Manager, Machinery & Facility Maintenance at Biswal Limited

Biswal Limited - One of our subsidiaries in the Tile Manufacturing sector is recruiting an ideal candidate to join its workforce in the position below:

Job Title: Manager, Machinery & Facility Maintenance

Location: Nigeria
Job Grade / Level: Manager

Job Objective

• To plan, coordinate and monitor the daily activities involving the maintenance of Veenocks Ltd facilities equipment & machineries to ensure they are in optimal condition for the achievement of company objectives.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Oversee the maintenance repairs of equipment, tools & machineries used for daily business operations.
• Lead all facilities, machineries, and equipment maintenance and improvement efforts.
• Oversee timely repair and preventive maintenance schedules for equipment and machineries
• Champion periodic audit of company tools and equipment and prompt repairs or replacement as required.
• Prepare annual maintenance budget & forecasts all capital expenditure proposals in compliance with policy
• Work with the Head, HR to build maintenance process metrics & develop a system to achieve targeted performance level
• Maintain working assets & facilities, machinery parts inventory; monitor purchase orders & invoice approvals
• Contribute to the design and implementation of best practice facility and machinery maintenance strategy, policies, processes and procedures to aid and improve overall company performance
• Build, nurture and maintain healthy relationships with internal & external customers of the maintenance unit
• Work with the Safety Manager to put mechanisms to reduce operational risks at the maintenance workshop.
• Make recommendations with good business justification for the acquisition of more production equipment.
• Identify and deploy the technical skill sets, resource levels and systems to deliver projects, including the engagement of external resources if need be.
• Participate in skill enhancement programmes required for self and team members through field days and any courses that relate to their responsibilities.

Key Performance Indicators

• Achievement of 90% minimum performance level of employees of all direct reports
• 100% achievement of approved maintenance targets and 99% OEE
• 100% implementation of approved facility and machinery maintenance policies and procedures
• Achieve 90% reduction of lost manhours of inefficiency or breakdown of company tools, machineries and facilities.

Qualifications and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or equivalent in a similar discipline is preferred
• Minimum of 10 years cognate experience in facility and machinery maintenance management
• Post graduate qualifications like Master's in a relevant discipline would be an added advantage.

Supervises (Direct / Indirect):

• Machinery Equipment Maintenance Supervisors
• Facility Maintenance Officer / Supervisor
• Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance Supervisor.

Reports to: 

• Factory Operations Manager.

Working Knowledge, Skills and Competencies and Attributes:

• Excellent technical knowledge of equipment, machineries, products and processes
• Strong knowledge in maintenance and reliability
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Detail-oriented, organization and follow-up skills
• Excellent people management and Problem-solving skills
• Leadership skills, Time management and a hands-on work ethic
• Should be conversant with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Project Execution / Management and Conversant with CMMS.

Application Closing Date
20th May, 2022.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.

Note

• Previous experience in a ceramic factory is required
• Package for the role is the industry standard
• The Advert is open to Expatriates as well.