Production Engineer at African Industries Group (AIG)

Location: Odogunyan, Ikorodu - Lagos

Job Purpose

• To plan, organize, and optimize the entire production process in the fabrication workshop to achieve on-time delivery, maximum productivity, minimum wastage, and strict adherence to quality and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities
Production Planning & Scheduling:

• Prepare daily/weekly/monthly production plans based on sales orders, project priorities, and delivery schedules.
• Allocate manpower, machines, materials, and cranes to each job using ERP or Excel-based planning tools.
• Monitor progress against plan and adjust resources to meet deadlines.

Process Optimization & Efficiency Improvement:

• Identify bottlenecks in cutting, fit-up, welding, NDT, blasting/painting, and assembly stages.
• Implement lean practices, 5S, and productivity improvement projects (reduce cutting wastage, improve welding deposition rate, reduce rework).
• Calculate and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): tons per man-month, welding efficiency, first-time-right rate, OTIF (On-Time In-Full).

Material & Resource Management:

• Raise material requisitions and follow up with stores/procurement for plates, electrodes, gases, consumables.
• Control and reduce scrap and off-cut wastage.
• Ensure optimum utilization of cranes, rolling machines, welding machines, and plasma/oxy-fuel cutting machines.

Manpower Management:

• Supervise welders, fitters, grinders, helpers, riggers, and subcontractors (100–300 workers depending on workload).
• Conduct daily toolbox talks and weekly production meetings.
• Arrange skill training and welder qualification tests.

Quality & HSE Compliance:

• Coordinate with QC department for stage-wise inspections and resolve quality issues on the shop floor.
• Ensure all welding procedures (WPS/PQR) and welder qualifications are valid.
• Enforce use of PPE and safe working practices (working at height, crane safety, gas cylinder handling).

Documentation & Reporting:

• Maintain daily production reports, man-hour logs, material consumption reports.
• Prepare weekly and monthly production MIS for management review.
• Update job progress in ERP system (if available).

Cost Control:

• Track actual vs budgeted man-hours and material costs per project.
• Highlight variances and take corrective actions to keep projects profitable.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.Sc. / HND in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.
• Minimum 5–8 years of experience as Production Engineer / Planning Engineer in heavy steel fabrication, pressure vessels, or structural steel industry.
• At least 3 years in a supervisory role in a busy fabrication yard (experience in Odogunyan/Ikorodu factories is highly preferred).