Central Maintenance Engineer Job in Kenya

Job Title: Central Maintenance Engineer

Company Profile: A multinational company that deals in the Manufacturing and Production of Nutritional and dairy products, coffee, tea, beverages, chocolate and confectionery

Reports to: Factory Engineering

Main Purpose of the Job

Ensure that all maintenance activities enhance people's and product's safety, product quality, protection of the environment and Operations performance, by providing engineering professional and technical leadership to the maintenance function (TPM-PM) in the factory.

Main Responsibilities

M&I. Enable high performance Operations, providing assets' Maintenance according to the Company Strategy (using TPM as the multi-disciplined approach to maintain/improve fixed assets, and AMM to manage their life cycle). Support and contribute to have a proper technical store management.Budget Management. Built the maintenance budget (zero base), ensuring justification, request, implementation, reporting and tracking in line with GuidelinesIndustrial Services. Ensure that the needs of the factory are fulfilled, as per Production requirements. That all utilities that come or may come in contact with product are treated according to the acceptance food safety criteria for product/processesE&A /MES. Ensure that the maintenance of electrical services, performance of automation and MES at factory site level, are in line with the Production requirementsEnergy/Water/SHE Management. Ensure optimum energy/water consumption at factory level, by implementing proper M&I activities to the factory assets, and respecting SHE policies. Key Competencies/Knowledge and Skills
Understanding of Electricity, Control and Automation. MES (if available)Strong Technical, Communication and Leadership skills. Analytical skills in problem solvingAbility to translate engineering knowledge into a full compliant operation (including Food Safety, Safety and Environment compliance)Highly experienced in operational maintenance activitiesAbility to communicate with different areas within the factory (Production, quality, finance, etc)Degree/Diploma in an Engineering or Technical Bachelor discipline (Mechanical, E&A, Process, Industrial engineering, or similar), including food processing plants and technologies (Maintenance and Utilities), food safety, hygienic engineering and proprietary technology, if any Assets Management and Planning, including TPM, M&I and AMM; basic project Engineering; (maintenance budget preparation and justification in AMM). 3 years experience in a technical field, preferably food manufacturing or consumer goods industry (as Engineer Supervisor, Industrial Services, M&I or E&A/MES Engineer, or other similar positions)Recommendation to have participated in a M&I and/or Factory Engineering College Fixed Assets Maintenance responsibilities, including the preparation, definition, control and follow up of maintenance budgets (preferably including exposure to TPM, preventive maintenance planning and maintenance execution)Personnel Supervisory experience (with technical teams, Mechanical and Electrical (contractors, suppliers or other 3rd parties)Participation in the development of small engineering improvement projects, defining technical equipment (for Production and/or Industrial Services) as part of a multidisciplinary team (preferably including different products and technologies, and both, the mechanical and E&A areas)Participation in the start-up or commissioning of technical equipment and/or production line(s) (preferably including industrial services supply)Participation in multi-disciplinary teams aiming to process or packing optimisation work following defined indicators/Objectives, and proactively tracking themTo apply for this position send your CV to mycv@myjobseye.com quoting the position in the subject line.

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