Head of Refinery
Head of Refinery
Ogun Manufacturing
Job Description

1. Manage day-to-day soy oil refinery and production operations.

2. Optimize refining processes to improve oil yield, quality, and production efficiency.

3. Monitor production targets, raw material usage, wastage, downtime, and operating costs.

4. Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, HSE, and regulatory standards.

5. Coordinate with Maintenance and Engineering teams to ensure plant reliability and minimize downtime.

6. Supervise and develop refinery production and technical teams.

7. Implement SOPs, quality control measures, and continuous improvement initiatives.

8. Prepare regular reports on production performance, yield, quality, and operational costs.

9. Identify opportunities to improve productivity and reduce operational losses.

 

Responsibilities

1. Manage day-to-day soy oil refinery and production operations.

2. Optimize refining processes to improve oil yield, quality, and production efficiency.

3. Monitor production targets, raw material usage, wastage, downtime, and operating costs.

4. Ensure compliance with food safety, quality, HSE, and regulatory standards.

5. Coordinate with Maintenance and Engineering teams to ensure plant reliability and minimize downtime.

6. Supervise and develop refinery production and technical teams.

7. Implement SOPs, quality control measures, and continuous improvement initiatives.

8. Prepare regular reports on production performance, yield, quality, and operational costs.

9. Identify opportunities to improve productivity and reduce operational losses.

 

Requirements

1. Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Food Science, Industrial Chemistry, or a related field.

2. 10+ years' experience in edible oil/vegetable oil refining, preferably soy oil processing.

3. Minimum of 5 years in a senior refinery/plant management role.

4. Strong knowledge of edible oil refining processes, production planning, quality control, and plant operations.

5. Experience managing production teams and driving operational efficiency.

 

Job Overview
Posted Date:
2026-08-31
Location:
Ogun
Job Nature
Full time
Salary:
Application Deadline:
2026-09-30
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