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, envir...
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The Mechanical Execution Coordinator is responsible for ensuring high-quality, safe, and cost-effective execution of mechanical maintenance activities to maximize equipment reliability and availability. Support and improve preventive and predictive maintenance practices to enhance plant performance and operational efficiency.
What you'll be doing
Communicate clearly on information relating to potentially dangerous situations and get confirmation that they are correctly understood.
Ensure the use of Personal Protective Equipment among the team.
Participate in the Plant Improvement Plan (PIP).
Check for safety and cleanness across plant.
Coordinate daily, weekly, and shutdown maintenance activities to ensure all mechanical jobs are executed efficiently with execution quality mindset to minimize disruption to production across all shop equipment in the plant.
Drive technical initiatives that will ensure 100% equipment reliability through proactive maintenance, condition monitoring, and timely intervention.
Review daily inspection feedback from patrollers/inspectors, prioritize schedule work orders from the CMMS weekly and ensure all tasks are clearly executed weekly to achieve a target of above 90%.
Ensure availability of manpower, tools, spares, and consumables for the team before job execution and optimization resource utilization across all shops in the plant to avoid idle time.
Plan and coordinate major shutdowns, ensuring all mechanical activities are scoped, resourced, and completed within schedule and within budget.
Ensure strict adherence to preventive maintenance schedules weekly in Quarry, Raw Mill, Kiln, Alternative Fuel, Coal, Cement Mill, packing plant, utility shop and continuously improve PM strategies in the plant.
Lead rapid response to mechanical breakdowns, ensuring root causes are addressed and eliminate recurrence.
Collaborate with stores and the Mechanical manager to maintain minimum inventory levels on critical spares and eliminate stock-outs.
Coordinate and supervise external contractors, ensuring compliance with scope, safety standards, and expectations tasks execution quality.
Ensure all mechanical activities comply with Huaxin HSE standards, including permit-to-work systems, risk assessments, and safe execution practices daily.
Provide hands-on support and guidance for complex mechanical issues Quarry, Raw Mill, Kiln, Alternative Fuel, Coal, Cement Mill, Packing plant, utility shop daily.
Identify improvement opportunities using reliability tools Parento, RCA to enhance equipment performance and reduce downtime.
Track and report key maintenance KPIs such as MTBF, NAI, NSFI, Schedule compliance and Workorder backlog.
Work closely with mechanical planners across all shops and production coordinators to align maintenance schedules with operational requirements and minimize production losses.
Ensure all jobs are executed based on approved maintenance procedures.
Work closely daily with all shop sectional engineer daily and assigned resources on areas of maintenance needs and supervise technicians, craftsmen and ensuring competency, productivity, and continuous team skill development.
Ensure all required tools, lifting equipment, and special devices are available, inspected, and fit for purpose before execution.
Monitor maintenance costs, control expenditures on maintenance services, and implement cost-saving initiatives without compromising on equipment reliability.
Maintain detailed records of maintenance activities, failures, and improvements to support audits and continuous learning.
Requirements
Minimum of 5 years’ postgraduate experience in execution (Mechanical)
Good knowledge of cement manufacturing processes.
Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations.
Good written and verbal communications skills
Excellent leadership and administrative skills
Good knowledge of Reliability based maintenance practices.
Good problem-solving skills through the root cause failure analysis.
Proficiency in the use of maintenance tools like SAP etc.
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