ENGINEER

KeyResponsibilities

1. Project Management: Lead and manage engineering projects, including equipment installation, modification, upgrading, commissioning, and assist in CAPEX planning, ensuring completion within approved budgets and timelines.
2. Refrigeration System: Oversee the operation, maintenance, troubleshooting, and optimization of industrial refrigeration and cooling systems to ensure reliable production support.
3. Asset Management & Maintenance: Plan and carry out asset repairs, preventive and corrective maintenance, equipment servicing, and calibration activities to maintain equipment reliability and operational efficiency.
4. Contractor & Vendor Management: Manage external contractors and vendors for operational support, equipment modification, repair, installation, and maintenance activities, ensuring compliance with safety and technical requirements.
5. Inspection & Compliance: Participate in internal and external inspections, statutory inspections, engineering audits, and regulatory compliance activities as required.
6. Energy Saving & Production Improvement: Drive energy conservation, cost reduction, equipment optimization, and production improvement initiatives to enhance operational efficiency and minimize manufacturing costs.
7. Food Safety, Occupational Health & Safety, and Environmental Management: Implement preventive controls, establish effective monitoring systems, and conduct regular equipment and facility inspections to prevent incidents,protect worker well-being, and ensure compliance with FSSC 22000, GMP, ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety), ISO 14001 (Environmental Management), and relevant food safety standards.
8. Engineering & Maintenance Management: Maintenance activities across all production lines to ensuring maximum equipment availability and minimum production downtime.
9. Equipment Reliability: Manage and troubleshoot food processing equipment, including mixers, blenders, dryers, conveyors, SSHE/Votator systems, homogenizers, pasteurizers, heat exchangers, pumps, and filling and packaging machines.
10. Utilities & Facilities Management: Oversee plant utilities, including boilers, chillers, refrigeration, compressed air, water treatment,pneumatic conveyancing system and wastewater treatment systems.
11. Automation & Process Improvement: Drive automation, equipment reliability, process optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives.
12. Performance Monitoring: Monitor engineering KPIs, including equipment availability, OEE, MTBF, MTTR, preventive maintenance compliance, and maintenance costs.

Requirements& Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechatronics, or equivalent.
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience in food manufacturing or a related manufacturing industry.
• Experience in powder processing, margarine, and cream production lines will be an advantage.
• Strong technical knowledge of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, automation, refrigeration, and industrial utilities.
• Experience in ASRS, warehouse automation, and material handling systems will be an advantage.
• Proven experience in engineering project management, preventive maintenance, equipment troubleshooting, and asset management.
• Good understanding of food safety, HACCP, GMP, CIP systems, and hygienic engineering requirements.
• Experience in contractor management, statutory inspections, energy management, and CAPEX projects.
• Strong leadership, problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proactive, hands-on, and results-oriented with the ability to work in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.