Mechanical Engineer - Maintenance

Mechanical Engineer - Maintenance 

Industry: Food Production

Location: Nairobi

Our client is a food products manufacturing company located in Nairobi seeking to hire a mechanical engineer to handle machine maintenance. 

Candidates within the food industry are highly preferred.

Duties & Responsibilities

• To be in-charge of maintenance of all the plant and Equipments, including wrapping machines, boilers, compressors
• Organizing, monitoring and supervising plant maintenance operations and providing technical assistance to the Production department.
• Effectively participate and offer engineering support and solutions to weekly operations meetings to deliver on set targets.
• Identify and lead continuous improvement activities in the plant to reduce wastage, water consumption and other types of energy.
• Lead and facilitate team to deploy the relevant LEAN/TPM tools leading to long term sustainable performance improvement.
• Design or modify line bottlenecks to improve flow and productivity of machines in the factory.
• Lead the maintenance team in identification and evaluation of safety risks and take action to mitigate risks associated with all maintenance activities and electrical/electronic areas.
• Manage the execution of projects within maintenance area and ensure that company machinery under service contract are properly serviced and maintained.

Qualification & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in Technology/ Engineering (Mechanical Engineering or Mechatronic)
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a manufacturing plant working in an engineering capacity
• Working knowledge of ISO systems and TPM as well as knowledge of local OHS Act requirements
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities
• Excellent communication skills

If you are up to the challenge, posses the necessary qualification and experience, please send your CV only quoting the job title on the email subject (Mechanical Engineer: Maintenance ) to jobs@corporatestaffing.co.ke    before 18th April,  2014

Kindly indicate your current/ last salary

N.B: We do not charge any fee for receiving your CV or for interviewing

Only candidates short-listed for interview will be contacted.