Job Vacancies at Lafarge Africa Plc

Lafarge Africa Plc is a member of the LafargeHolcim Group – the biggest building and concrete solutions company in the world. It is a publicly quoted company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions designed to meet housing and construction needs from small projects like individual home buildings to major construction and infrastructure projects.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Mechanical Manager

Requisition ID: 14041
Job Location: Ewekoro, Ogun
Job type: Full-time

About the Job

• Ensure completion of mechanical maintenance jobs with the highest level of quality, safety and effectiveness at minimum cost to maximise equipment availability. 
• Apply preventive and predictive maintenance practices, and contribute to their improvement.

What you'll be doing 

• Communicate clearly on information relating to potentially dangerous situations and get confirmation that they are correctly understood.
• Make sure that key equipment is working properly.
• Ensure the use of Personal Protective Equipment.
• Is responsible for the execution and the quality of maintenance work to be carried out on mechanical equipment according to planned work orders.
• Responsible for knowledge transfer and develop team members for improve performance.
• Ensure proper day-to-day scheduling of works and necessary resources. Assign and review work to perform with the craftsmen.
• Ensure, upon completion of repairs, that equipment is in good operating condition, ready to meet operational requirements, fully inspected, tested, clean and safe.
• Ensure and control quality of maintenance jobs done by subcontractors.
• Provide reporting on repair jobs including consumption of materials, specific tools, man-hours and skills, and fills equipment history files.
• Ensure completion of major operations within schedule (yearly overhaul).
• Contribute in his field, to the development of working methods and definition of procedures and ensure their implementation.
• Keep him/herself informed of general plant practices so as to ensure “on-call” duty.
• Contribute to Root Cause Analysis.
• Participate in the Plant Improvement Plan (PIP).
• Check for safety and cleanness in the workplace

Who you'll be working with:

• Direct Reports
  • Mechanical Engineers
  • Workshop Team
  • Mechanical Supervisors.
  • Craftsmen.

What we are looking for

• Minimum 5 years of postgraduate experience in execution (Mechanical)
• Proficiency in the use of maintenance tools like SAP etc.
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing processes.
• Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations.
• Good written and verbal communications skills
• Good knowledge of Reliability based maintenance practices.
• Good problem solving skills through the root cause failure analysis.

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2.) Process Engineer

Requisition ID: 12834
Job Location: Mfamosing, Cross River
Job type: Full-time

Description 

• The Process Engineer leads plant discussions and investigations to improve throughput, efficiency, quality, and environmental performance.
• Through data analysis, field measurements, and conversations with employees are able to diagnose issues and develop solutions to move the plant towards greater performance.

Responsibilities
What you'll be Doing:

• Makes positive contributions to the plant safety activities and initiatives.
• Provides technical support to the plant’s production, quality, and environmental functions. Understands strategies, priorities, and optimization techniques that assist the plant in attainment of plant and company objectives.
• Conduct inspections, measurements and operational assessment for shop assigned to you.
• Follow-up actions / recommendations from findings with the responsible
• Daily evaluates operations, processes, and trends through the use of audits and systematic approach, for example RCAs, Incidence assessment & reporting etc.
• Provides technical support on implementation of new equipment and/or new procedures including training of plant personnel as required. Serves as mentor to CCR Operators in production and other departments.
• This position has a requirement of elevating the technical knowledge and practices of all facets of the operation.
• Ensure compliance with internal control procedures - communicating problems in operations, unwarranted deviations from established standards, and violations of policy or law.
• Primary to the Process Engineer position is the coordination and participation in improvement of the Plant’s technical capabilities.
• The Process Engineer’s objectives are to initiate process optimization in collaboration with Quality, Production and Maintenance to ensure maximum and efficient utilization of the plant’s equipment.
• Initiate actions for de-bottlenecking equipment and Processes and engage with stakeholders to close the actions.
• Design and contribute development of new systems, equipment and procedures and propose modifications of existing ones for continuous process improvement. Include economic and operational feasibility studies. Support commissioning and de-bottleneck new installations
• Promote the increased use of AFR (if applicable): provide comprehensive technical expertise to evaluate AFR with respect to its impact on the process; develop and implement solutions to eliminate / reduce impact of AFR on the process operation
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of an Integrated management system (IMS) in the plant.

