Safety Officer

Kickstart your career with Agro-Chemical and Food Company! As our Safety Officer, you champion a secure environment by implementing safety protocols, conducting risk assessments, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Your engineering expertise and proactive approach directly contribute to our operational excellence. If you possess a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and a passion for safety, we invite you to apply and make a tangible impact.

Agro-Chemical and Food company Limited is a State Corporation a leading manufacturer and supplier of Spirits, Bakers’ yeast and CO2 located in Muharoni, Kisumu County. We are looking for qualified, experienced, and self-driven Kenyans with excellent inter-personal, communication and ICT skills to fill the following vacant positions:

SAFETY OFFICER – GRADE ACFC 6 (1 POST) ACFC/03/2026/011

Terms of Employment (Permanent and Pensionable)

Duties and Responsibilities

i. Ensuring protection of all factory buildings and installations against lightning through earth resistance measurements within schedule.
ii. Ensure efficacies of mild steel tanks and pipes by checking the thickness for purposes of performing predictive maintenance to avoid collapse.
iii. Organizing for pest control programs to control malaria infections and other pests whose effects can impact on food safety negatively.
iv. Managing occupational incidences through sensitization on use of PPE’s and providence of 1st aid facilities.
v. Ensuring compliance to legal requirements in line with occupation Health and Safety Act (OSHA) of 2007.
vi. Ensuring regular fire drills, creation of awareness, condition monitoring of machines and installations so as to ensure both safety and compliance to correct limits.
vii. Carry out risk assessment prior to issuing permit to work.
viii. Ensure induction of visitors and other stakeholders.
ix. Welding of bulk volume fermenter membrane and
x. Keeping records.

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, an officer must have:

i. Bachelor’s degree in any of the following engineering disciplines: Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Building Engineering or Industrial Technology.
ii. Proficiency in computer application; and
iii. Fulfilled requirements of Chapter Six (6) of the Constitution of Kenya.

Key Competencies and Skills

i. Strong analytical skills.
ii. Strategic and innovative thinking.
iii. Effective communication skills.
iv. Strong interpersonal skills.