Technical Director

Adexen Recruitment Agency - Our client, a key player in the Agro-Allied industry, is recruiting suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:

Job Position: Technical Director
Job Reference: 1434
Job Location: Ondo
Industry: Industry & Manufacturing
Function: Operations & Production

Job Description

• Coordinate activities of all sections under his supervision and provide strategic vision to management in order to achieve company’s operational objectives.

Responsibilities
Uninterrupted Power Supply to factory, offices and accommodations:

• Implement an efficient preventive maintenance schedule for all generating sets.
• Plan the ordering of spare parts to enable timely repairs and overhauling of the generating set.
• Ensure the update of the generating set intervention log book is correctly done.
• Analyse the efficiency of our electricity production, both in term of energy produced and Diesel consumptions.

Maintain all company’s mechanical equipment in order to achieve operational objectives at optimized costs:

• Minimize down time of equipment through efficient preventive maintenance and timely intervention on all reported breakdowns.
• Develop efficient working relations with other departments in order to propose and implement timely solutions to identified problems.
• Implement an efficient management and control of workshop equipment and tools.

Plan, coordinate and control all construction and maintenance works:

• Define and sustain a technical standard for all construction activities, including renovations.
• Establish a yearly pacification schedule for all construction, renovation and maintenance works.
• Approve all Bill of Quantity established by the civil department.

Distribute water and power to factory, offices and accommodations:

• Maintain, repair and upgrade the distribution network for water and electricity.
• Analyse the efficiency of water distribution network and the consumption of water.
• Analyse the efficiency of electricity distribution, both in term of energy produced and liter of diesel consumed.

Manage and control of all sections under his perimeter:

• Establish the yearly budget (both in terms of capital expenditures and operational expenses) of all sections under his perimeter.
• Implement budget guidelines and analyze monthly actual results against budget.
• Implement and sustain an efficient management of procedures, data collection and reporting activities.
• Guarantee that all requirements for ISO 14001 are fully respected.
• Develop and maintain all Group standards within his perimeter.
• Guarantee that all requirements for Safety at Work are fully respected.
• Build a team of competent and dedicated technicians and operators, with a special emphasis on the Plant section.

Expectations

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years cognate experience.
• Excellent presentation and communication skill.
• Problem analysis, evaluation and presentation of recommended options/solutions.
• Ability to set and meet targets.
• Leadership Skills.
• Membership of Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) or related bodies.