Job Openings at Lafarge Cement

The Electrical Inspector's primary objective is to coordinate and control execution of inspections, analyze all process and auxiliary equipment so that the condition of each piece of

equipment can be monitored and maintained at a high level of operating performance.

What you will be doing

The incumbent also analyses situations to determine whether it is a mechanical, electrical or operating problem and recommends solutions to correctly utilize all resources available.

• Studies equipment problems and recommends modifications or replacements of it.
• Investigates repetitive problems and initiates corrective maintenance procedures.
• Continually informs Production, Process and Maintenance of the operating condition of equipment and advises those responsible when a piece of equipment should be shut down in order to prevent damage to said equipment or injury to any of the plant personnel.
• The incumbent will ensure compliance with safety practices and procedures, availability of safety equipment and that first aid treatment is provided when required.
• The incumbent is responsible and should have data pertaining to reliability so that he can analyze, and advise departments on the information needed to perform RCFA (i.e. Vibrations, temperatures, hours, causes, Pareto charts etc.)
• Ensures that there has been a work order entered in CMMS to cover adjustments or repairs to equipment, checks for the proper equipment number, adequate description of the request, appropriate priority code and workshop or plant code.
• Administers a Thermo graphic Analysis Program for all critical pieces of electrical equipment and reports results to all concerned including recommendations when required.
• Preparation of the daily work schedule for the PPM tasks in accordance with equipment needs while utilizing CMMS to document and monitor equipment history files.
• The incumbent participates in the administration of a Plant Lubrication Program with a conscious effort to reduce any undesirable impact on our environment.
• Assist in the planning of systematic overhauls of major equipment.
• Participate in the Maintenance Supervisor On-Call Program
• Record all temperatures, pressures and any relevant information, which may be used for analysis from CCR.
• The incumbent is also the plant person in charge of the Electrical integrity of the plant’s machinery.
• Comply with EMS Methods Instrumentation activities.
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant.

Requirements

• Minimum of Ordinary National Diploma(OND) in Electrical Engineering or 5 years of work experience in Cement manufacturing.
• Computer literacy is essential. 
• For good job performance, good communication skills.
• Ability to work with minimal supervision
• Resistance to stress
• Ability to lead employees is required
• Knowledge of the Cement Process. 
• Must be able to lead a team of five craftsmen on specific activities. 

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The role holder is responsible for executing independently work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of techniques, procedures and criteria. 

About the Job 

The Position requires knowledge of Electrical and Instrumentation engineering as applicable in cement production. Responsible to execute independently work requiring judgment in the evaluation, selection, application and adaptation of techniques, procedures and criteria.

What you will be doing

• Ensure availability of all electrical and instrumentation equipment for production.
• Execute Predictive and Preventive Maintenance Schedules with minimum supervision.
• Ensure Compliance with Health and Safety Procedures during task execution.
• Follow-up with Lead Engineer on work plan execution.
• Co-ordinate and supervise third party contractors
• Ensure the efficient use of energy on the Clinker production plant and the cement mills.
• Ensure safety of the plant and personnel and ensure the protection of the environment in compliance with ISO 14001.
• Ensure compliance with the instructions and requirements for personal safety, fire safety and industrial hygiene based on LAP Group standards on health & safety.

Requirements

• Trade Test 3 - Mechanical, NABTEB or City and Guilds
• ​Minimum of five (5) years in modern integrated cement/large scale industry in the similar field.
• Hands-On experience on ABB and Siemens Variable Frequency/Speed Drives.
• Knowledge of Medium and Low Voltage Electric Motors and their Applications.
• Knowledge of ABB Switch-Gears.
• Knowledge of 11KV/400V Power Distribution Panels and Motor Centre.
• Knowledge of Cement Industrial Instrumentation and Controls.  
• Ability to work under pressure with little or no supervision

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The Mechanical Inspector's primary objective is to coordinate and control execution of inspections, analyze all process and auxiliary equipment so that the condition of each piece of equipment can be monitored and maintained at a high level of operating performance.

What will you be doing?