Who You'll Be Working With
Internal:

• Kiln coach, control room supervisors, production supervisor, coordinators, shift chemist and managers, corporate engineers.
• Quality, Production, Maintenance, Environment Departments

External:
List of Direct Reports:

• Process technicians, Industrial trainees/interns

Requirements
What we are Looking for:

• Candidates should possess a Degree in Chemical / Process Engineering 
• 5 years of working experience with at least 3 years in cement Industry.
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing Process
• Perform the measurements of a basic process: gas flow measurement, false air mapping etc.
• Organize and perform an audit to any one area of a plant: Equipment/gas / thermal/ material balance of a kiln or a mill based on a pre-established model.
• Audit reporting 
• Tune a control loop.
• Understand the strategy of an expert system. (HLC)
• Good knowledge of statistical process control methods.
• Good knowledge of project management methods.
• Strong computer expertise in but not limited to: Excel,
• Good knowledge of SAP, TIS, and PACT.

OH&S Competencies:

• Implements OH&S Mission: Ensures alignment of OH&S activities arising from the country OH&S mission.
• Ensures adequate OH&S organization: Ensures relevant actions are taken so that OH&S requirements are met
• Identifies Hazards & Control Risks: Actively manages risks by ensuring that all related control activities are implemented thoroughly

Behavioral competence:

• Ability to work effectively under time pressure, in a demanding environment, while maintaining the highest professional standards. Ability to self-organize, prioritize tasks, take initiatives, and make recommendations while engaging with Senior Leaders.
• Intellectual curiosity and strategic thinking; eagerness to learn, excellent analytical skills, Objective focus, Courage and integrity Intellectual humility, Honesty, Respect.

Leadership and managerial abilities:

• Communication skills (verbally /on paper), teaching ability, listening skills, team spirit,
• Adapting to change and creativity.

Mobility requirements:

• Ability to work in multi-national environment, Readiness to travel, Flexibility.

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3.) Security Operative

Requisition ID: 10385
Job Location: Mfamosing, Cross River
Job type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The Security Operative (SO) is responsible for keeping Lafarge Africa and suppliers’ staff, visitors, and similar safe & secure.
• Based on shift work rotation the SO will be in the plant between eight and twelve hours, also on weekends, and supervise all security related activities while in parallel supervise and support all company transport activities.

What you'll be doing

• Responsible for the protection of the company’s PEARL (People, Environment, Assets, Reputation & Legal Exposure) in the South-East Region under the direction of the Security Manager South-East.
• Support the supervision of the Private Security Provider, ensuring they fulfil their contractual obligations. Conduct supervisory checks on the 3rd party security provider and the services provided such as random checks at guard locations in Mfamosing Plant (MFA) and Calabar, joining vehicular patrols and ensuring all standards agreed are being fulfilled. To be conducted utilising various online tools that are available.
• Ensure Lafarge Health & Safety standards are adhered to.
• Supervise and direct the armed security incident response force.
• Supervise and direct security assets during crises periods and/or in case of direct assaults on company staff and/or assets.
• Provide reliable and concise incident data and write accurate reports via the various company online tools.
• Interact with the local PSF (Public Security Forces) in cases of (armed) attacks, intrusions, trespassing, fraud and theft.
• Safeguard that all Security & Resilience Policies of the company are adhered to.
• Act as a communicator between the Plant Management and Security Department when the Senior Security Operatives is not present.
• Work in shifts ensuring there is a 24/7 security supervision function on duty.
• Support with investigations and detailed report writing. Validate reporting independent of the Private Security Provider’s report.
•  Conduct independent assessments and identify gaps in baseline physical security and notify/ advise both the Security Manager and Senior Security Operative.
• Gather local intelligence on all aspects and issues to support and protect the business.
• Create and maintain intelligence networks.
• Reporting of incidents on the Group Security SINT platform.
• Monitoring and supervision of CCTV operators, video evidence assessment and ongoing projects.

What we are looking for

• OND minimum requirement 
• A minimum of 4 years of experience in a security supervisory position
• Security incident supervisory experience (incl. following up on complex incidents such as shootings, armed attacks, theft, and similar)
• Experience of supervising teams and resources
• Capability to drive Lafarge security standards in all business activities.
• Be Microsoft Office proficient
• Ability to produce different kind of vetted and accurate incident reports.

Who you'll be working with:

• Senior Security Operative
• Contractors 
• All levels of staff.

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