About the job

To ensure the reliable operation, maintenance, and installation of production machinery and utility systems by performing preventive and corrective maintenance, minimizing equipment downtime, and supporting safe and efficient organic cashew processing operations.

Responsibilities or duties

• Operate, inspect, troubleshoot, and maintain production machinery and utility equipment, including boilers, compressors, generators, conveyors, dryers, steam systems, and cashew processing machines to ensure maximum equipment availability.
• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance activities, including inspections, lubrication, alignment, replacement of worn components, emergency breakdown repairs, and commissioning of new or repaired equipment.
• Monitor spare parts inventory, maintain maintenance records, prepare breakdown reports, and support internal and external audits by ensuring accurate documentation and timely reporting.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, BRC, and workplace safety standards by maintaining hygienic maintenance practices, preventing product contamination, and ensuring all machinery safety guards are properly installed.
• Collaborate with production and quality teams to improve equipment reliability, optimize energy consumption, reduce maintenance costs, and provide technical guidance to junior technicians and maintenance helpers.

Qualifications or requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field with a minimum of 5 years' experience in industrial mechanical maintenance, preferably within food processing or manufacturing environments.
• Proven hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, installing, and commissioning industrial production machinery, utility systems, and mechanical equipment.
• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance practices, mechanical fault diagnosis, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement of production processes.
• Familiarity with GMP, HACCP, BRC, factory safety standards, and food manufacturing compliance requirements; experience in organic or cashew processing is an added advantage.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, and leadership skills with the ability to work collaboratively across departments and supervise junior technicians.

• Operate, inspect, troubleshoot, and maintain production machinery and utility equipment, including boilers, compressors, generators, conveyors, dryers, steam systems, and cashew processing machines to ensure maximum equipment availability.
• Execute preventive and corrective maintenance activities, including inspections, lubrication, alignment, replacement of worn components, emergency breakdown repairs, and commissioning of new or repaired equipment.
• Monitor spare parts inventory, maintain maintenance records, prepare breakdown reports, and support internal and external audits by ensuring accurate documentation and timely reporting.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, HACCP, BRC, and workplace safety standards by maintaining hygienic maintenance practices, preventing product contamination, and ensuring all machinery safety guards are properly installed.
• Collaborate with production and quality teams to improve equipment reliability, optimize energy consumption, reduce maintenance costs, and provide technical guidance to junior technicians and maintenance helpers.

• Strong knowledge of preventive maintenance practices, mechanical fault diagnosis, equipment reliability, and continuous improvement of production processes.
• Familiarity with GMP, HACCP, BRC, factory safety standards, and food manufacturing compliance requirements.
• Strong problem-solving, communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively across departments and supervise junior technicians.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering field.
• Proven hands-on experience maintaining, troubleshooting, installing, and commissioning industrial production machinery, utility systems, and mechanical equipment.
• Experience in organic or cashew processing is an added advantage.