Unga Holding is a market leader in the manufacturing & provision of superior human nutrition, animal nutrition and animal health products and services within Eastern Africa.Unga family brands are milled using superior quality grains, selected to achieve high customer satisfaction levels at the same time ensuring that the nutritional value is retained ...

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Strategy

Develops the maintenance strategy in line with the functional strategy to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies across UH plants

Ensures that the strategy is cascaded down to the lowest level unit while following-up on implementation.

Policies, Processes & Procedures

Develops and oversees the implementation of divisional policies, procedures and controls covering all areas of maintenance division activity so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled.

Direct the development and update of the department’s SOPs, SLAs, processes…etc. through the alignment with the concerned departments to ensure that internal controls and proper documentations are in place.

Integrated Maintenance & Project Execution

Supervises the preparation of a list of necessary tools and resources required by the maintenance divisions across the regional branches to ensure sustainable maintenance of mills and other equipment in all branches.

Follows up on the reserve of spare parts required for maintenance operations across the regional branches to ensure that the parts are stocked so that it is available in case of a breakdown or malfunction of equipment.

Coordinates with mills and silos providers on the required maintenance operations for the purchased equipment to ensure that preventive maintenance is carried out on the equipment and there is minimum downtime of equipment.

Ensures that there is minimum downtime due to equipment failure and required maintenance is carried out as per criticality and priority.

Leads and directs the management of change through continuous improvement of divisional systems, processes and practices taking into account ‘international best practice’, changes in international standards and changes in the business environment which demand proactive action plans.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferred mechanical engineering)

Must have at least ten (10) years’ experience leading maintenance and project management functions in a well-established milling organization.

Ability to write and interpret technical drawings

Proficiency in the use of MS Office suites

Able to operate a-Cad program

Good Analytical, Problem solving, interpersonal and People management

Proficient in use of Microsoft suites

• Develops the maintenance strategy in line with the functional strategy to ensure vertical alignment and horizontal integration with other interfacing departmental strategies across UH plants
• Ensures that the strategy is cascaded down to the lowest level unit while following-up on implementation.
• Develops and oversees the implementation of divisional policies, procedures and controls covering all areas of maintenance division activity so that all relevant procedural/legislative requirements are fulfilled.
• Direct the development and update of the department’s SOPs, SLAs, processes…etc. through the alignment with the concerned departments to ensure that internal controls and proper documentations are in place.
• Supervises the preparation of a list of necessary tools and resources required by the maintenance divisions across the regional branches to ensure sustainable maintenance of mills and other equipment in all branches.
• Follows up on the reserve of spare parts required for maintenance operations across the regional branches to ensure that the parts are stocked so that it is available in case of a breakdown or malfunction of equipment.
• Coordinates with mills and silos providers on the required maintenance operations for the purchased equipment to ensure that preventive maintenance is carried out on the equipment and there is minimum downtime of equipment.
• Ensures that there is minimum downtime due to equipment failure and required maintenance is carried out as per criticality and priority.
• Leads and directs the management of change through continuous improvement of divisional systems, processes and practices taking into account ‘international best practice’, changes in international standards and changes in the business environment which demand proactive action plans.

• Ability to write and interpret technical drawings
• Proficiency in the use of MS Office suites
• Able to operate a-Cad program
• Good Analytical, Problem solving, interpersonal and People management
• Proficient in use of Microsoft suites

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (preferred mechanical engineering)
• Must have at least ten (10) years’ experience leading maintenance and project management functions in a well-established milling organization.