Deputy General Manager, Electrical at Dangote Group – Gboko Plant, Benue

Dangote Group is recruiting a Deputy General Manager, Electrical for its Gboko Plant in Benue State. The position provides senior technical direction for electrical distribution and electrical and instrumentation maintenance, with responsibility for plant availability, safe operations and power-efficiency improvements.

Plant electrical operations and maintenance

• Plan and coordinate electrical distribution and electrical and instrumentation maintenance systems throughout the cement plant.
• Oversee day-to-day upkeep of electrical equipment from the crusher through the packing plant, including the power plant.
• Maintain equipment availability through appropriate spare-parts provision, routine condition checks and preventive and predictive maintenance.
• Work with section heads, departmental personnel and MIPS on critical equipment assessments and follow-up actions.
• Monitor electrical stores, inventories and material consumption while ensuring the safekeeping of tools and equipment.
• Maintain reliable electrical distribution to meet production needs, and coordinate with relevant NEPA/JOS authorities regarding grid power utilisation.
• Review daily power reports, investigate unusual consumption and promote energy-conservation measures across departments.
• Identify operational electrical faults, guide root-cause analysis and implement measures that improve equipment reliability.

Safety, leadership and continuous improvement

• Provide technical direction to sectional operations managers and supervise electrical maintenance personnel.
• Ensure maintenance activities follow equipment manufacturers’ recommendations, Dangote Cement Plant procedures, industry standards and applicable environmental and safety requirements.
• Enforce accident-prevention and occupational health procedures, and maintain electrical equipment compliance with company and local safety rules.
• Arrange periodic in-house safety and technical training for maintenance staff and colleagues.
• Prepare standard operating procedures (SOPs), one-point lessons (OPLs), GTF materials and practical do-and-don’t guidance for relevant work areas.
• Train colleagues in root-cause analysis, including the why-why analysis approach, and develop model work areas and equipment standards across the plant.
• Support coordination across departments and complete additional tasks assigned by management.

Qualifications and experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
• At least 25 years of post-qualification experience.
• In-depth knowledge of cement manufacturing, electrical engineering, industrial automation and plant maintenance.
• Expertise in maintenance management methods, predictive inspection tools and computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Practical familiarity with relevant SAP modules, including Materials Management (MM) and Plant Maintenance (PM).
• Sound knowledge of safety requirements, ISO 9000 standards, total productive maintenance (TPM) and operational root-cause analysis.
• Strong technical communication, leadership, innovation, teamwork and organisational awareness.