Ongoing Recruitment 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 following positions below:

1.) Tractor Technician

Job Location: Ondo
Job Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Diagnoses mechanical failures and repairs tractor/tractor components according to manuals, factory specifications and knowledge of engine performances, using hand tools, power tools and testing instruments: Attaches compression, ignition and timing test instruments to certain parts of tractor, using clamps and hand tools.
• Plan and ordering adequate spares for equipment availabilities and smother operation.
• Ability to do annual maintenance budget and spares.
• Removes and disassembles engine, transmission, axles, brakes, hydraulics and handling of workshop special tools, hoists, jacks and hand tools.
• Inspects parts for damage and verifies dimensions and clearances of parts for conformance to factory specifications, using gauges, tools.
• Replaces or repairs worn or damaged parts.
• Knowledge in JD 9000 series tractor repair and maintenance, fuel injector, transmission & hydraulic calibrations.
• Knowledge in JD Service Adviser and troubleshooting / diagnose.
• Starts engine dials and reads meters and gauges of testing equipment to diagnose engine malfunction.
• General: Grinds valves, adjusting, tightens body bolts, weld defective body or frame parts, machining, etc.
• Safety protocol should be followed in workplace.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or equivalent with a minimum of 8 - 10 year's experience in John Deere
• Proficient in the use of diagnostic equipment and tools
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team and leading the service team.
• Attention to detail and accuracy.
• Completion of an accredited John Deere tractor mechanic program
• Strong knowledge of diesel engines, transmission, hydraulics & electricals
• Ability to read and interpret technical manuals and schematics.
• Strong work ethic and willingness to learn and adapt to new technologies and techniques.

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2.) Maintenance Manager

Job Location: Nigeria

Job Description

• Optimize utilization of processing and quality resources in the country to derive maximum capacity utilization and efficiencies and to eliminate controllable losses and minimize the impact of non-controllable losses
• Manage external contractors in a cost effective manner - seek to challenge their costs and performance to  ensure cost effective yet quality service.
• Through managers, maintain and administer all personnel records and systems relating to employees (excluding records of sickness, absenteeism and holidays, recorded in the General Office).
• Ensure the Health and Safety of all subordinates within Company guidelines and current legislation.
• Ensure all functional management are aware of the correct codes of practice, both statutory and advisory, that govern accepted standards of safe operation at all premises.
• Ensure production plant causes the minimum of dust and noise both internally and externally.
• By regular site inspection and training, ensure full employee awareness of safe working practices and their role  in maintaining the required standards.(ongoing exercise)
• Maintain and monitor processes in respect of breakdown and performance. (Running hours; kW/t; capacity per hour against set targets. (KPI)  React to variances.
• Ensure hygiene standards in all areas are maintained to the highest standards at a minimum above those required by BRC.
• Through respective managers, ensure the safe keeping of all company agreements, financial instruments, etc.
• Through managers identify personnel training needs. Actively promote training and personal development on site (Costs to be controlled within agreed budgets).

Requirements

• Minimum Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, QEHS, HACCP related certification Job related courses and training
• 8+ years of experience of handling maintenance, utilities and projects in several jobs as Mechanical/Electrical engineer and project related management

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3.) Hatchery Manager

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

Job Description

• To ensure proper sorting of eggs by removing hatchable from unhatchable eggs (i.e. removal of crack, misshape, extra-large above 70g, small below 50g, excessive mineral deposited, double yolk egg), and very dirty egg.
• Ensure adequate fumigation of hatchable eggs after sorting.
• Monitoring the temperature and humidity inside cold room and egg sorting room and record them very well.
• Ensure proper setting of eggs on the trolleys and into setter, keeping of setting eggs trolley report every setting day
• Ensure the Hatchers and the baskets in them are dry before candling on every candling day and ensure the Hatchers maintain their targeted temperature and humidity conditions before and after every candling process.
• Ensure the candling room is clean and properly dried, and disinfected it before the commencement of candling.
• Ensure adequate sanitary of the internal and external environment of the Setter room by cleaning and disinfecting of the setter room daily.
• Ensure appropriate and standard parameters of the setter room are kept which includes: the temperature and humidity of the setter room by proper functioning of the Air Handling Unit, the oxygen inlet.
• Ensure the Hatcher machines in clean and dry condition before fumigate it (Rechecking inside the machine is a compulsory thing before fumigation).
• Ensure proper arrangement, functioning and lightning of the candling box before commencement of candling and even during the process.
• Checking of the number of chicks in the box to make sure the number of chicks is correct
• Ensure that the D.O.C were properly vaccinated and also take proper record of the vaccinated chicks.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Veterinary Sciences / Agriculture Science (Animal Production).
• 8-10 years of experience in handling a state of the Art Hatchery.
• Experience is required in a Parent Stock Hatchery, alongside a Commercial Hatchery.

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