Automation Engineer, Packaging at Workforce Group

Workforce Group is a Management Consulting and Outsourcing Professional Services Firm. Following its inception in July 2004, Workforce Management Centre Limited (Workforce) has built an enviable reputation as the leading indigenous management and professional services consulting firm in Nigeria. Drawing from its Deep Domain Expertise, in the area of organizational effectiveness and employee performance, the Company is positioned to assist businesses across diverse sectors of the economy in their quest to create sustainable value for their stakeholders.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Automation Engineer, Packaging

Location: Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• Manage the Automation Processes in Packaging, ensuring the reliability and availability of all production equipment having a long-term focus and providing input to planning and execution of maintenance plans, keeping health and safety as a priority.
• Leads continuous improvement using KPI- and TPM tools.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains a safe environment according to the applicable statutory, local regulations, policies and procedures.
• Feeds Planning team leader and maintenance planner with preventive maintenance plans to failures and restore assets to basic condition.
• Supports resolution of Automation linked Corrective Maintenance in Packaging.
• Mentors and trains PM, CM and Machine Specialists in executing breakdown analysis and implementation of minor stops, alarm & speed loss reduction process.
• Provide high level of production network security through effective network/systems administration and adherence to information security policy for the PCD as the alternate network/systems administrator in his/her work area. 
• Manages assigned project by developing an accurate plan, defining clear scope while allocating sufficient resources to achieve specific goals On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) and within budget.

Experience & Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's Degree Computer Engineering, Communication Engineering, Electrical / Electronic Engineering, Systems / Software Engineering
• 4+ years of experience
• General knowledge of maintenance engineering processes; i.e. have basic knowledge of cost driver and performance killer analysis, ABC criticality ranking, preventive maintenance, critical spare parts selection, item segmentation & inventory management, asset performance management.
• Good knowledge of maintenance operations and CMMS (i.e. asset master data key-user and becoming/training for asset master data expert).
• Excellent technical maintenance analysis- and reporting skills. People management and leadership. Facilitating skills / ability to organize and facilitate workshops for multidisciplinary
• In-depth competence in Maintenance Methodology, TPM or Six Sigma and project Management, what effective maintenance delivery looks like and how to measure it
• Experience in change management and process improvement activities, designing scalable solutions and implementing these at pace and at scale.

Signs of strong performance:

• Good asset care seen from reduced Automation downtimes, Speed Losses and Minor Stops
• Good team motivation and readiness to abide by laid down rules by self and associates
• Competent PM and CM Specialists on machine relevant technologies.

Required Skills:

• Process Safety Management & Factory Automation Safety
• Advanced Electrical Standards & Power Systems, PLC & Controllers, Instrumentation & Control, Supervisory Control Systems, Networking & Operational Technology (PCD), Industrial Communications
• Packaging Automation Operations & Control
• Maintenance Planning, Scheduling ,Execution and Control 
• Troubleshooting & Analysis.

Preferred Skills:

• Management of Maintenance Processes
• Financial Planning and Value Creation
• Project Management
• Change management and process improvement
• CMMS
• Digital TPM, Agile.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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