Plant Maintenance Manager at Value Edge Management Service Limited

Value Edge Management Service Limited – We are a leading business management consulting practice serving clients across Africa. We work in all major sectors of the economy and levels of government engaging highly trained and sector-experienced consultants.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Plant Maintenance Manager

Location: Lagos

Responsibilities

• Develop maintenance procedures and ensure implementation.
• Carry out inspections of the facilities to identify and resolve issues.
• Coordinating the maintenance team and assigning work areas to them.
• Ensuring there is no breakdowns or disturbances in the production processes and focusing on areas like cost reduction and improving overall productivity and efficiency.
• Conducting regular routine inspections and ensuring the upkeep and functionality of all the production machines and auxiliary tools and repair of breakdown machinery in the factory  in a cost effective manner.
• Check electrical and hydraulic systems of buildings to ensure functionality
• Plan and oversee all repair and installation activities.
• Allocate workload and supervise upkeep staff (custodians, janitors etc.)
• Monitor equipment inventory and place orders when necessary.
• Monitor expenses and control the budget for maintenance.
• Manage relationships with contractors and service providers.
• Keep maintenance logs and report on daily activities.
• Ensure health and safety policies are complied with.

Requirements

• Minimum education and Experience for the position:
• Bachelor’s degree/MBA in Mechanical Engineering / Electrical Engineering
• Professional qualification is an added advantage.

Knowledge and Experience:

• Minimum of 8 to 10 years work experience in masterbatch and compounding machinery industry with 5 years being in managerial position.
• Should have both Electrical and Mechanical knowledge of Maintenance of Masterbatch.
• Good Experience in machine and repairs
• Excellent knowledge of production, maintenance, troubleshooting, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrical panel boards and PLC
• Must possess a high level of emotional intelligence and managerial skill particularly planning, organizing, and controlling etc

Special Skills / Knowledge:

• Excellent skills of root cause analysis, solving production and quality problems
• Analysis of machine breakdowns and poor performance of machines
• Emergency maintenance, preventive maintenance planning, utilize maximum efficiency of machines.
• Technical expertise solving machine design problems, modification of machinery, develop new products, erection and commission of new machines, modification of Mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical circuits.
• Good expertise of team supervision, minimization of down time and ensure proper maintenance of all company machinery.
• Motivate team members and documentation
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Good time management and planning skills
• Good organizational and administrative skills
• Good Technical Skills

Application Closing Date
16th August, 2021.