Machinery Manager

About the role

Every piece of agricultural equipment at your warehouse is your responsibility. Bush cutters, diggers, spades, pruning machines, saws, tractors and tractor implements. There are three warehouses and one Machinery Manager at each.

The daily rhythm is issue and return. Farm executives tell you what their teams need. You allocate it, record what went out, to whom and for which project, and you record the condition it left in. In the evening you account for all of it coming back, in what condition. Nothing goes out unrecorded and nothing stays out overnight without you knowing.

The bigger part of the job is maintenance. At the moment nobody tracks it, and machines are run until they fail. You will own the maintenance schedule for every machine in your store, log what service has been done, and book work before something breaks in the middle of a harvest window rather than after.

For tractors you also track mileage and fuel. Who took it, where it went, what diesel went in, how it reads against what it should.

You also run regular audits. The point is that the register and the shed always agree, and that you know the real condition of every machine rather than the condition it was in when it was bought.

This is a records and coordination role, not a mechanic’s role. You do not repair the machines and you do not carry them into the field. You decide what goes where, you keep an honest record, and you make sure things are serviced before they fail.

You report to a Farm Supervisor.

What you would do

• Issue equipment to farm executives against their daily requirements and record every issue
• Record the condition of each machine at issue and at return, with photos
• Account for all equipment returning the same day
• Own and run the maintenance schedule for every machine at your warehouse
• Log all service and repair work and book maintenance before failure
• Track tractor mileage, fuel issued and usage against expectation
• Track which driver had which machine
• Run regular audits so the register matches what is physically in the store
• Raise replacement and repair requirements ahead of need
• Flag misuse, damage and repeat offenders honestly
• Record everything and report through the company app

What we are looking for

• ITI, diploma or equivalent in mechanical, automobile or agricultural engineering, or equivalent hands-on experience with farm equipment
• One to three years handling equipment, stores, workshop or fleet records
• Working knowledge of tractors, implements and common agricultural equipment
• Disciplined with records. The whole role rests on the register being accurate
• Confident enough to refuse an issue or send a machine back when it is not right
• Fluent in the local language
• Comfortable using a smartphone for daily reporting

What you can count on

How we hire

1. Step 1Apply in two minutesYour name, your mobile number and your resume. If you have no role in mind, leave your details in the talent pool instead and we will call when something fits.
2. Step 2A call from HRWe call to understand what you have done and what you want to do next, and to answer whatever you want to ask us.
3. Step 3The interviewWith HR and the manager for the role. If you are selected, a founder interview follows before the offer.
4. Step 4The offerIf it is a fit, HR makes you an offer setting out the role, the pay and the start date, and goes through it with you before you decide.

About Hebbevu

Hebbevu farms 1200+ acres without chemicals and looks after 2000+ desi cattle, and has delivered 19+ managed farmland projects for 1600+ co-farmers. Three brands sit on that: Hebbevu Managed Farmland at the farms in Penukonda, Hebbevu Fresh in the factory and the stores around Bengaluru, and Hebbevu Genetics with the cattle.