Amel Susan Products is seeking an experienced engineering professional to lead its Mechanical, Electrical and Automation Engineering functions. The successful candidate will provide technical leadership across plant machinery, production equipment, utilities and engineering infrastructure while driving equipment reliability, maintenance efficiency and engineering performance.
Job Title
Head of Engineering
Company
Amelsusan Products
Location
Lagos
Job Type
Full-time
Department
Engineering
Reports To
Head, Supply Chain
Job Summary
The Head of Engineering will oversee engineering operations across the organisation, ensuring the availability, reliability and efficient performance of production machinery and plant infrastructure. The role will lead mechanical, electrical and automation engineering functions, maintenance activities, troubleshooting, equipment installation and engineering improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead Mechanical, Electrical and Automation Engineering functions.
- Provide technical leadership for plant machinery, production equipment, utilities and engineering infrastructure.
- Oversee preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance to ensure equipment availability and minimise downtime.
- Lead troubleshooting and repairs of milling, grinding, sieving, conveying, mixing, packaging and other process equipment.
- Manage electrical systems, including motors, control panels, PLCs, HMIs, VFDs, sensors, power distribution and automation systems.
- Lead mechanical maintenance involving gearboxes, bearings, pumps, compressors, conveyors, shafts and rotating equipment.
- Drive Root Cause Analysis (RCA), MTBF, MTTR and equipment reliability improvement initiatives.
- Support machinery installation, commissioning and integration.
- Ensure effective maintenance planning, critical spare-parts availability and engineering cost control.
- Monitor engineering KPIs and identify opportunities to improve equipment performance and operational efficiency.
- Ensure engineering activities comply with applicable safety, quality and operational standards.
- Build, develop and manage a competent Engineering team.
- Coordinate engineering activities with production and other relevant departments to minimise operational disruptions.
- Perform other engineering-related duties as assigned.
Requirements
- B.Sc., B.Eng. or HND in Mechanical, Electrical/Electronics, Mechatronics, Industrial Engineering or a related discipline.
- Minimum of 10 years’ relevant industrial/manufacturing engineering experience, with leadership responsibility.
- Strong experience in FMCG, food processing, milling, sugar, salt, flour or related manufacturing.
- Proven ability to manage mechanical and electrical engineering functions.
- Practical experience with milling/process machinery and production equipment.
- Strong knowledge of PLC, HMI, VFD, automation and industrial electrical systems.
- Experience with conveyors, pumps, compressors, gearboxes, rotating machinery and production-line equipment.
- Experience in equipment installation, commissioning, maintenance and plant expansion projects.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, problem-solving and team leadership skills.
- Knowledge of preventive and predictive maintenance systems and engineering KPIs.
Ideal Candidate
Candidates with experience in milling, sugar, salt, flour or other process/manufacturing plants, combined with strong mechanical, electrical and automation expertise, are encouraged to apply.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their updated CV to:
Use “Application – Head of Engineering” as the email subject.
Application Closing Date: Not Specified