Electrical Planner at Lafarge Cement

Lafarge Africa Plc is a leading Sub-Saharan Africa building solutions Company and member of the LafargeHolcim group.

The vision of Lafarge Africa Plc is to be the most trusted and preferred partner of African construction professionals and home builders by delivering cement, concrete, aggregates and other building solutions that are best in quality, environmentally sustainable and nationwide available at affordable cost.

Making urbanization a success is one of the challenges of this century and at LafargeHolcim, our ambition is to contribute to Building Better Cities. As a world leader in building materials, LafargeHolcim supports the metamorphosis of cities with innovative solutions that provide cities with more housing, making them more compact, more durable, more beautiful and better connected.

For many years, Lafarge Africa Plc has been committed to a deliberate strategy of sustainable development that combines industrial know-how with performance, value creation, respect for employees and local cultures, environmental protection and the conservation of natural resources and energy.

We put certain values at the forefront of the way we do business viz: health and safety, environmental protection, corporate governance (Ethics) and social responsibility (in the areas of education, health, youth empowerment, and shelter). We develop a highly competent workforce to operate our plants and businesses, through intensive training and exchange programmes.

The company is committed to progress and attentive to the ever- changing needs of local communities. This is demonstrated by contributing to the improvement of their quality of lives in a sustainable manner through setting up local development programmes in key areas that have direct impacts on socio-economic well being of the people and their environment.

More importantly, Lafarge Africa Plc endeavors to create more value for our customers, providing them with innovative and high quality products and solutions. Our well-known brands – Ashaka Portland Limestone Cement, Elephant Cement, Powermax Cement, Supaset Cement, UniCem Cement as well as Readymix Concrete and Aggregates – all stand for quality, consistency and long term strength which help deliver solutions that contribute to more housing for people, more compact buildings, better connected communities, more beautiful structures and more durable construction.

For our concrete operations, we leverage on the Group’s 50 years of experience in innovative concrete solutions and this puts us in the position to provide quality solutions that are designed to meet the specific needs of today’s builders. Today, Lafarge Readymix operations have a production capacity of 3.5 cubic million metric tonnes in Nigeria.
Building solutions
Lafarge works with all actors in the building industry of Nigeria, from do-it-yourself builders to large construction companies, architects and local artisans. Whether supplying high-quality cement to a craftsman or helping leading architects explore and deliver creative possibilities, Lafarge Africa Plc is committed to providing solutions that fit the needs of all its clients.

Lafarge Africa Plc’s clients benefit from the technical expertise and product innovation that are the hallmark of LafargeHolcim, an international leader in building materials with a global presence in 90 countries and decades of experience. In Nigeria, LafargeHolcim offers a range of innovative and high-performance products.The Electrical Planner is responsible for assisting with the development of a reliability-based maintenance strategy, based on preventive and predictive maintenance, to improve the efficiency and productivity of the Plant workforce, service companies and contractors. This will be accomplished by providing detailed job plans, including technical specifications, machinery history, parts and tools lists, and safety procedures in a very organized fashion. The Planner is also responsible for providing all the necessary information to ensure that all work is completed in a safe, efficient and timely manner and in compliance with environmental requirements.

What you'll be doing 

Gather pertinent information needed to plan the work orders in the planning stage of the Lotus Notes Work Order System, improve the content and quality of information on the work orders and eventually put them in progress after Methods Engineer validates them.
Add relevant information to the work orders, as required, to facilitate the comprehension of the execution team.
Define clearly the scope of work to be performed.
Develop a detailed job plan with all the work sequences involved to complete the repairs adequately, as well as equipment downtime and man-hours required.
Develop a tool list specific to the job to be performed.
Provide a parts list with reference numbers and exact location for every work order and ensure that all required parts are in stock before job scheduling.
Ensure all technical specifications and special instructions are provided on paper to the Supervisor and craftsmen.
Determine the cost involved for parts and supplies for each work order.
Inform the section supervisor/engineer when a job is ready for scheduling.
Establish and maintain with the supervisors and the stores department, a system for proper storage of pre-works and parts for pending work.
The incumbent will work with the Storeroom supervisor to update and maintain the equipment parts catalogue, and develop parts catalogs for existing equipment that have none as well as develop, equipment tool list for jobs that require such.
The Electrical Planner will work with the Storeroom Supervisor to review and update parts min-max.
The Electrical Planner will be responsible for improving and maintaining the equipment files and history (paper and electronic) in conjunction with the draftsman.
The Electrical Planner will ensure timely delivery of spare parts that are placed on order by working with the Purchasing officers and making use of the Lafarge tracker database program.
In collaboration with the Purchasing officers & Storeroom Supervisor, the Electrical Planner will ensure that the inventory and sources of spare parts are consistent with the Lafarge standards, plant equipment reliability and economic constraints. He will also ensure materials and parts conformity upon receipt.
In order to accomplish the prime objective of the position the Electrical Planner must be versed with the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). The incumbent must have knowledge of the work order tracking system, spare parts catalogue, requisitioning and inventory systems as well as knowledge of the modern software packages available such as Word, Excel, Microsoft Project Scheduler, etc.
The Electrical Planner will be utilized to supervise some jobs and contractors during annual plant shutdowns.
Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant.

Requirements

University degree in electrical engineering or a minimum of 5/7 years of fieldwork experience in cement industry.
Familiar with cement plant equipment.
Good knowledge of technical standards and applications.
Computer literacy and knowledge in Lotus Notes Work Order System is necessary
Maintenance planning (preventive & predictive)
Strong understanding of electrical systems & plant equipment
CMMS proficiency (work order systems, asset tracking)
Strong HSE awareness