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About this role
The role is for a Maintenance Scheduler at Dangote Group, based in Nigeria. It involves creating and managing preventive, predictive, corrective, and shutdown maintenance schedules to maximise equipment reliability and plant availability. The position requires close collaboration with maintenance, operations, engineering, warehouse and contractor teams to plan, resource, and execute maintenance within set timelines. The candidate should have strong planning and coordination skills and be proficient with CMMS tools to drive efficiency. The employer is a diversified Nigerian conglomerate with activities spanning multiple manufacturing, logistics, and real estate interests, focused on local manufacturing and workforce development.
What you would do
- Develop daily, weekly, monthly and shutdown maintenance schedules based on plans, work orders and priorities
- Coordinate maintenance activities with operations, maintenance teams, contractors and stakeholders
- Monitor progress of work orders, identify delays and take action to improve adherence
- Manage resource planning including manpower, tools, equipment, spare parts and contractor requirements
- Maintain CMMS data, schedules, backlog reports, equipment records and maintenance KPIs
- Support planning for plant shutdowns, turnarounds and major maintenance activities
- Analyse maintenance performance metrics and identify opportunities for improvement
- Ensure maintenance activities are resourced and executed within agreed timelines
- Liaise with relevant teams to minimise impact on production
- Provide input to continuous improvement initiatives
What they are asking for
- Higher National Diploma (HND) in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Maintenance Engineering, Production Engineering, Operations Management or related technical field; or ND with relevant experience
- Alternatively, substantial demonstrated experience in maintenance planning and scheduling
- Experience in maintenance planning, scheduling, coordination, shutdown planning or related roles in manufacturing or industrial settings
- Experience with CMMS such as SAP PM, Maximo or similar
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings and maintenance procedures
- Strong analytical, organisational and time management skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPoint
- Professional certifications in related areas are an added advantage
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