Animal Feed Production Expert

sequa gGmbH is a globally operating non-profit development organization. Since 1991, sequa has carried out programs and projects of international cooperation in close collaboration with the German private sector. sequa offers know-how and long-term experience in capacity development for chambers and associations (BMOs), vocational education and training, private-sector development, and trade promotion. The organization is based in Bonn, Germany. sequa employs more than 100 persons (2025) and reported a turnover of EUR 56 m in 2024.

We are offering a project-based assignment as 

Animal Feed Production Expert (m/f/d)

Location: Kigali, Rwanda

Assignment Period: 08/26 – 11/26

Working time scope: 18 days 

Project: Pilot SME assist Scheme targeting growth-oriented SMEs in Rwanda in the Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition"

Job Code:RW-1132 - Animal Feed Production Expert Indintambwe

The Project

Within the Special Initiative "Decent Work for a Just Transition", implemented by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, sequa implements the SME assist Scheme, which targets growth-oriented SMEs in Rwanda. The project aims to facilitate business growth and decent job creation by increasing the competitiveness, productivity, and market readiness of Rwandan SMEs. The SME assist Scheme supports medium-sized enterprises, including Indintambwe Feeds Ltd, a Rwandan animal-feed manufacturing company that produces poultry and pig feed and has a strong focus on integrating alternative protein sources, such as Black Soldier Fly (BSF), into feed formulation.

The scope of this assignment is to strengthen Indintambwe Feeds Ltd's animal-feed processing, formulation, and pelletizing systems by improving feed formulation and pellet quality, and supporting the practical integration of alternative feed ingredients, including BSF, into poultry and pig feed formulas. The expert will also train the team on SOPs, production planning, feed safety, quality control, and performance monitoring. Finally, the expert will advise the company on how to transition from small-scale to medium-scale, semi-automated production. 

Your Tasks / Responsibilities

• perform a technical production diagnostic covering current production capacity, feed formulation, mixing, pelletizing, storage, material flow, quality-control practices, and production bottlenecks.
• evaluate and enhance poultry and pig feed formulations and pellet quality, with a focus on integrating alternative feedstuffs, including BSF, to optimize cost, nutrition, sustainability, pellet durability, uniformity, moisture control, feed consistency, and customer acceptance.
• create practical SOPs, quality-control checklists, production planning tools and maintenance routines for feed mixing, pelletizing, storage, hygiene, traceability, dispatch and equipment operation.
• create a practical scale-up roadmap for moving from small-scale to medium-scale, semi-automated feed production, covering target production capacity, process flow and facility layout, equipment and utility requirements, staffing and skills, quality and occupational-safety controls, phased investment priorities, indicative costs, and an implementation timeline.
• Train the production team on pelletizer operation, safe machine use, feed-quality control, maintenance roles, production KPIs and performance monitoring, including best practices for using alternative feed ingredients in feed formulations.

Your Qualifications / Skills

• Education/training: Master's degree preferred, or at minimum a Bachelor's degree in Animal Nutrition, Feed Technology, Veterinary Science, Agricultural Engineering, Food/Feed Processing, Industrial Engineering, Production Management, or a related technical field. Training in animal feed formulation, integration of alternative feed ingredients, pelletizing, feed quality, OSH, or maintenance systems is an asset.
• Languages: Full proficiency in English and knowledge of Kinyarwanda is an added value.
• Other Skills: Strong knowledge of feed formulation, feed processing, pelletizing technology, alternative feed ingredient integration, including use of BSF as one component, equipment specification, SOP development, quality control, production planning, maintenance planning, feed safety, traceability, and occupational safety. Poultry and pig feed experience is an advantage.

Your Working Experience

• General professional experience: Minimum 7 years of progressive experience in animal-feed production, feed processing, feed formulation, pelletizing, production systems, quality management, or technical advisory assist to agro-processing/manufacturing SMEs.
• Specific professional experience: Demonstrated experience in feed-mill diagnostics, feed formulation, integration of alternative feed ingredients, pelletizer specification/validation, production-capacity assessment, SOPs, quality-control tools, equipment installation readiness, and production-team training. Experience with poultry and pig feed, insect-based protein, and feed certification is a strong advantage.
• Regional experience: Experience working with or advising SMEs in emerging markets, preferably in Rwanda or East Africa.

Please send us a cover letter, your CV in the EuropeAid format, relevant resumes, and your daily fee expectation in EUR/RWF. If you apply as a firm, please send your company profile and financial proposal. 

In the case of comparable qualifications, disabled persons are given preference. 

Please send us your application no later than August 2nd, 2026, to applications.rwanda@sequa.de with the Subject line "RW-1132 - Animal Feed Production Expert Indintambwe".