Process Manager

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Lafarge Africa PIc is a member of Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd.,  - founded in 1907 and incorporated in China. Huaxin is listed on the Shanghai and on the Hong Kong stock exchanges, and is among the 10 largest cement groups in the world. In addition to cement, Huaxin operates aggregates and ready-mixed concrete as well as waste management businesses, and has its own cement and waste pre-/co-processing equipment manufacturing with proprietary technology. Huaxin is recognized among the world's top manufacturing enterprises and most valuable brands. Lafarge Africa is a publicly quoted company on the Premium Board of the Nigerian Exchange Limited and serves Nigeria with a wide range of building and construction solutions.

Who are Lafarge People?

Lafarge people are passionate about finding better ways to build. They embrace innovation and improvement with a pioneering spirit. They work as trusted partners, creating better solutions and experiences for their customers, communities, and colleagues

About the Job 

We are seeking a Process Manager to optimize our production processes and drive continuous performance improvements across our production shops. The ideal candidate will implement efficient systems, tools, and procedures to enhance productivity and operational excellence.

What you'll be doing

• Monitor the process performance of the entire plant on a day to day basis and define corrective actions together with production, quality and maintenance.
• Define process optimization actions together with quality, production and maintenance; monitor the actions and the results.
• Ensures recommended optimization actions are implemented by the operators; Carry out a review of the implemented actions to ensure the expected improvements are realized.
• Champion the development of process knowledge, know-how and capabilities in the plant organization
• Leads the development of operators’ process knowledge and development; A key member of the operators’ coaching team
• Organize on a daily basis process inspections and review of performance.
• Lead equipment performance audit (Kiln and mill audit), develop and implement actions to improve equipment performance
• Identify and conduct studies, tests and measurements within the Process department in order to improve performance.
• Define the day to day set points.
• Ensure correctness of sensors.
• Ensure the quality of process data reported.
• Define an audit plan and supervise the audits to detect irregularities and find potential improvements.
• Contribute to fuel cost optimization (optimization of lowest fuel cost) by ensuring and optimizing process conditions which allow a maximum utilization of alternative fuel and raw materials.
• Ensure progress in control loop optimization and high-level automation.
• Ensure existence and correctness of procedures.
• Ensure that process audits and studies are documented and shared.
• Champion the process awareness within all departments in the plant.
• Promote exchanges between the Process, quality and Production departments.
• Responsible for the plant process performances, both short term and long term, within the plant; Ensures the process performance is continuously geared towards Lafarge best practices. Manage action plans to help achieve this objective
• Along with other Management team members, take part in the development of the plant PIP and annual budget
• Coordinate actions with the Technical Centre
• Comply with EMS Process Instrumentation activities
• Ensure involvement in the implementation and maintenance of integrated management   system in the plant

Job Dimensions

• List of direct / indirect reports
  • Process Engineers, Plant statistician, Process technicians, and Industrial trainees/interns.
• Key interfaces, stakeholders and relationships:
  • Production , Quality,H&S,Environment,Quarry,Projects,Maintenance and HR departments
  • Other authorizations given by organization chart and internal regulations.

Context of interfaces:

• The Process Manager leads the optimisation campaign team and works very closely with all plant departments, focuses on optimal technical conditions and advises the works team. This ensures the achievement of production targets and continuous improvements on power consumption, fuel usage and clinker factor therefore reducing significantly the production costs and improving environmental performance.
• The responsibility of the Quarry raw mix quality is shared between the Process and Quality manager.
• The process manager role is also key to developing process knowledge and skills across the plant to meet with current and future challenges.

As a result of this heavy technical content, the Process Manager has to develop an excellent cross-functional relationship with all departments and is leading, facilitating or contributing in a number of transversal activities in the plant.

What we are looking for 

• Degree in chemical engineering or in general engineering with process engineering as the main subject.
• 8 years’ industrial experience, 3 of which must have been spent in a heavy industrial engineering process function
• Good knowledge of cement manufacturing process.
  • Raw meal preparation, burning, combustion, grinding and packing operation.
  • Good knowledge of safety laws and regulations.
  • Good written and verbal communications skills

Location

• Mfamosing Plant, Cross River State 

Your Lafarge Experience:

At Lafarge, there is endless opportunity for you to play your part. Whether you’re in a technical, managerial, or frontline role, you can shape a career that works for you. With us you’ll have the chance to embrace the passion we share for our planet. You’ll be encouraged to seek out diverse perspectives, share your ideas and build the skills and connections you need to perform at your best. Because it’s only when we work together in a culture where everyone thrives, that we can build the world we all want to live in.