Mechanical Manager at Lafarge Africa Plc

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Mechanical Manager

Requisition ID: 625
Location:  Mfamosing, Cross River
Employment Type: Full-time

Summary

• Within the framework of the plant’s objectives assigned by the Maintenance Manager, the job assignment is to optimize the maintenance activities in the Plant.
• This includes managing all maintenance operations in order to increase the reliability factor, the efficiency and effectiveness of the mechanical maintenance team and decreasing the cost per tonne of maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the execution of maintenance work carried out on mechanical equipment
• Develops working methods in his field: defines procedures and ensures that they are implemented
• Ensures proper planning of work, resources and execution of tasks
• Contributes to/participates in the short/long term investment plans
• Manages his team: defines the missions and objectives of his workforce and carries out their performance reviews, promotes the quality of the work and motivates his personnel
• Ensures the permanent update of the personnel skills, develops and implements a training plan, develops an individual coaching
• Follows policies (PIP & best practice) in his day-to-day work
• Defines the budget of his department and negotiates with the boss
• Facilitates communications and relationships:
  • Conducts department meetings regularly,
  • Conveys management policies to the subordinates,
  • Communicates results to the top management,
• Keeps himself informed of general plant practices so as to ensure “on-call” duty
• Ensures working conditions and safety at work.
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant.
• Ensure the quality and practical application of mechanical operations
• Ensures that maintenance works are carried out satisfactorily and within the set timeframe
• Ensures that adequate action is taken when mechanical incidents occur
• Guarantees the safety of the equipment and of the people working for him
• Optimizes maintenance costs and manages his budget
• Promotes the quality of the work and motivates his personnel
• Develops their skills by internal and external training to keep abreast of technical developments
• Ensure coordination and cooperation between his and other departments
• Support implementation of ISO 14001:2015 EMS and ISO 9001:2015 QMS
• Ensure proper management of tools provided by the company to efficiently carry out maintenance tasks
• The work environment of the job is the Cement Plant and the Quarry.

Education & Experience

• First Degree in Mechanical Engineering 
• Minimum of 10 years’ experience preferably in the cement industry

Technical Competencies:

• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing processes and  products
• Strong problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills
• In-depth knowledge of practical mechanical operations and application
• Knowledge of safety laws and regulations
• Knowledge of engineering codes and standards
• Good knowledge of safety rules applied to maintenance
• Experience in the development of quality management systems, for example ISO 9001:2000 and TPM
• Predictive and preventive maintenance
• Hands-on experience
• Micro data processing (MSWord, Excel, Power Point, project, AutoCAD and Visio)

Behavioural Competencies:

• Development of others
• Good interpersonal relationship
• Eager to learn and apply
• Good level of order and cleanliness

Managerial Competencies:

• Team leadership
• Sense of organisation and delegation
• Good initiative and sense of anticipation and judgment
• Analytical mind and logical approach to problem solving
• Performance oriented
• Good level of communication and innovation
• Decision-making capacity / Self-confidence and control
• Ability to influence, develop and/or motivate people to the achievement of jobs objectives
• Time management.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.