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In the hospitality sector, the company operates a lounge, eatery, and unisex salon, providing quality services and a welcoming experience for its customers. In the consumer goods sector, the company engages in retail and wholesale trade through its supermarket & village market operations, supplying a wide range of products to meet customers’ everyday needs. The company is also involved in the oil and gas sector. Services Afri 9in Ltd is committed to delivering quality products and services, maintaining high standards of professionalism, and ensuring customer satisfaction.\nJob Title: Facility Manager\nLocation: Benin city, Edo\nEmployment Type: Full-time\nEmployment Type: Full-time; structured probation and performance-based confirmation\n\nPrimary Location: KEV’S Place & More, Benin City, Edo State; responsibility across Afri-9 Group operating locations\n\nReports To: Operations Manager / Chief Operating Officer; executive accountability to the Managing Director / CEO\n\nDepartment: Operations / Facilities & Technical Support Services\n\nFunctional Interfaces: Head of Administration, Finance/Accounts, Data Analysis, Procurement, Store/Warehouse, Security, HR, Food Manager, Retail Operations and Business-Unit Heads\n\nDirect / Functional Reports: Maintenance Supervisor, Electrician, Plumber, Generator Engineer/Technician, HVAC/Refrigeration Technicians, Welders/Fabricators, Civil/Building and Grounds Team, Housekeeping/Pest/Waste Coordinators and approved service providers\n\nDocument Status: Controlled Recruitment and Role Document – Foundation Issue 1.0\nThe Opportunity\nAfri-9 Group is seeking a technically grounded, disciplined and execution-focused Facility Manager to protect the reliability, safety, appearance and commercial readiness of its buildings, utilities, equipment and support infrastructure across Oil and Gas, Hospitality, and Consumer Goods Retail and Wholesale operations.\nThe successful candidate will build a preventive-maintenance culture, coordinate internal technicians and external service providers, control maintenance costs and materials, improve asset uptime, and ensure that every facility supports safe, uninterrupted and customer-ready operations.\nThis is a hands-on institutional facilities leadership role – not merely a repair coordination position.\nKey Responsibilities\nLead facilities management, preventive maintenance, repairs, technical response and asset-reliability planning across assigned locations.\nCoordinate electrical systems, generators, solar/inverter systems, HVAC and refrigeration, plumbing, water, civil works, roofing, drainage and grounds.\nMaintain commercial kitchens, bakery equipment, bars, grills, cold rooms, retail equipment, offices, warehouses, staff accommodation and support facilities.\nEstablish work-order, inspection, preventive-maintenance, spare-parts, materials, contractor, warranty and asset-history controls.\nManage emergencies, downtime, safety risks and service failures with Operations, Security, HSE, Finance, Procurement and Data Analysis.\nControl approved maintenance OPEX and CAPEX, quotations, variations, materials, workmanship, testing, handover and payment evidence.\nProduce accurate daily, weekly and monthly reports on uptime, jobs, cost, risk, utilities, vendors, assets, incidents and replacement priorities.\nRequirements\nMinimum seven years of relevant facilities, engineering, building-services or maintenance experience, including at least three years in a supervisory or multi-site role.\nPractical competence in preventive maintenance, electrical/power systems, generators, HVAC/refrigeration, plumbing, civil works, fire safety and contractor control.\nStrong work-order, budgeting, quotation review, asset-register, Excel, reporting and root-cause analysis capability.\nHigh integrity, safety discipline, technical judgement, urgency, leadership, documentation and accountability\nRole Purpose\nTo provide one accountable facilities-management system that keeps buildings, utilities, equipment and support infrastructure safe, available, efficient, presentable and fit for commercial operations while protecting company assets, people, customers, revenue and reputation.\nBusiness Context:\nAfri-9 Group currently operates in Oil and Gas, Hospitality, and Consumer Goods Retail and Wholesale. The Facility Manager must coordinate preventive maintenance, breakdown response, service providers, asset records, utility continuity and project works across customer-facing outlets, kitchens, bakery, lounge, sports bar, supermarket, stores, offices, warehouses, fuel-service assets and other assigned facilities.\nRequired Outcomes\nSafe & Compliant Facilities\n\nBuildings, equipment and work areas meet approved safety, hygiene and operational standards.Reliable Utilities\n\nPower, water, cooling, drainage, gas and critical services support uninterrupted operations.Preventive Maintenance\n\nPlanned inspections and servicing reduce emergencies, downtime and repeated failures.Controlled Cost & Materials\n\nJobs, quotations, parts, labour, variations and payments are authorised and traceable.Asset Visibility\n\nEvery critical asset has an owner, condition, service history, warranty and replacement status.Professional Service Providers\n\nInternal technicians and contractors deliver safe, timely, documented and testable work.Authority and Boundaries:\nMay inspect facilities, raise work orders, schedule approved maintenance, assign technicians and recommend emergency containment actions.\nMay stop unsafe equipment or work, isolate a risk where competent to do so, and escalate any condition threatening life, property, revenue or compliance.\nMay recommend repair, replacement, contractor engagement, materials, spare parts, project scope and capital priorities, subject to approval limits.\nMay accept completed work only after testing, inspection, materials reconciliation, defect close-out and user confirmation.\nMay not commit company funds, vary approved scope, select a conflicted supplier, approve own payment or authorise unsafe shortcuts outside delegated authority.\nMay not conceal repeated failure, poor workmanship, downtime, missing parts, cost overrun, safety incident or incomplete work.\nOperating Doctrine:\nInspect. Diagnose. Plan. Authorise. Execute. Test. Record. Reconcile. Improve.\nThe role operates under Publication ENIL-000. No maintenance job is complete until the work, materials, money, removed parts, testing, safety, evidence, handover and outstanding actions have been reconciled.\nPrincipal Responsibilities\n\nFacilities Leadership and Maintenance Strategy:\nDevelop the annual, quarterly and monthly facilities plan, maintenance budget, critical-asset priorities and replacement roadmap.\nEstablish one work-order, inspection, approval, execution, testing, handover and closure system across all locations.