South Nyanza Sugar Company General Manager- Manufacturing Jobs in Kenya

South Nyanza Sugar Company General Manager- Manufacturing Jobs in Kenya; Reporting to the Managing Director, the position will be responsible for planning,programming, implementing and controlling activities for production of sugar in the factory.

Specific responsibilities will include:

i. Formulating and implementing strategies on efficient sugarcane milling and sugar
production;

ii. Formulating, documenting and reviewing process control procedures and work
instructions required in sugar processing;

iii. Ensuring receipt and storage of sugarcane as it is weighed in from the farms;
iv. Ensuring preparation of sugarcane for juice extraction;

v. Ensuring extraction of sugarcane juice to recover the sugar;

vi. Ensuring processing of sugarcane juice into sugar crystals;

vii. Coordinating bagging /packaging of sugar in the required stock-keeping units and
deliver to warehouse;

viii. Ensuring abstraction and treatment of water for industrial and domestic use;

ix. Ensuring sugar produced meets the relevant national and international standards;

x. Ensuring management of all the factory effluents/discharges in order to meet
regulatory requirements;

xi. Ensuring generation of steam for power and heat requirements of the factory;

xii. Ensuring generation and distribution of electricity required for the factory;

xiii. Ensuring operation and maintenance of electricity distribution and supply
infrastructure within the company ;

xiv. Ensuring maintenance, service and repair of electrical machines, switchgears and
electrical infrastructure within the factory, offices, institutions and company
residential estates;

xv. Overseeing maintenance, service and repair instrumentation and control equipment
throughout the factory;

xvi. Ensuring maintenance, service and repair radio communications infrastructure within
the company;

xvii. Ensuring statutory requirements for radio communications are met;

xviii. Ensuring maintenance, service, repair and calibration of all the weighbridges for both
cane, products and miscellaneous items;

xix. Ensuring maintenance, service, repair and calibration/programing of all control
systems;

xx. Ensuring compliance with statutory calibration and certification of all measuring
equipment (weighbridges, weigh scales, instrumentation laboratory testers, etc.);

xxi. Ensuring preparation of equipment specifications for electrical, mechanical,
instrumentation and control projects;

xxii. Coordinating installation and commissioning of new factory equipment;

xxiii. Ensuring maintenance, service and repair of all material handling equipment, power
transmission systems, pumps, pipes & fittings, etc;

xxiv. Ensuring maintenance and repair of refractory and insulation installations throughout
the factory;

xxv. Coordinating all civil works related to new equipment installations within the factory;

xxvi. Coordinating all building services and repairs of factory building, offices, institutions
and residences;

xxvii. Coordinating development of scopes of works for all maintenance works to be
contracted out;

xxviii. Coordinate supervision of all contracted out maintenance works and services;

Requirement:

 Masters in Engineering, Science, Business Administration/Management or equivalent from
a recognized institution;

 Bachelors/ Degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation, Chemical),
Chemistry, Food Science/Technology or equivalent from a recognized institution;

 At least fifteen (15) years’ relevant work experience five (5) of which must be at senior
management level.

 Leadership course lasting not less than four (4) weeks from a recognized Institution;

 Membership to professional Body where applicable.

 Computer Proficiency.

 Fulfilled the requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution.


How to Apply

Applications with detailed curriculum vitae indicating current position, qualifications, work experience,
current and expected remuneration, copies of academic and professional certificates and testimonials,
copy of national identity card, names of at least three (3) referees and day time telephone contact should
be addressed to the contact below.

Applications should be sent by registered mail, courier, or hand delivered to SonySugar Headquarters,
Sare-Awendo along Kisii-Migori Road or sent via email to administration@sonysugar.co.ke


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