Engineering Manager at Olam Agri – Apply Now

Job Description

• The Chief Engineer will be responsible for overall Engineering activities across all sites of the company, ensuring the maximum availability of the plant by implementing the best maintenance practices.  
• He will report functionally to the VP-Engineering with a dotted line reporting to the Plant Managers of Feed mill & Soy Crush plant.
• The Chief Engineer will be responsible for overall Engineering activities across all sites of the company, ensuring the maximum availability of the plant by implementing the best maintenance practices.  
• He will report functionally to the VP-Engineering with a dotted line reporting to the Plant Managers of Feed mill & Soy Crush plant.

Key Deliverables

• Providing technical support to the onsite engineering team as and when required
• Ensure safety compliance at all sites.
• Develop departmental goals and strategies.
• Implement effective Preventive and predictive maintenance for maximum equipment availability.
• Achieve all KPI targets like Power, steam and R&M cost. Improve OEE, MTTR and MTBF
• Manage engineering store and inventory of engineering spares & consumables.
• Good knowledge of project management, planning, negotiations with sound commercial judgement, able to set priorities.
• Good knowledge on plant utilities like steam boiler, air compressor, Genset, water treatment plant, fire protection system etc.
• Basic knowledge in electrical and instrumentation (for candidate with mechanical background)
• Proven leadership and management skills with ability to develop a competent maintenance team.
• Prepare maintenance budget, capex proposals. Take the ownership of maintenance cost.
• Leading daily morning meetings and ensure RCAs are done for any downtime happened on a day today basis.
• Work closely with the procurement team for establishing annual maintenance contracts to agree on service, delivery timelines, price and performance requirements for those equipment’s wherever applicable.
• Work with procurement team for alternate/local vendor development

Requirements

• Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical / Electrical) with 10-15 years of maintenance experience in large manufacturing facility.
• Out of which 2 to 3 years as head department head.