Overview
Animal Fodder Double Press Facility Operations Manager — Ain Sokhna Jobs in Ain Sokhna, As Suways, Egypt at PlatFarm
Title: Animal Fodder Double Press Facility Operations Manager — Ain Sokhna
Company: PlatFarm
Location: Ain Sokhna, As Suways, Egypt
Company: Platfarm — alfalfa processing & export, Ain Sokhna
Schedule: 25 days on-site / 5 days off per month. Residence inside the facility is mandatory during the 25 working days — on-site accommodation provided.
Reports to: Managing Director
The Role
Full operational ownership of the Sokhna facility — from truck gate to loaded container:
- Receiving: Manage raw material intake, weighbridge, and quality acceptance with authority to reject non-conforming loads
- Quality: Own QC across intake, in-process, and finished bales (moisture, density, contamination) to export spec
- Production: Plan and run daily double-press operations against the export schedule
- Maintenance: Own preventive maintenance, periodic checks, breakdown response, and spare parts planning for all machinery (press line, hydraulics, loaders, forklifts, generators)
- Inventory: Manage all stock — raw material, finished bales, consumables, spares — with accurate ERP records and lot traceability
- Export shipments: Plan and execute container stuffing, loading, VGM compliance, and shipping documentation; follow up daily with customs clearance and trucking agents to keep containers moving through DP World Sokhna on schedule
- Staff: Manage all site staff — rosters, shifts, discipline, seasonal labor — and maintain a deputy to cover off-rotation days
- SOPs & systems: Implement and enforce SOPs across all operations (receiving, QC, production, maintenance, loading) and run the facility through the Platfarm digital ERP — all transactions, quality records, and reports live in the system, not on paper
- Site: HSE, security, and compliance
Requirements
- Proven experience operating an agricultural produce packhouse or alfalfa/fodder farm at scale — mandatory, no exceptions
- Strong leadership and discipline — a firm, commanding personality able to run a demanding site, enforce standards without compromise, and hold the workforce accountable while earning their respect
- Strong technical background in machinery and equipment — deep hands-on knowledge of hydraulics, diesel engines, balers/presses, loaders, and generators; able to diagnose faults, lead repairs, and challenge the maintenance team technically
- Proven ability to implement SOPs and manage operations through a digital ERP (Odoo or similar) — comfortable enforcing system discipline with the workforce; paper-only managers will not fit
- 7–10 years operations experience covering the full receiving-to-dispatch chain
- Export operations experience — container loading, customs clearance coordination, port documentation
- Supervised 20+ workers including seasonal labor; daily floor presence
- Must reside inside the facility during the 25 working days — prior remote-site/camp living experience preferred
- Arabic native, functional English; comfortable with digital reporting
Preferred: Mechanical/agricultural engineering degree
