DESA PLANTS PLC
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
DESA PLANTS PLC is a foreign investment company in the horticulture sector located in Ejersa, 9km from Modjo, 83 km from Addis Abeba. Our main activities are production and export of high quality cuttings to the European and USA market. Desa Plants employs 750 people. Our company is growing fast and expanding its markets hence we are recruiting additional staff members and have open vacancy in the position of:
Technical Manager
Skills:
- Tactful, analytical capacity, problem solver, persuasive
- communication skills, fluent in both written and verbal English communication, team player, people manager,
- achieves goals and targets even under pressure,
- good computer skills, budgetting, persistent, stress resistant, inspiring, keeps ethical and company values high.
Work Experience
- Preferable 5 or more years of relevant work experience.
Work place
- Baed in Modjo-Ejersa
Minimum educational qualification
- BSc Degree in Engineering (electrical, mechanical, and
- industrial), Agriculture and Horticulture. Diploma in
- mechanics with relevant experience.
Benefits
- You will be part of a young and dynamic team. You will
- work in a dynamic business in an international
- company. We offer an attractive salary package including insurance cover and medical costs refund.
Duties and Responsibilities
We look for a highly qualified and experienced Technical Manager who will plan and direct all technical activities within the technical department. The Technical Manager will have the following duties and responsibilities through own input and by coordinating his supporting staff:
- Daily management of the technical department. To manage all tasks within a specified timeframe and budget.
- To train, motivate, coach and maintain an efficient and competent technical team.
- Work closely together with other departments.
- To keep all equipment always in production (construction, electrics, refrigeration equipment, fertilizer units, climate computer and equipment, water treatment installations, generators, protection equipment, vehicles...).
- Develop and implement maintenance programs for all equipment on the farm; ensure proper stock levels of critical spare parts; set priorities and develop instructions and procedures.
- Responsible for startup and follow up of expansion projects.
- Establish control systems and develop new procedures to improve existingsy stems.
- Report to General Manager