• Communicate regularly with operations personnel to gain information on any problems or concerns they may have about the equipment and the way it is affecting the process.
• Analyze situations to determine whether it is a mechanical, electrical or operating problem and recommend solutions to utilize all resources available correctly.
• Study equipment problems and recommend modifications or replacements of it.
• Investigates repetitive problems and initiates corrective maintenance procedures.
• Continually inform the Production, Process and Maintenance teams of the operating condition of equipment and advises those responsible when a piece of equipment should be shutdown in order to prevent damage to said equipment or injury to any of the plant personnel.
• Coordinates all Preventive and Predictive Maintenance Inspections performed on plant equipment.
• Ensure compliance with safety practices and procedures, availability of safety equipment and that first aid treatment is provided when required.
• Ensure that there has been a work order entered in CMMS to cover adjustments or repairs to equipment, checks for the proper equipment number, adequate description of the request, appropriate priority code and workshop or plant code.
• Assist in the planning of systematic overhauls of major equipment.
• Systematic inspection and data recording of all plant equipment with follow up to appropriate people.
• Carry out specific and precision duties as drive alignment, open gear inspection as checking of root clearances, wobble, eccentricity checks, institute balancing of new installation monitoring stop checks on bearings, basic NDT inspections.
• Prepare daily work schedule for the PMR tasks in accordance with equipment needs while utilizing CMMS to document and monitor equipment history files.
• Record all temperatures, pressures and any relevant information, which may be used for analysis from CCR.
• The incumbent is also the plant person in charge of the mechanical integrity of the plant’s machinery.
• The incumbent is responsible and should have data pertaining to reliability so that he can analyze, and advise departments on the information needed to perform RCFA (i.e. vibrations, temperatures, hours, causes, Pareto charts etc.).
• Ensure regular participation and engagement of the team for RCA/RCM process as and when required for assign machines performs other duties such as maintaining work records and maintenance repair history logs, attending regular meetings with maintenance engineers.
• Participate in the Maintenance Supervisor On-Call Program.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering 
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in Mechanical Engineering, including rotating machines. Equipment maintenance, condition monitoring, in cement manufacturing company, refinery, power or heavy process plant.
• Knowledge of gearboxes, transmissions, hydraulic, pneumatic, welding techniques, lubrication, and mechanical non-destructive testing.
• Adequate Knowledge related to equipment function & maintenance (Crusher, Stacker, Reclaimer, Raw mill, Belt Conveyors & Aux. Equipment).
• Good knowledge of Machinery Condition Monitoring technologies and maintenance philosophies
• Ability to trouble shoot problems and propose corrective actions.
• Excellent knowledge of vibration analysis, oil analysis, wear measurement, thermography, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, radiography, etc.

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About the Job

The Mechanical Planner is responsible for preparing all planned maintenance that has to be carried out by the Mechanical Execution team, service companies or contractors. In this role, the Mechanical Planner will work closely with the inspectors and the execution team on the following tasks and responsibilities in order to reinforce the day-to-day job preparation & planning. 

What you will be doing

• Planning and scheduling of all preventive maintenance routines in SAP/DMS together with the specific execution responsible. Generation and optimization of the 48/96 weeks workload balancing sheet by department/specialty/technic targeting a good balance during the days of the year. Generates the weekly and 13 weeks planning. Prioritizes the notifications coming from condition monitoring or others and generates corrective work orders in agreement with the requester.
• Leads the preparation and consolidation of the shutdown planning (personal, third parties services, materials, spare parts, equipment, tools, time, critical path) with coordination meetings using MAC guidelines and tools.
• Generates purchase orders as well as third party services contracts for mayor shutdown, assure that spares and services will be delivered on time. Control of expenses during planning as well during the execution vs budget and control the inventory level vs guide value
• Assure that special and repetitive jobs come with a standard work order. Lead the weekly KPI revision meeting as well as the work planning confirmation for the next week
• Takes care of his own development needs and trains the maintenance teams on planning requirements
• Assure that all work orders have the required H&S information, and that all legal requirements (safety, environmental, maintenance) are in the yearly preventive maintenance plan and are executed.
• Monitor the realization of the plans. Follow-up tasks defined in mayor shut-downs in a daily frequency
• Leads After Action Review for shutdown or mayor repairs
• The Mechanical Planner will be utilized to supervise some jobs and contractors
• The list is not exhaustive as planners may be required to perform other functions as may be assigned by the manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering
• CMRP certification
• Good knowledge of maintenance planning and scheduling in a manufacturing setting.
• Knowledge of gearboxes, transmissions, hydraulic, pneumatic, welding techniques, lubrication, and mechanical non-destructive testing.
• Adequate Knowledge related to equipment function & maintenance (Crusher, Stacker, Reclaimer, Raw mill, Belt Conveyors & Aux. Equipment).
• Good knowledge of Machinery Condition Monitoring technologies and maintenance philosophies.
• Ability to trouble shoots the problem and proposed corrective actions.
• Excellent knowledge of vibration analysis, oil analysis, wear measurement, thermography, liquid penetrant, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, radiography, etc.
• Knowledge of CMMS and ERP; SAP.
• Good knowledge of RCA methodology and facilitating skills.
• Minimum 3-5 years’ experience in Mechanical Engineering, including rotating machines. Equipment maintenance, condition monitoring, in cement manufacturing company, refinery, power or heavy process plant

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About the Job 

Maintenance of cement Plant equipment

What you will be doing.

