Open Roles at Unga Holding

Role Purpose:

• This position is responsible for ensuring that raw materials, finished products, and packaging materials are of the highest quality through a well-designed process inspection and control program. The role holder also ensures that good manufacturing practices and food safety and hygiene standards are monitored and maintained as required.

Key Responsibilities:

Raw/Packaging materials receipt and Analysis

• Timely and accurate receiving, sampling and analysis of raw materials, packaging materials, bulk and finished products against the set specifications.
• Ensuring proper segregation of rejected materials to prevent unintended mix up.
• Providing accurate information/analytical results leading to sound decisions on the
  approval or rejection of raw materials, packaging materials, intermediate bulk and
  finished products.
• Effectively implementing all approved procedures of sampling, specifications, analysis,
  and reporting for all samples.
• Overseeing offloading at the vehicles and other stores, to be able to sample further from initial hidden parts

Finished Products monitoring

• Monitoring fortification of flour both maize and wheat products and reporting of any non-conformances.
• Carrying out organoleptic assessments of wheat, maize and porridge flour daily to verify performance.
• Identify and report all quality and food safety issues during daily operations.
• Ensuring all non-conforming products and reworks are handled as per the procedure to avoid unintended mix up

Prerequisite Programs monitoring

• Monitor CCPs OPRPs and PRPs daily and report any deviations that might affect feed quality and safety.
• Conduct GMPs surveillance and correct abnormalities on the spot as well as guide production teams on Good Manufacturing Practices.
• Monitor pest control and ensure the pest citing sheets actions are closed on time.
• Conduct training awareness for GMPs, FSMS, and monitor adherence.

Food Safety Management System

• Implement ISO 22000 to ensure production of safe products.
• Ensure all quality records related to the food safety management system are updated on a daily basis including electronic records
• Conduct internal audits, GMPs audits, Glass Audits when requested to audit

Any other responsibility as may be assigned from time to time.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Degree/Diploma in Food Science/Analytical Chemistry.
• Knowledge of QMS – HACCP and ISO – 22000 
• Knowledge of chemical analysis and nutrition content of various raw materials
• Excellent organizational and time management skills.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills
• Good verbal communication.

Key Attributes/ Competencies

• Commercial acumen
• Lead change
• Drive execution
• Develop self and others

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Role Purpose:

• This position will effectively implement predictive, preventive and breakdown maintenance schedules at the plant for all electrical and mechanical machines, equipment and plant facilities for maximum efficiency and longer machine lifespan.

Key Responsibilities:

Plant Maintenance

• Process, plan, implement and control, review and adjust a maintenance schedule for the job
• Preventive and condition-based maintenance of machines as per laid down instructions and procedures to ensure smooth running
• Trouble shooting Electrical equipment and machine failures by inspection and testing and prescribing corrective action and reinstating it back to its working condition
• Ensure efficient machine operations during shift cover
• Inspection of machines operations and recording of data such as pressures, temperatures, scale accuracy, power consumption and running hours etc. to ascertain smooth operation or service requirements
• Initiating purchase requisition for machine spare parts for maintenance
• Identify and report all assets misuse (e.g. machines, spares, tools, etc.)
• Machine modification, improvement and innovation to improve efficiency
• Maintenance checks on building structure and facilities
• Basic maintenance of plant utilities (Generators, Compressors etc.)
• Support maintenance of building, facility and machines at the Central Support Office
• Any other assigned duties by the supervisor

Administrative Support

• Coordinate daily tasks to Electrical teams
• Ensure timely Logging in details of work performed on data records to enable further action, and planning
• Review all machine data recorded relating to operation and inspection of machines and draft relevant reports for decision making.
• Review data captured on job cards for accuracy and tracking performance.

PaTaMu

• Support SHE, ERM, 6K, PaTaMu, GMP/FSMS initiatives and objectives
• Manage and support SHE initiatives and objectives in the electrical section.
• Support and train AM team members
• Identify and address all quality and food safety issues during daily operations.
• Improve operational efficiencies through PaTaMu projects and initiatives.
• Identify process challenges & use PDCA to address bottlenecks.
• Support activities around Unga’s culture code – FIRST.

Communication & Accountability

• Improve on process accountability of electrical team members through F2F discussions
• Ensure effective communication and administration of company policies.
• Participate in conflict resolution and escalate the chronic issues that require urgent attention.

Qualifications

• BSc Electrical Engineering.
• Knowledge in predictive, preventive and corrective maintenance and electrical installations
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in a busy manufacturing company
• Programmable Logic Controller (PLC) skills & Scada will be an added advantage.
• Competent in troubleshooting, problem solving, team building, planning and decision making
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent People Management skills