Unilever Nigeria Plc - Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Project Manager
Job Requisition ID: R-1185077
Location: Lagos
Function: Supply Chain - Engineering
Reports to: Engineering Manager-Nigeria
Terms & Conditions: Full time
Job Purpose
- Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world.
- If you are passionate about ensuring the design, purchase and installation of assets with appropriate monitoring and management throughout their life cycle, then this role is just for you!
- Leveraging maintenance performance indicators, shape maintenance programs by providing technical input to maximize asset utilization.
Responsibilities
- Ensure assets are properly designed, purchased and installed and then continue to perform close to design parameters during their life cycle.
- Ensure equipment is designed, selected and purchased based on lifecycle considerations and “total cost of ownership”.
- Monitor and manage the effective and efficient performance of equipment.
- Ensure all projects are delivered with project scope, time, cost and safely.
- Establish, track and review KPIs for equipment performance with the Maintenance Supervisor.
- Utilize information available through the Capacity Tool exercise to assess equipment utilization.
- Implement condition-based monitoring to help eliminate unplanned maintenance downtime.
- Review maintenance schedules to assess equipment conditions, requirements of tools and technologies and amend preventive and predictive maintenance plans with the planner as needed.
- Identify solutions for equipment that does not perform as expected within current PM schedule.
- Act as local expert on CMMS and ensure accurate and effective data capture.
- Monitor spare part management and dispose of obsolete items.
- Liaise with Category Technology to ensure core designs are adopted.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology developments and the required skills.
- Manage 3rd party contractors and ensure Unilever standards are met.
- Support Finance by establishing cost / benefit reviews of maintenance activities including assignment of tasks and applying ECRS (Eliminate, Combine, Reduce and Simplify) to activities.
- Ensure equipment runs as designed and meets standards for nominal speed, etc. to maximize equipment capacity
Requirements
- B.Sc / HND in Mechanical, Industrial, or Process Engineering.
- Minimum of 6 years of experience in maintenance engineering, project management, and inventory management within the manufacturing industry.
- COREN registered Engineer.
- Project Management Certification is advantageous
- Proficiency in AutoCAD, Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, SAP (Plant Maintenance and Purchasing), email, and spreadsheet applications.
Skills:
- Project Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Documentation
- Capex Management
- Team Management
Unilever Behaviors:
- Care Deeply: We care deeply about how consumers experience our brands every day, everywhere; about our people’s growth and development, and our impact on the planet. We care about our performance, to a point where it hurts when we don’t win.
- Focus on What Counts: We ruthlessly prioritise what truly matters, and so do fewer things brilliantly. We set clear goals & direction and recognise others for maximum impact.
- Stay Three Steps Ahead: We think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident - anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends, to beat the competition.
- Deliver with Excellence: We deliver excellence in what we do at pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account – always finding a way to do what we said we will do.
Application Closing Date
3rd August, 2026.
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