Mechanical Engineer 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 Engineer

Requisition ID: 15706
Location: Ewekoro, Ogun
Job type: Full-time

About the job

• Ensures the efficient coordination of all mechanical maintenance related execution activities in any designated area in the plant.

What you'll be doing

• Responsible for the execution of maintenance work carried out on mechanical equipment in the plant with proper feedback to the Sectional Engineer
• Develop /follow working methods in his field: defines procedures and ensures that they are implemented
• Ensures proper planning of work and resources with methods and execution of tasks as assigned in CMMS or from Mechanical Maintenance Manager and close out same in SAP
• Supervises the missions and objectives of team assigned to him and carries out their performance reviews, responsible for the quality of the work done at site and motivates his personnel
• Ensures respect of safety rules and regulation by the subordinates at work areas
• Review with Planners weekly, monthly and shut down maintenance task according to the production needs.
• Monitor and review /prepare the spare parts list with the planner
• Responsible for the availability and management of tools required for daily execution of Task as per departmental tools procedure.
• Participate in critical failure root cause analysis within the plant
• Follows policies in his day-to-day work
• Attends departmental meetings regularly, implement management policies with subordinates, and communicates results to the top mechanical Manager.
• Keeps himself informed of general plant practices so as to ensure “on-call” duty
• Ensure the documentation and filing of all Permits, Assessments and Audit related files for tracking and performance indicators.

What we are looking for 

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering
• 5 years’ hands-on experience in a process industry
• Pure and in-depth understanding of mechanics of machines.
• Accuracy in troubleshooting and correction in hydraulic systems.
• Excellent Engineering drawing interpretation
• Knowledge of Failure Root Cause Analysis techniques
• Knowledge of Welding conventions and operation
• Knowledge of Hydraulic and Pneumatic conventions
• Knowledge of various applicable safety standards
• Knowledge of relevant plant equipment and flow
• Knowledge of Critical Path Analysis techniques.

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

• Mechanical Manager
• Sectional Engineer
• Service Contractors
• Mechanical Technicians
• 3rd party vendors.

Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:

• Methods department for preparation, planning and generation of work orders and third party contractors.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.