Project Engineer at Alfred and Victoria Associates

Alfred & Victoria Associates is one of Nigeria’s leading ICT solution based company. Our company offers a wide range of services which are in high demand of today’s emerging market. AVA has three major arms which have been streamlined to meet our customer's needs.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Project Engineer

Location: Lagos
Reports to: Head, Project Services.

Job Summary & Purpose

• We are currently sourcing for a Project Engineer to join our team and support the strategic roadmap of our Operations Department.
• The responsibilities of this role include carrying out project preparing, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring of assigned engineering projects at the customers’ facility to ensure optimum performance of equipment and little or no downtime.
• To be successful in this role, you should have solid project management, electrical and mechanical skills and be familiar with the production and manufacturing industry, specifically food and beverage.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, schedule, coordinate, and monitor assigned engineering projects.
• Plan and lead pre-startup checks on completed projects at customer sites, manage User Acceptance Testing (UAT) programs, establish procedures for installation post startup performance testing to ensure formal customer acceptance.
• Analyse projects, perform technical calculations, create project designs, and models that meet projects requirements.
• Develop project schedule, determine manpower requirement, liaise with other department for all necessary input/output, and monitor projects to ensure on time completion.
• Define a comprehensive list of project equipment, materials, and consumables to be procured from external suppliers and coordinate logistic support to ensure all items are delivered to site timely and safely.
• Develop recommended spare parts list for the customers’ plant on a pre and post installation and commissioning schedule.
• Manage project workflow and support internal and external resources to ensure implementation is in accordance with company standard.
• Control and monitor project expenditures including verifying and checking of invoices and claims from contractors, suppliers, and vendors to ensure that all project expenditures are captured and properly recorded.
• Lead onsite and offsite stakeholders’ meetings by reviewing project progress, gaps, bottlenecks and changes while ensuring timely communication and documentation of same by following the change control process.
• Ensure all employees and contractors obey safety rules and regulations and make use of applicable PPE always to reduce chances of incidents/accidents.
• Lead risk assessment program for each project with the project team and other stakeholders to identify and provide countermeasures to mitigate against risk(s) identified.
• Recommend and implement training and post installation support plans to customers.
• Maintain training matrix for team members.

Education / Professional Qualifications

• A graduate Degree in Electrical & Electronics, Mechanical, Production Engineering or relevant course
• Membership of related professional bodies would be an advantage (COREN, NSE, PMI, etc.)
• At least 3 years of proven work experience as a project engineer, installation engineer in the FMCG, Food & Beverage or Construction industry
• Familiarity with project management, electrical/mechanical design and implementation methods and practises

Key Skills & Competencies:

• MS Office proficiency – Words / Excel / PowerPoint / Outlook / Projects
• Proficiency in the use of AutoCAD, E-Plan, and other engineering software applications (Allen Bradley, Siemens, etc.)
• Ability to read engineering drawings and schemes
• Creative and innovative
• Proactive, attention to detail and solution oriented
• Excellent communication skills
• Energetic, independent, and self-driven
• Leadership and coaching skills
• Time management skills
• Knowledge of applicable codes, policies, standards, and best practices is an advantage
• Ability to work effectively in a team
• Ability to deliver quality service always
• Strong analytical and logical problem-solving abilities
• Willing to travel locally and internationally.

Salary
Very Attractive.

Application Closing Date
28th February, 2022 at 3:00PM