• Carry out proper risk assessment before task execution.
• Perform mechanical work in accordance with technical documentation.
• Responsible for storage and use in good conditions of materials, spares and tools 
• Responsible for equipment status
• Effective delivery and execution of all PM02 tasks.

Requirements

• Trade Test 3 - Mechanical, NABTEB or City and Guilds
• Minimum of five (5) years in modern integrated cement/large scale industry in the similar field.
• Efficiency in the use of measuring tools.
• Mechanical Apprenticeship certification.
• Mechanical Technical problem solving skills

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About the Job 

The role requires strong knowledge of Electrical and Instrumentation Engineering within a cement manufacturing environment. The successful candidate will be responsible for independently executing technical activities that require sound judgment in the evaluation, selection, application, and adaptation of engineering techniques, procedures, and standards to support safe and efficient plant operations.

What you will be doing 

• Co-ordinate and supervises electrical and instrumentation tasks.
• Ensure availability of all electrical and instrumentation equipment for production.
• Ensure Predictive and Preventive Maintenance Schedules are correctly executed.
• Ensure Compliance with Health and Safety Procedures.
• Follow-up with Electrical Planner on Spares for execution.
• Assigns and co-ordinate work to E&I Technicians and ensure close-out of assigned tasks.
• This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and the job holder may be required to perform duties outside of this as operationally required 

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Electrical/ Electronic Engineering
• Minimum 4 years’ experience in modern integrated cement/large scale industry in the similar field.
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing process.
• Medium and Low Voltage Electric Motors and their Applications.
• Have critical knowledge on ABB Switch-Gears.
• Have critical knowledge on 11KV/400V Power Distribution Panels and Motor Centre.
• Cement Industrial Instrumentation and Controls.
• Hand-On experience on ABB and Siemens Variable Frequency/Speed Drives.
• Membership of relevant regulatory bodies (COREN,NSE)is an advantage.

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The role holder is responsible for ensuring the efficient coordination of all mechanical maintenance related execution activities in any designated area in the plant.

What you will be doing

• Responsible for the execution of maintenance work carried out on mechanical equipment in the plant with proper feedback to the Sectional Engineer.
• Develop /follow working methods in his/her field: defines procedures and ensures that they are implemented.
• Ensures proper planning of work and resources with methods and execution of tasks as assigned in CMMS or from Mechanical Maintenance Manager and close out same in SAP.
• Supervises the missions and objectives of the team assigned to him/her and carries out their performance reviews, responsible for the quality of the work done at site and motivates his personnel.
• Ensures respect of safety rules and regulations by the team members in work areas.
• Review with Planners weekly, monthly and shutdown maintenance tasks according to the production needs.
• Monitor and review /prepare the spare parts list with the Planner.
• Responsible for the availability and management of tools required for daily execution of Task as per departmental tools procedure.
• Participate in critical failure root cause analysis within the plant.
• Attends departmental meetings regularly, implement management policies with team mates, and communicates results to the Mechanical Manager.
• Keeps himself informed of general plant practices to ensure “on-call” duty.
• Ensure the documentation and filing of all Permits, Assessments and Audit related files for tracking and performance indicators.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering 
• Knowledge of various applicable safety standards.
• Knowledge of relevant plant equipment and flow.
• Knowledge of Critical Path Analysis techniques.
• Knowledge of Failure Root Cause Analysis techniques.
• Knowledge of Welding conventions and operation.
• Knowledge of Hydraulic and Pneumatic conventions.
• 5 years’ hands-on experience in a process industry.
• Pure and in-depth understanding of mechanics of machines.
• Accuracy in troubleshooting and correction in hydraulic systems.
• Excellent Engineering drawing interpretation

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Responsible for ensuring the effective application and maintenance of Control & Automation principles to support plant reliability and operational efficiency.

The role will oversee the maintenance, sustainability, and continuous improvement of the plant’s automated control systems and process optimization platforms through the use of existing and emerging software and hardware technologies. Key systems include process controllers, HMI systems, industrial networks, kiln scanners, local control panels, reporting tools, and other integrated automation systems.