\nMaintain the facilities authority matrix, emergency contacts, service-level standards, escalation thresholds and management decision log.\nLead daily technical reviews, weekly maintenance meetings, monthly performance reviews and quarterly asset-condition planning.\nPreventive, Predictive and Corrective Maintenance:\nCreate asset-specific preventive-maintenance calendars based on risk, manufacturer guidance, workload, condition and operating history.\nEnsure inspections, servicing, lubrication, calibration, cleaning, testing and replacement tasks are completed and evidenced on time.\nInvestigate repeated failures using root-cause analysis; prohibit endless temporary repairs that transfer risk or increase lifecycle cost.\nClassify jobs as emergency, urgent, routine or planned/capital work and monitor response, downtime, completion and repeat fault.\nElectrical, Power, Generator and Renewable-Energy Systems:\nCoordinate electrical distribution, panels, breakers, cabling, earthing, lighting, sockets, motors, pumps, generators, ATS and approved solar/inverter systems.\nMaintain generator service, load, fuel, oil, coolant, battery, run-hour, overhaul, test and spare-parts records.\nPrevent overloaded circuits, exposed wiring, unauthorised connections, bypassed protection and unsafe live work.\nTrack power availability, diesel consumption, runtime, failures and energy-efficiency opportunities with Finance and Data Analysis.\nHVAC, Refrigeration, Plumbing, Water and Drainage:\nMaintain air-conditioning, cold rooms, refrigerators, chillers, extractors, ventilation, water storage, pumps, pipes, toilets, sinks and drainage systems.\nImplement filter cleaning, gas/leak checks, temperature monitoring, descaling, flushing and scheduled servicing.\nRespond promptly to leaks, blockages, water contamination, inadequate cooling, condensation and wastewater risk.\nProtect food, beverages, customers and equipment through temperature, hygiene and moisture-control standards.\nCivil, Building Fabric, Roofing, Grounds and Accessibility:\nInspect roofs, ceilings, walls, floors, doors, windows, stairs, railings, drainage, paving, fencing, signage, paintwork and structural defects.\nCoordinate welding/fabrication, masonry, carpentry, painting, waterproofing, landscaping and approved renovation works.\nMaintain safe access, customer circulation, loading areas, parking, external lighting and weather protection.\nEscalate structural movement, major cracks, roof failure, flooding, erosion or other defects requiring specialist engineering review.\nEquipment, Safety, Contractors, Assets & Projects\n\nCommercial Kitchen, Bakery, Bar and Hospitality Equipment:\nMaintain industrial cookers, ovens, mixers, proofers, grills, extractors, fryers, warmers, dishwashing, refrigeration and service equipment.\nCoordinate heat, gas, ventilation, electrical load, water, drainage and fire controls before installation or recommissioning.\nKeep equipment manuals, warranties, service history, breakdown records and approved technician contacts current.\nPartner with the Food Manager and Operations to minimise downtime, contamination risk, service delay and production loss.\nFire, Safety, Security and Emergency Response\nCoordinate fire extinguishers, alarms, emergency lighting, exits, evacuation routes, isolation points and emergency-access readiness with the CSO/HSE function.\nEnsure permits, PPE, lockout/isolation, hot-work control, ladders, lifting and restricted-area rules are applied to technical work.\nMaintain emergency response contacts and support incident containment, evidence preservation, investigation and corrective action.\nNever allow speed, customer pressure or production targets to override life safety.\nContractors, Service Providers and Procurement Interface:\nMaintain an approved service-provider register by speciality, competence, insurance/qualification where applicable, pricing, warranty and performance.\nRequire inspection, written diagnosis, detailed quotation, scope, materials, labour, timeline and warranty before non-emergency work begins.\nObtain comparison quotations where required; declare conflicts and prevent splitting, inflated quantities or undocumented variations.\nVerify work, materials and evidence before recommending payment; poor workmanship must be corrected under agreed terms.\nAsset, Materials, Spare Parts and Removed-Parts Control\nMaintain the facility asset register with tag, location, custodian, condition, value, warranty, service history and next action.\nControl spare parts, tools, materials received, issued, used, returned, damaged, wasted and balanced through approved registers.\nEnsure removed or replaced components remain company property until authorised disposal or return.\nSet minimum critical-spare levels and prevent stockouts, unauthorised removal and duplicate purchasing.\nCleaning, Waste, Pest Control and Environmental Standards:\nCoordinate housekeeping, deep cleaning, pest control, waste segregation, grease management, drainage hygiene and external cleanliness.\nDefine...","description_format":"text","description_chars":18772,"description_truncated":true,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":7,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"Benin","iso":"BJ","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Consumer Goods"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-29T23:31:00Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":76,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.848,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":10,"expected_fill_days":29,"reasons":["seen:10","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-11-06T05:58:05Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/services-afri-9in-facility-manager","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/services-afri-9in-facility-manager.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-06T11:35:29Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":21073,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-07T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4465964},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4465964"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fservices-afri-9in-facility-manager"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fservices-afri-9in-facility-manager"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fservices-afri-9in-facility-manager"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/services-afri-9in-facility-manager\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fservices-afri-9in-facility-manager"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3491087}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":4465964,"detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3491087},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); 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