Maintenance Manager

At Nizoma Global, we believe that exceptional talent is the cornerstone of organizational success. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, we partner with leading companies to unlock their human potential through strategic recruitment, transformative training, and insightful advisory services.

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We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Maintenance Manager

Location: Mowe, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time
Department: Maintenance
Reporting To: Maintenance Head

Role Objective

• Ensure safe and reliable operation of plant machinery through effective maintenance, quick breakdown response, and proper spare-parts planning, while minimizing downtime and supporting production targets.

Key Responsibilities

• Report breakdowns, PM status and pending work to the Plant Manager.
• Achieve preventive maintenance compliance above 95%.
• Keep overall plant breakdown below 5%.
• Control water consumption.
• Control fuel consumption in line with plant standards.
• Manage critical spares, maintenance records, vendor follow-up and equipment repairs.
• Train technicians on maintenance procedures, safe working practices and fault diagnosis.
• Plan projects and lead the maintenance team to deliver them.
• Control energy consumption in line with plant standards.

Authority:

• Stop equipment or work when unsafe conditions are identified.
• Coordinate maintenance windows and equipment handover with Production.
• Allocate maintenance manpower and assign daily work.
• Raise requests for critical spares and repairs through the approval process.

Daily Targets

• Track faults and monitor critical spares.
• Attend to breakdowns and carry out preventive maintenance (PM).
• Check equipment status and set priorities for the day.
• Update downtime records and pending jobs.
• Record daily energy consumption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree or Higher National Diploma (HND) in Engineering,or a social science discipline.
• Professional certification in maintenance management or HSEis an added advantage.

Experience:

• A minimum of 7 years of relevant experience in plant or industrial maintenance, with at least 3 years in a supervisory or managerial role.
• Proven experience in a manufacturing or processing environment, managing breakdown response, preventive maintenance programmes and spare-parts planning.

Skills and Competencies:

• Ability to track and analyse downtime, breakdown trends, and energy, fuel, and water consumption.
• Commitment to health and safety standards, with the confidence to stop unsafe work.
• Sound spare-parts and inventory planning, and effective vendor management.
• Strong leadership, team coordination, and technician training ability.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; familiarity with a CMMS or maintenance software is an advantage.
• Working knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance practices and maintenance planning.
• Project planning and execution skills.
• Strong technical knowledge of plant machinery, utilities, and electrical and mechanical systems.
• Good communication and reporting skills, with the ability to work closely with Production.

Benefits

• Salary: N500,000 - N700,000 monthly.
• HMO.
• 13th month salary.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to: [email protected] using the job title as the email subject.

Application Deadline: 10th November, 2026.