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Mechanical Supervisor / Mechanical Lead
NFT Consult
Nakuru 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 12 days ago (24 Aug 2026) Updated 11 days ago
Job Description
The Mechanical Supervisor/Lead will manage mechanical maintenance for the plant, driving reliability and efficiency across all equipment. Key duties include leading preventive and corrective maintenance programmes, supervising technical staff, and ensuring compliance with safety and permit‑to‑work procedures. The role demands extensive experience with rotating equipment, pumps, gearboxes and material‑handling systems, as well as strong problem‑solving skills. Continuous improvement of maintenance processes and cost efficiency is a core responsibility.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from a recognized institution
- OR Diploma in Mechanical Engineering supported by strong relevant plant maintenance and equipment reliability experience
- • 5–8 years' relevant mechanical maintenance experience within a process plant environment
- • Supervisory or managerial maintenance experience is preferred
- • Experience within animal feed, solvent extraction, oilseed processing, edible oil or similar process manufacturing environments is an advantage
- • Candidates should meet applicable Kenyan professional registration requirements where required
- • Strong hands‑on knowledge of rotating equipment, pumps, gearboxes and bearings, conveyors and material‑handling systems, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, equipment installation and alignment, fabrication and welding, preventive and predictive maintenance, breakdown troubleshooting and RCA, critical spare‑parts planning, maintenance planning and scheduling, contractor and technical‑team supervision, plant shutdown management, maintenance cost control, LOTO and permit‑to‑work requirements
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Lead preventive, predictive, corrective and breakdown maintenance across the plant
- • Oversee maintenance of hammer mills, roller mills, pellet mills, mixers, conditioners, conveyors, elevators, flakers, expanders, cookers, extractors, DTDC, pumps, gearboxes, bearings, fans, blowers, heat exchangers and related plant equipment
- • Conduct breakdown analysis, troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA), and implement permanent corrective actions
- • Develop and maintain preventive and predictive maintenance schedules
- • Monitor equipment condition and identify potential failures before breakdown
- • Plan and maintain critical mechanical spares and equipment history records
- • Supervise fitters, technicians, welders, fabricators and contractors to ensure productivity, workmanship and adequate manpower availability
- • Manage equipment installation, alignment, fabrication, modification, commissioning and improvement projects
- • Coordinate with production, electrical, procurement, stores and HSE teams to support uninterrupted plant operations
- • Support shutdown planning, execution and equipment start‑up
- • Ensure strict compliance with LOTO, permit‑to‑work, hot‑work, confined‑space and other plant safety requirements
- • Monitor maintenance costs and identify opportunities for improved maintenance efficiency
- • Drive improvement in MTBF, MTTR, plant uptime and equipment reliability
- • Prepare maintenance KPIs, downtime analysis, maintenance reports and continuous improvement plans