plant restoration using TPM methodology.
• Work order closure and reporting
• review daily/weekly works schedules with sectional engineer and reduce backlogs.
• Manage spare inventory to support maintenance execution.
• Track spares from request to delivery.
• Ensure all spares GRN is done and vendor payment completed.
• Ensure 100% stock accuracy.
• Track engineering budget.
• Manage engineering workshop and ensure proper 5S at all times.

Strategic Effectiveness:

• Evaluate and identify specific safety hazards associated with planned work and ensure adherence to safety requirement and procedures.
• Manage all plant inspection and condition monitoring activities in plant
• Ensure all work orders and maintenance details are accurately captured on SAP and ensure Technical completion of the work.
• Obtain and file all associate PM support documentation and in appropriate folders.
• Manage and schedule maintenance activities such as inspections, AMV, instruments calibrations and equipment preventive maintenance and validation assessments.
• Monitor work order execution rate and ensure quality of work execution in line with standards.
• Manage engineering modification work request and ensure Management of Change document update.
• Harmonise all plant manuals in a folder for easy retrieval.
• Coordinate total plant repair and maintenance expenditure vs budget and deploy to each section.
• Other duties not listed herein, but which need to be accomplished to maintain safe and productive day-to-day operations within the plant
• Maintain confidentiality of all records and company matters

Key Deliverables

• Achieve zero unplanned equipment downtime through effective PM planning and execution
• Reduce maintenance cost to budget limit through avoidance of equipment failures
• Ensure accurate stock inventory. 
• Ensure a simplified PM regime to achieve minimum equipment availability of 95%

Requirements

• 10 years’ experience in the manufacturing sector with at least 2 years in maintenance planning
• Ability to lead a work group.
• Strong organizational and communication skills
• Have a goal-oriented mentality
• Good knowledge of inventory management
• SAP knowledge mandatory
• Able to read and interpret vendors manuals and drawings
• Ability to write detailed maintenance report
• Committed to safety and teamwork
• Ability to learn and apply maintenance best practices
• Ability to organize and plan tasks
• Must be flexible and responsive to the business needs
• Harmonize and present all engineering KPI

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.