Technical Manager Job at Workforce Management Centre Limited

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Job Title: Technical Manager

Location: Rivers, Nigeria

Recruiter: Workforce Management Centre Limited (WMC)

Industry: Manufacturing   

Minimum Qualification: BACHELOR DEGREE + MASTERS   

Required Experience: 7 – 10 years     

Responsibilities:

1. Health & Safety Management;

•        Accountable for workplace safety of operations staff and the facility.

•        Participate in the implementation, improvement and revision of the H&S management system both as a line manager and as a member of the H&S Management Team.

•        Lead safety management by example, demonstrating clear visible felt leadership (VFL)

•        Drives the Technical function to integrate safety into the discharge of duties such that safety becomes second nature

•        Mobilize and engage employees and contractors on health and safety.

2. General Management tasks;

•        Participates in General Management tasks and in formulating company business strategy for business development.

•        Network with the technical community of the group across the globe in order to share best practices and resources.

3. Industrial performance and management cycle;

•        Ensure industrial performance is properly monitored with KPIs, defined internally and by the Group.

•        Establishes targets for industrial performance.

•        Establishes the capital and operating expenditure budget within Group's timeframe,

•        Manages data required for accurate scheduling of ship arrivals and liaises with CTAG on a regular basis to optimize logistics costs and performance

•        Ensures that technical performance is achieved at optimum cost

4. Availability and reliability of the discharge and bagging facility;

•        Implements the group's maintenance best practices.

•        Ensure that procedures for predictive, preventive, routine & breakdown maintenance of the entire machinery & equipment are properly planned, prepared and implemented.

•        Responsible for reliability/ availability of all equipment pertaining to the industrial facility,

•        Arbitrates over conflicts between the need to maintain and the need to produce, taking the overall best interests of the Company into full  nconsideration

5. Marine certification and operations;

•        Assures the facility consisting of a barge holds all required marine certificates and operating authorizations, liaising with certification bodies like Lloyds.

•        Ensure that feeding ships comply with the port and facility constraints, to be optimized in view of freight costs decrease, in relation with CTAG shipping and trading dept.

•        Manage all claims on cargo or damages caused by ship operations following CTAG policies and liaising with the BU experts.

•        Avoids financial penalties due to demurrage and war risk insurance of the inbound cement vessel due to poor technical performance of the plant

•        Is responsible of maintenance and optimization of jetties and mooring system.

6. Resources management/people mobilization;

•        Manages all aspects of the Technical human resource, including but not limited to: appropriate headcount, training, good workmanship, delegation of responsibilities and organization,

•        Drives people development through proper annual appraisals which objectively assess performance levels, define training needs and establish potential career succession paths

•        Administers all third-party contractor's activities pertaining to the industrial aspects of the facility,

•        Defines spare parts specifications and stock levels.

•        Promote and participate in teamwork between production, maintenance, stores and purchases through regular meetings of the reliability committee.

7. Customer orientation;

•        Develop a customer oriented culture for all plant technical personnel.

•        Participate in logistic and quality meetings with sales dept. and customers on delivery planning, quality claims and commitments.

•        Sometimes liaise directly with customer representatives in charge of quality or logistics.

Qualifications and Requirements:

•        Degree in Marine/ Mechanical Engineering or related field

•        Post graduate degree in Engineering or Master's in Business Administration is added advantage

•        Must have at least 8 years post qualification experience in Manufacturing environment

•        At least 4 years management experience with proven leadership skills in multinational corporate environment

•        Knowledge of International ship and port facility security (ISPS) code is an advantage

•        Marine experience or knowledge would be an advantage.

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