Job Openings at Farmers Choice Limited

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan, coordinate and monitor daily production activities to achieve production targets and customer demand requirements.
• Optimize labour productivity, raw material utilization, product yields and manufacturing costs.
• Monitor and control overtime, staffing levels and shift operations to improve operational efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, quality assurance, hygiene, HACCP, GMP and occupational health and safety standards.
• Coordinate equipment maintenance and minimize production downtime, wastage and rejects.
• Lead, coach and develop production teams, ensuring accountability and achievement of performance targets.
• Monitor production KPIs, prepare performance reports and implement continuous improvement intiiatives.
• Collaborate with Quality Assurance, Engineering, Planning, Stores and Dispatch to ensure seamless production operations.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor's degree in Food Science or a related field.
• 15 years' experience, including 3 years in management.

KEY COMPETENCIES

• Strategic, results-oriented leadership with a strong focus on accountability, execution and achievement of operational targets.
• Advanced production planning, capacity optimisation and operational excellence in high-volume food manufacturing.
• Commercial acumen and data-driven decision-making, with the ability to optimise costs, yields, labour productivity and resource utilisation.
• Influential communication and cross-functional collaboration, with a strong commitment to food safety, quality, people development and continuous improvement.
•  Experience in meat processing, FMCG manufacturing or a similar high-volume food manufacturing environment will be a strong advantage.
• Knowledge of HACCP, GMP, food safety systems, production planning, cost control, yield management and labour productivity.
   

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ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

• Farmer's Choice Limited is seeking an experienced and results-oriented Maintenance Engineer to lead the factory's overall maintenance programme. The role is responsible for ensuring machinery, electrical, refrigeration and mechanical systems operate reliably and cost-effectively, while minimizing unplanned breakdowns, improving reliability and building a high-performing multiskilled engineering team within the approved maintenance budget.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Own and continuously improve the factory's Planned Preventive Maintenance (PPM) programme across all machinery.
• Drive smart diagnosis and root-cause analysis to reduce recurring breakdowns and unplanned downtime.
• Reduce MTBM and MTTR through structured reliability practices.
• Lead value engineering initiatives to improve machine preformance and reduce maintenance costs.
• Oversee specification, evaluation and commissioning of new machinery in liaison with the Chief Engineer.
• Supervise electrical, refrigeration and mechanical maintenance functions to ensure safe and reliable operation.
• Ensure maintenance work is planned, resourced and aligned with production needs.
• Manage the engineering maintenance budget, including spares and contracted services.
• Build a multiskilled technician base and support development through coaching and training.
• Foster a safety-first culture across the maintenance team in line with OSH requirements.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a closely related field.
• Relevant professional engineering registration/ certification is an added advantage.
• Minimum 15 years' hands-on engineering/maintenance experience within the FMCG industry.
• At least 10 years' experience in a technical leadership role managing multidisciplinary engineering teams.