What you will be doing

• Maintenance for the platform of hardware and software and all the items related to the control system, according/with guides of SAP (Planning, WO, Daily Tracking, Failure analysis, Critical Spares, Asset History and all the Key Indicators of Availability and Productivity).
• Assurance of the correct protections and alarms for plant equipment, through the control logic and based on specific operational parameters of the machines and managers' guidelines.
• Process optimization and continuous improvement in the operation.
• Ensuring the development and updating of the backup of all information and electronics parts of the plant control system
• Analyze and monitor the performance of infrastructure components of the Control Systems.
• Keeping the historical failures of automated systems of the plant with good quality information.
• Maintain current plans and diagrams of the control system.
• Maintenance for the systems related to the control system, such as quality system, reporting applications, telecommunications systems e.t.c.
• Support in the design and configuration of production reports with key process indicators KPI `s in manageable formats, integrating scada systems, x-ray equipment, energy meters and other systems (shell scanner, servers, SAP, TIS, HLC, HMI, PCS etcetera).
• Ensure parameterization of Control Systems.
• Ensure optimal implementation of new automation technology platforms.
• Ensure the availability and updating of process control data.
• Ensure the smooth running of resources and specific tools of Process Control Systems.
• Ensure proper compliance with the rules and safety procedures, ISO and the environment.
• This list of responsibilities is not exhaustive and the job holder may be required to perform duties outside of this as operationally required.

Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:

• The incumbent regularly interacts with all cadres of staff.
• He/she also regularly interacts with the external public, including suppliers and other external stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in any engineering discipline (Electrical Engineering or Electronic or Physics as main subjects)
• 4/5 years’ postgraduate experience
• Good knowledge of product quality parameters and quality control tests.
• Good knowledge of computer aided systems for kiln and mill operation.
• Able to take initiative based on sound problem solving skills
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing process

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The Electrical Planner is responsible for assisting with the development of a reliability-based maintenance strategy, based on preventive and predictive maintenance, to improve the efficiency and productivity of the Plant workforce, service companies and contractors. This will be accomplished by providing detailed job plans, including technical specifications, machinery history, parts and tools lists, and safety procedures in a very organized fashion. The Planner is also responsible for providing all the necessary information to ensure that all work is completed in a safe, efficient and timely manner and in compliance with environmental requirements.

What you'll be doing 

• Gather pertinent information needed to plan the work orders in the planning stage of the Lotus Notes Work Order System, improve the content and quality of information on the work orders and eventually put them in progress after Methods Engineer validates them.
• Add relevant information to the work orders, as required, to facilitate the comprehension of the execution team.
• Define clearly the scope of work to be performed.
• Develop a detailed job plan with all the work sequences involved to complete the repairs adequately, as well as equipment downtime and man-hours required.
• Develop a tool list specific to the job to be performed.
• Provide a parts list with reference numbers and exact location for every work order and ensure that all required parts are in stock before job scheduling.
• Ensure all technical specifications and special instructions are provided on paper to the Supervisor and craftsmen.
• Determine the cost involved for parts and supplies for each work order.
• Inform the section supervisor/engineer when a job is ready for scheduling.
• Establish and maintain with the supervisors and the stores department, a system for proper storage of pre-works and parts for pending work.
• The incumbent will work with the Storeroom supervisor to update and maintain the equipment parts catalogue, and develop parts catalogs for existing equipment that have none as well as develop, equipment tool list for jobs that require such.
• The Electrical Planner will work with the Storeroom Supervisor to review and update parts min-max.
• The Electrical Planner will be responsible for improving and maintaining the equipment files and history (paper and electronic) in conjunction with the draftsman.
• The Electrical Planner will ensure timely delivery of spare parts that are placed on order by working with the Purchasing officers and making use of the Lafarge tracker database program.
• In collaboration with the Purchasing officers & Storeroom Supervisor, the Electrical Planner will ensure that the inventory and sources of spare parts are consistent with the Lafarge standards, plant equipment reliability and economic constraints. He will also ensure materials and parts conformity upon receipt.
• In order to accomplish the prime objective of the position the Electrical Planner must be versed with the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS). The incumbent must have knowledge of the work order tracking system, spare parts catalogue, requisitioning and inventory systems as well as knowledge of the modern software packages available such as Word, Excel, Microsoft Project Scheduler, etc.
• The Electrical Planner will be utilized to supervise some jobs and contractors during annual plant shutdowns.
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management system in the plant.

Requirements

• University degree in electrical engineering or a minimum of 5/7 years of fieldwork experience in cement industry.
• Familiar with cement plant equipment.
• Good knowledge of technical standards and applications.
• Computer literacy and knowledge in Lotus Notes Work Order System is necessary
• Maintenance planning (preventive & predictive)
• Strong understanding of electrical systems & plant equipment
• CMMS proficiency (work order systems, asset tracking)
• Strong HSE awareness