Technical Operations Manager Job at Tsebo Rapid Nigeria Limited

Tsebo Rapid Nigeria Limited is a leading facilities services provider in Nigeria. Originally founded in 2011 as Rapid Facilities Management Limited, we quickly established a reputation for partnering with corporate clients, delivering high quality, cost-effective & transparent facilities solutions to international standards.
In 2014 we approached Tsebo Group in South Africa for a technical partnership which has evolved into a merger with Africa’s No1 Outsourced Services provider.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Technical Operations Manager
Job Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description
Engineering Operations:


  • Ensure that all Plant, Equipment and Engineering Infrastructure within the Data Centre is properly operated and maintained.
  • Execute the planned maintenance programme strategy to ensure business continuity incurs minimum downtime.
  • Proactively manage the maintenance process and identify potential equipment/asset failure or problems.
  • Investigate plant or equipment failure to establish root cause and recommend corrective actions.
  • Initiate corrective action where omissions or failures occur.
  • Manage the planned preventative maintenance process and ensure that all work is carried out as per the planned maintenance plan.
  • Provide recommendations and where necessary oversight to re-active maintenance work to ensure that all work is carried out as per the work order and or specification and that quality standards are maintained.
  • Ensure outputs of SLA and Management Contract are maintained.
  • Supervise re-active maintenance work to ensure that all work is carried out as per the work order and or specification and that quality standards are maintained.
  • Responsible for supplier and procurement management within own operations space.
  • Responsible for the unit’s occupational safety and environmental management.

Financial Management:

  • Assist in the compilation of the 10-year life cycle asset replacement programme.
  • Evaluate and approve quotations as requested.
  • Adhere to Financial Controls and Procedures.

Human Resource Management:

  • Mange staff performance within company guidelines and requirements of the LRA.
  • Manage staff activities to ensure acceptable quality of remedial/corrective maintenance is provided.
  • Ensure appropriate training needs of staff are identified and committed to a training programme.
  • Source and provide staff with PPE and tools.
  • Ensure staff induction programs include critical SHE training, tool usage and safe lock out and working practices

Specialist Core Competencies:

  • Proactive problem identification and resolving of failures.
  • Ability to plan, organise and control work effort and key deliverables.
  • Good understanding to write and manage Service Level agreements.
  • Good understanding to write technical reports.
  • Project management skills.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills.
  • Attention to detail and good follow up skills.
  • Ability to work under pressure.
  • Understanding & Interpretation of wiring diagrams and engineering drawings.
  • Understanding of system flow diagrams.
  • Good understanding of emergency standby power equipment operation.
  • Ability to work under pressure.

Job Related Work Experience / Qualifications

  • Relevant educational qualification.
  • Minimum of 6 years experience in a similar role.
  • Minimum of 3 years experience in a data centre environment and understanding of data centre operations.
  • Hands-on knowledge and experience on UPS, electrical, HVAC and mechanical aspects.
  • High Voltage power understanding. • MV Switch Gear experience. • CDCP or equivalent qualification in Data Centre operations understanding.