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One Acre Fund

Tupande Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Specialist (Fixed-Term)

📍 Rukanga, Kenya 🏷 Governance & Public Policy 🗓 Posted 21 Aug 2026
  • Execute high-level mechanical maintenance, troubleshooting, and repairs across all Tupande Soko factories to reduce operational downtime for processing operations
  • Deliver hands-on mechanical repairs on critical processing machinery, providing direct technical interventions on complex equipment failures when standard maintenance staff are unavailable
  • Conduct routine and deep-dive mechanical overhauls, component replacements, and structural alignments on heavy plant machinery, including industrial dehydrators, macadamia processing systems, and biochar production equipment
  • Manage preventive maintenance schedules and job plans via the CMMS, inspecting and overhauling mechanical assemblies such as gearboxes, pumps, hydraulic rams, and conveyors whilst tracking asset conditions and failure modes
  • Mentor factory maintenance teams on best-practice mechanical repair techniques and support Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) initiatives to build local technical capacity

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