Farm Operations & Maintenance Leader

Gender; Oman; On-site; OMR 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Gender in Oman seeks an experienced operations and maintenance lead to own six farming verticals, establishing system standards, planning, follow‑up and hands‑on execution across maintenance, projects, health and safety, inventory control, quality, and irrigation.

You will run preventive maintenance, track faults, supervise internal works and outsourced contractors, and ensure safety, stock control and quality compliance on a daily basis.

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance and troubleshooting of mechanical, utility, facilities, irrigation, or farm assets.
• Ability to supervise labor and manage internal and outsourced work.
• Strong planning, scheduling, and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Run preventive maintenance for farm equipment, facilities, utilities, irrigation hardware, and support infrastructure, and carry out repair work personally where appropriate.
• Track service intervals, faults, recurring issues, asset condition, spare-parts needs, and priority repairs, and respond quickly to breakdowns until issues are properly resolved.
• Maintain workshop readiness, tools, records, hygiene, and cleanliness discipline, including practical HACCP-style upkeep where relevant.
• Lead small-to-medium internal construction, repair, renovation, and improvement works and supervise outsourced works from scope through execution.
• Maintain strong day‑to‑day health and safety discipline across farm operations, workshop activity, maintenance work, irrigation work, and construction tasks.
• Maintain organized control of spare parts, tools, consumables, and agricultural inputs such as seeds, fertilizers, chemicals, irrigation consumables, and packaging.
• Maintain practical quality‑control discipline so produce leaving the farm meets expected grading and customer standards.
• Own day‑to‑day irrigation operation, including schedules, zone operation, valves, filters, leaks, routine checks, troubleshooting, and follow‑up.
• Build workable schedules, task lists, records, and follow‑up systems, and coordinate labor, materials, tools, vendors, service providers, and contractors so work is organized and efficient.

Skills

Maintenance management

Troubleshooting

Scheduling & planning

Supervising labor

CAD reading

Pumps & irrigation equipment

Safety compliance

Farm equipment knowledge

Education

Diploma or degree in mechanical/agricultural engineering

Tools

CAD software

Inventory systems

Workshop tools

Job description

Gender in Oman seeks an experienced operations and maintenance lead to own six farming verticals, establishing system standards, planning, follow‑up and hands‑on execution across maintenance, projects, health and safety, inventory control, quality, and irrigation.

You will run preventive maintenance, track faults, supervise internal works and outsourced contractors, and ensure safety, stock control and quality compliance on a daily basis.