Mechanical Technician 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 Technician

Requisition ID: 15705
Location: Ewekoro, Ogun
Job type: Full-time

About the job

• Role holder is responsible for ensuring that the plant equipment is well maintained at optimum cost and ensuring completion and quality of the execution of maintenance jobs

What you'll be doing 

• Responsible for the maintenance and well being of the relevant equipment
• Record some possible anomalies observed on the equipment during maintenance or inspection.
• Monitor the time requirements for each job and the optimal manpower and skills necessary for executing jobs.
• Supervise the trial of equipment after maintenance.
• Ensure that proper safety measures are being adhered to at all times by all personnel.
• Responsible for scheduled inspection of tools and tackles (including safety tools and tackles) and ensuring that these are in optimal condition of safe use.
• Responsible for recording of daily/shift job activities.
• Manage people working under him.
• Monitor job duration, cost and performance of crew.
• Recommend improvements for cost reductions.
• Respond to emergency repair needs.
• Work with the planning in the development of job planning.
• Ensure safe storage and disposal of replaced spares.
• Comply with EMS Mechanical Instrumentation activities.
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the Plant.

What we are looking for

• OND in Mechanical Engineering with 5 years hands-on experience in a process industry
• Other Degree Trade Test 1,2 or 3 - Mechanical, NABTEB, OND - Mechanical, City and Guild
• 3 - 5 years experience in industrial process
• Knowledge of work and safety rules and regulations
• Knowledge of relevant equipment
• Hands-on experience on the equipment
• Knowledge of relevant software.

Who you'll be working with 
List of direct reports:

• NiL.

Other Reporting Lines

• Sectional Engineer
• Mechanical Manager.

Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:

• Electrical technicians
• Production Assistants
• Inspectors
• Patrollers.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.