Mechanical Engineer 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 role holder is responsible for ensuring the efficient coordination of all mechanical maintenance related execution activities in any designated area in the plant.

What you will 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/her 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 the team assigned to him/her 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 regulations by the team members in work areas.
Review with Planners weekly, monthly and shutdown maintenance tasks 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.
Attends departmental meetings regularly, implement management policies with team mates, and communicates results to the Mechanical Manager.
Keeps himself informed of general plant practices to ensure “on-call” duty.
Ensure the documentation and filing of all Permits, Assessments and Audit related files for tracking and performance indicators.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering 
Knowledge of various applicable safety standards.
Knowledge of relevant plant equipment and flow.
Knowledge of Critical Path Analysis techniques.
Knowledge of Failure Root Cause Analysis techniques.
Knowledge of Welding conventions and operation.
Knowledge of Hydraulic and Pneumatic conventions.
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