Plant Operator – Hargeisa, Somaliland
Welt Hunger Hilfe
Job Type
Full Time
Location
Hargeisa, Somaliland
Description :
Welthungerhilfe is a German-based international non-profit humanitarian and development organization. The ultimate vision of Welthungerhilfe is to see a world without hunger and poverty. WHH has been working in four regions of Somaliland (Awdal, Maroodi-jex, Toghdeer and Sanaag) since 2001 with multisector interventions. It secures funding mainly from German Government external cooperation (BMZ, AA) and private donors of Germany for its interventions in Somaliland.
WHH is in the process of establishing a milk processing plant in Borama town in Awdal region to support the milk value chain in selected areas of Western Somaliland in Borama and a cluster of milk-producing villages in the Dilla area. The factory established is owned by a Borama based NGO called SOWOD, recipient from an earlier BMZ-funded project of WHH.
To ensure that the processing plant starts operations as required, WHH and SOWOD seeks to engage a national or international plant technician for a period of 2 months to provide technical support. Within that period, the main expected result is to ensure that the plant is fully operational, and a local female plant technician is capacitated to take over the role.
Key Responsibilities
- The plant operator/technician will be required to finalize the installation of the equipment at the processing plant namely pasteurizer, Homogenizer and packaging system following the manufacture’s manual available at the plant.
- The plant technician/operator will be expected to provide daily operations and maintenance for the equipment and machineries as per the recommendations of the manufacturer in the manual which will be provided.
- H/She will register the plant power consumption on daily basis in KWs. as registered in the control panel.
- Under close supervision of WHH technical team, the plant operator will support innovative way of using excess energy generated by the solar such as connection to local communities.
- The operator must have good knowledge of refrigeration of milk products and how to operate the ridges/deep freezers.
- He/she will provide an on-job capacity building training to a local female mechanic who will be recommended by SOWOD.
- The plant operator will provide technical support for proper packaging of processed milk for easy delivery to the market.
- The plant operator should have good knowledge of solar energy which will be the major energy source for the factory.
- The plant mechanic will be expected to maintain high level of occupational health and safety within the factory.
- H/She will be responsible for stainless milk cans for transporting milk from suppliers in the villages by ensuring non-goes missing, level of cleanliness and no leakages/dents are formed.
- In close supervision by WHH/SOWOD, the plant operator will record quantities of milk received in volumes from each supplier and share the data regularly with SOWOD/WHH.
- H/she will also be responsible for equipment cleaning and maintaining high level hygiene in the plant to ensure milk does not get contaminated.
Requirement
- Two years’ experience and above in a similar role with very deep understanding of plant assembly and electrical works of machineries.
- Degree/Diploma in mechanical/electrical engineering from a recognized institution.
- Experience in milk processing plant machinery and equipment installation is an added advantage.
How to apply :
Interested candidates who meet the above requirements should submit their application (Cover letter, updated CV and contacts of 3 professional referees) by email to info.somaliland@welthungerhilfe.de with the subject of the email as “Application for Plant Operator” by no later than on 03rd October 2020.
All applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for the next stage of the selection process.