Finlays Senior Engineer and Workshop Administration Manager Jobs in Kenya

Finlays is a vertically integrated and geographically diversified agri-business that takes a leadership role in sustainability.

The group has established itself as a reliable, responsible, innovative and sustainable producer with a deep knowledge and passion for its products. Sustainability is pivotal to the group’s success and it lies at the heart of what Finlays does and stands for.

Finlays is Kenya’s largest agricultural export group employing over 22,000 people and annually exporting over 300 million stems of flowers, 7 million kilos of vegetables, 26 million kilos of black tea and 3 million kilos of tea extract.

The organisation is geographically located in Nairobi, Naivasha, Kericho, Mt. Kenya and Mombasa and works with 1,200 vegetable out growers and 10,000 tea out growers. A vacancy has arisen for a senior food technologist who is a dynamic and self focused self starter with a passion for excellence, customers, people development and quality products.

Location: Both positions are based at our Naivasha Region, an operation which employs 4,500 people.

Senior Engineer

Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the Senior Engineer will:

• supervise external contractors working for the company, schedule site meetings and attend the meeting as the secretary
• Supervise graduate engineers and technicians including managing their performance
• design and prepare drawings for civil engineering projects
• prepare tender documents and carry out tender evaluations
• ensure works are measured and prepare payment certificates for the contractors
• monitor and control the projects to ensure that they are completed on time and within the budget
• plan materials requirement, liaise with procurement unit and the stores to ensure that materials are available on time while controlling the levels of inventory

Desired Competencies/qualifications:

• BSC in civil Engineering from a recognized university
• 10 years experience in design and supervision of engineering projects in a busy organization
• Proficiency in AutoCAD
• Self driven, reliable and able to work with minimum supervision
• Excellent interpersonal skills and unquestionable integrity

Workshop Administration Manager

Reporting to the General Manager - Services, the Workshop Administration Manager will be responsible for:

• fuel administration across the regional fuel stations including stock level, receiving and issuing records
• managing the workshop store and constantly monitoring stock levels
• managing the process of scrapping workshop items
• maintaining the muster roll for the services department
• ensuring that vehicle service records are kept up to date and that service schedules are well kept
• ensuring that the office, workshop compound and wash bay areas are clean and tidy all the time
• maintain the asset register for all machines and vehicles
• establish and maintain methods of consistently tracking productivity, efficiency and work quality
• manage individual employee performance and effectiveness
• manage department expenses effectively

Desired Competencies/qualifications:

• University degree in Engineering and/ or management related discipline
• Minimum five (5) years relevant experience
• Well developed IT skills including Ms Office packages
• Excellent managerial and administrative skills
• Working knowledge of a fleet management system
• Excellent interpersonal skills and unquestionable integrity

Application Procedure

If you meet the requirements and are interested in applying for any of the above positions, please send your CV with a covering letter, indicating the position you are applying for, to the

Human Resources Director,
P.O. Box 10222,
Nairobi 00400.

Email: hrd.kenya@finlays.net

to reach not later than 20 January 2012.

Those applicants who will not have heard from us by 1 February 2012 should consider their applications unsuccessful.