Process Manager at HBM Nigeria Plc (Formerly Lafarge)

About the Job

• The job objective of the Process Manager is to study and implement systems, tools, and procedures to optimize the production process and champion continuous performance optimization of different production shop.

What you'll be doing

• Monitor the process performance of the entire plant on a day-to-day basis and define corrective actions together with production, quality and maintenance.
• Define process optimization actions together with quality, production and maintenance; monitor the actions and the results.
• Ensures recommended optimization actions are implemented by the operators; Carry out a review of the implemented actions to ensure the expected improvements are realized.
• Champion the development of process knowledge, know-how and capabilities in the plant organization.
• Leads the development of operators’ process knowledge and development; A key member of the operators’ coaching team.
• Organize on a daily basis process inspections and review of performance.
• Lead equipment performance audit (Kiln and mill audit), develop and implement actions to improve equipment performance.
• Identify and conduct studies, tests and measurements within the Process department in order to improve performance.
• Define the day-to-day set points.
• Ensure correctness of sensors.
• Ensure the quality of process data reported.
• Define an audit plan and supervise the audits to detect irregularities and find potential improvements.
• Contribute to fuel cost optimization (optimization of lowest fuel cost) by ensuring and optimizing process conditions which allow a maximum utilization of alternative fuel and raw materials.
• Ensure progress in control loop optimization and high-level automation.
• Ensure existence and correctness of procedures.
• Ensure that process audits and studies are documented and shared.
• Champion the process awareness within all departments in the plant.
• Promote exchanges between the process, quality and Production departments.
• Responsible for the plant process performances, both short term and long term, within the plant;
• Ensures the process performance is continuously geared towards HBM Nigeria's best practices.
• Manage action plans to help achieve this objective.
• Along with other Management team members, take part in the development of the plant PIP and annual budget.
• Coordinate actions with the Technical Centre.
• Comply with EMS Process Instrumentation activities.
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in any Engineering discipline (Chemical, Mechanical or Electrical engineering).
• 8 years’ industrial experience, 3 of which must have been spent in a heavy industrial engineering process function.
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing process.
• Raw meal preparation, burning, combustion, grinding and packing operation.
• Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations.
• Good written and verbal communications skills.