Assistant Production 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: Assistant Production Manager

Location: Nigeria
Function: MATS
Sub-Function: Plant Operations

Job Description

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

Key Deliverables

• Accountable for safety in the Production department. He/she will ensure production team and process comply with safety regulations and norms.
• Align with the plant’s the Plant Manager and ensure implementation of production plan and related actions to meet volume and quality targets for oil and meal.
• 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 continuous development of all team members, training, coaching, encouraging, and has considered especially for Hazardous plant, to monitor and compliance to HSE, GMP, to maintain and improve internal process control, environmental management, food and employee Safety.
• Investigate plant operations problems, analyze the proposal of modifications from shift supervisors and assist Plant manager in its implementation for smooth operations.
• Develop and periodically review plant SOP’s to maintain healthy operation and ensure compliance to every elated standard.
• Coordinate with logistic & Engineering departments to ensure minimum stock of plant consumable

Requirements

• Engineering Degree, preferably Chemical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years as Production / Process Manager in large Solvent Extraction Plants of >1000Tons per day.
• Experience with modern solvent extraction technology is an added advantage

Application Closing Date
28th August, 2025.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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