- Company: Eastern Plains Integrated Farms Limited (EPIFL)
- Location: Anambra
- Job type: Full-time
About the role
Eastern Plains Integrated Farms Limited (EPIFL) is an integrated farm located in Igbariam, Anambra State. While currently focused on poultry production, the company has plans to expand into other agricultural areas. We are looking for an experienced professional to provide strategic and operational leadership for our chicken processing plant.
Responsibilities
- Oversee preventive and predictive maintenance, equipment reliability, and capital projects.
- Ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, ISO 22000, biosecurity standards, and other regulatory requirements.
- Lead end-to-end plant operations, including slaughtering, defeathering, evisceration, chilling, cut-up, packaging, storage, and dispatch.
- Manage cold-chain operations, inventory accuracy, product integrity, and distribution activities.
- Lead Production, Quality Assurance, Engineering & Maintenance, Cold Chain, Warehouse, and Dispatch functions.
- Analyse plant performance and prepare reports on production, yield, quality, maintenance, safety, costs, and financial performance.
- Develop and execute operational plans to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
- Drive yield improvement, waste reduction, productivity, throughput, and cost optimisation.
- Develop and manage plant budgets, monitor operating costs, and implement profitability initiatives.
Requirements
- Strong knowledge of food safety, quality management, poultry processing, HACCP, and GMP.
- HACCP, GMP, Food Safety Management, or Poultry Meat Processing certification is an advantage.
- Minimum 10 years’ experience in poultry processing or food manufacturing, including at least 5 years in a senior plant/processing leadership role.
- Strong leadership, business acumen, decision-making, stakeholder management, and continuous improvement skills.
- Bachelor’s Degree in Animal Science, Food Technology, Poultry Science, Agriculture, Food Science & Technology, or a related discipline.
- Proven experience managing large-scale chicken processing operations, budgets, large workforces, and multiple departments.
How to apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their resume to easternplains83@gmail.com using the job title as the subject of the email.
Apply by email: easternplains83@gmail.com
