Flour Mills of Nigeria Plc was incorporated in September 1960 as a private limited liability company, and commenced operations in 1962 with an installed capacity of 600 metric tons per day. The Company was converted to a public limited liability company in 1978, and its shares were subsequently listed on The Nigerian Stock Exchange. In its 54 year history, Flour Mills has remained at the forefront of wheat milling in Nigeria. The Company’s flagship brand, Golden Penny, remains one of the best known and the preferred brands amongst bakers, confectioneries and consumers in Nigeria. Flour Mills has invested over N25billion in milling infrastructure over the last seven years, to maintain its competitive advantage. Today, Flour Mills has a rated milling capacity of over 8,000 metric tons per day, making it one of the largest single site mills in the world. The Company’s flagship mill located in Apapa, Lagos comprises of 10 integrated mills. Each mill was designed as a multilevel operation in order to optimize the use of gravity in the sifting process, thereby reducing the energy requirements. In addition, the Company maintains dedicated mills to the processing of different wheat varieties to produce different flour types. This has ensured consistent quality of its products for 50 years. The Apapa Mill also boasts of modern silos with a storage capacity to 191,000 metric tons. Flour Mills has also made significant investments in power generation. The Company has 11 General Electric (GE) Jenbacher gas generators at its Apapa Mills, with a combined capacity of 30 megawatts. This has enabled the company to reduce the occurrence of production stoppages. In addition, the Company has a 30megawatt diesel plant at the same site to act as a backup in the event of any shortage of feedstock to the gas generators.
PURPOSE OF THE JOB
To supervise the activities of line operators and monitor the operation of all production machines to ensure the production of quality products in line with the organization’s goals and objectives.
THE JOB
Monitor the operations of critical machines such as the boilers, silo, raw materials weighing, material mixing, drum dryer, packaging to ensure that quality production is maintained in line with the organizations objectives.
Receive instruction from the plant manager on the timeline for the execution of preventative maintenance and ensure that the lines are made available.
Follow up on all outstanding process issues on previous shifts to ensure prompt resolution especially as regards to downtimes and machine breakdowns.
Liaise with maintenance to identify the root cause for breakdown and ensure prompt resolution of all machine breakdown cases.
Supervise the activities of Operators to ensure targets are achieved
Communicate with Quality Control personnel on issues relating to product quality.
Monitor the operation of the raw material feeding, processing and packaging in order to ensure smooth and continuous flow of production.
Implement the production plan as planned in the production schedule.
Provide information on line stoppages, machine breakdown and faults prior to Planned preventive maintenance.
Maintain safe work environment by education and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment’s and resources maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.
THE PERSON MUST
Have strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
Be able to thrive in a collaborative, fast-paced environment.
Pay attention to details.
QUALIFICATION
5 O’ level credits including Mathematics & English in not more than 2 sittings.
NABTEB/C&G/WAEC.
OND in engineering or science related discipline.
EXPERIENCE
2 years in a related industry.
Professional knowledge of safety protocol.
