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Engineering Lead at

1 month ago

Nairobi, Nairobi Area, Kenya Syngenta Full time
Syngenta is a leading science-based agtech company.

We help millions of farmers around the world to grow safe and nutritious food, while taking care of the planet.

Summary


To coordinate management of farm equipment, infrastructure, and Projects by providing technical solutions relating to safety, security, and maintenance for quality seamless customer service.

Responsibilities

Coordinates and distributes labor to different sections and as per work requirements, allocates tasks to the technicians and ensures they are completed within budget with regard to the production schedules

Ensures standards of routine Safety Maintenance and Control (SAMACO) procedures are adhered to, to increase the efficiency of the maintenance process, thus reducing equipment downtime and achieving annual cost savings.

Prepares bill of quantities for equipment, tools, parts, and materials and accurately follows up on delivery, and participates in the reception of specialized equipment to check on compliance with specifications and company standards.

Organizes the execution of routine inspection, service, and maintenance works, establishes and revises schedule of services (maintenance log) and procedures for such activities while ensuring proper utilization and control of resources to ensure systems reliability.

Plans, organizes and communicates execution of major shutdown jobs (outage works) and overhauling of equipment in liaison with affected departmental heads and section heads to ensure smooth operations.

Liaises with the Head of Department and head of sections to establish, prioritize, and harmonize engineering tasks and efforts to achieve optimal production.

Trains, Demonstrates and Guides the Engineering staff on preventive and corrective maintenance to ensure compliance.

Monitors the performance of personnel working in the department to meet set targets and ensure conformance with accepted standards.

Carries out a risk assessment for general farm equipment, installation, structures, and activities to mitigate incidences and breakdowns.
Performs root cause analysis on engineering-related incidences and prepares appropriate reports.

Analyses recurrent engineering problems to increase the efficiency of the maintenance process, provide practical solutions, and develop contingency plans.

Facilitates availability and maintenance of company vehicles and plants for efficient movement of goods and services.
Ensures the general cleanliness and Maintenance of Hygiene of the general farm
Prepares and maintains task-in-progress reports, labor reports, job cards, and worksheets of tasks completed and disseminates them to relevant stakeholders
Conducts toolbox meetings to discuss safety and methods of work
Ensures compliance to engineering standards and procedures related to professional disciplines geared towards safe and efficient methods of work
Ensures Compliance with Health Safety and Environment(HSE) and Phyto rules and regulations and champions the implementation of Syngenta HSE and Phyto policies and standards in your area of operation by integrating the same in all activities

Any other duties & projects as may be allocated from time to time any other tasks and projects as may be allocated from time to time.

Qualifications

Knowledge Skills & Experience:
Qualifications

Degree in Engineering, Preferably Electrical Engineering

Experience

6 years of relevant experience

Personal Attributes

Innovative
Resilience
Safety aptitude
Decisive
Team player
Results-oriented
Attention to details
Interpersonal
Integrity

Key Skills

Supervisory
Planning
Communication
Computer

Working Relationship

Internal

Heads of Departments
EAME engineering team

External

Service providers
Suppliers
Government of Kenya authorities
Syngenta Leadership Competencies and Behavior.

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