Job Openings at African Foundries Limited

African Foundries Limited (AFL) was established to support the accelerating growth in Nigeria by making the country self-reliant for steel rebars and eliminating its dependence on imported rebars. AFL is set up to reach a 0.5 million-ton per year capacity for high strength rebars and allied products.

We are recruiting to fill the following positions below:

1.) Housekeeping Supervisor

Job Location: Ogijo, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Summary

• The housekeeping supervisor plays a critical role in maintaining the operational excellence of the production plant by upholding the highest hygiene and sanitation standards.
• This position is instrumental in ensuring that every corner of the facility, including high-traffic production areas, sensitive hygiene zones, employee welfare spaces, administrative offices, and external premises, meets or exceeds stringent cleanliness and safety benchmarks.
• The supervisor is tasked with meticulously planning, coordinating, and overseeing all sanitation activities.

Responsibilities
Hygiene and Sanitation Standards:

• Ensure compliance with local and international safety.
• Implement and monitor strict sanitation protocols for all production and non-production areas.
• Conduct regular inspections to ensure equipment, surfaces, and floors are clean and sanitized per plant requirements.
• Oversee cleaning of high-risk areas, such as production floors, raw material storage, packaging zones, and processing equipment.

Team Management:

• Train, and supervise housekeeping staff, ensuring they understand and follow plant sanitation procedures.
• Develop and maintain a cleaning schedule for daily, weekly, and periodic cleaning tasks.
• Assign tasks and evaluate the performance of housekeeping staff, providing feedback and additional training where necessary.
• Maintain a positive and professional work environment, encouraging teamwork and efficiency among staff.

Cleaning and Sanitation Supplies Management:

• Monitor inventory levels of cleaning chemicals, cleaning tools, and Cleaning PPE, ensuring timely procurement.
• Select and approve cleaning agents and disinfectants in compliance with food safety regulations.
• Ensure proper labelling, storage, and use of cleaning chemicals, minimizing waste and risks to employee safety.

Regulatory Compliance and Documentation:

• Maintain detailed cleaning logs and records for all housekeeping activities, ensuring they are up-to-date and audit ready.
• Collaborate with the Quality Assurance team to address any sanitation-related issues identified during inspections or audits.
• Participate in internal and external food safety audits, demonstrating compliance with hygiene protocols.

Health and Safety:

• Ensure the housekeeping team adheres to the plant’s safety policies and procedures, including the use of PPE and safe handling of chemicals.
• Conduct safety briefings and training for housekeeping staff to minimize accidents and injuries.
• Investigate and resolve any hygiene-related incidents promptly, implementing corrective actions to prevent recurrence.

Continuous Improvement:

• Identify opportunities to enhance sanitation practices and recommend process improvements.
• Keep up to date with industry trends and innovations in cleaning methods, tools, and products.
• Collaborate with other departments to implement cross-functional hygiene initiatives.

Application Closing Date: 14th February, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: Folajimi.omolara@africanfoundries.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.

2.) Turner

Job Location: Ogijo, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• Turning / shaping and mechanical fitting in the workshop and crane jobs in my areas of work
• Bring the new ideas, coordinating the lead team.
• To detect damage parts in a moving machine, putting it in order to aid production process
• Maintaining equipment
• Taking accurate measurements
• Teaming up with machinists
• Assembling metal components
• Polishing finished components
• Selecting the cutting tools for machining operations using CNC or conventional lathes
• Mounting and dismounting workpieces on/from lathe
• Performing roughing and finishing operations
• Checking finished pieces to ensure compliance with technical drawings
• Carrying out maintenance of turning lathe and tools
• Cleaning turning lathe and work area, e.g. removing swarf / chips.

Requirements

• Candidates should possess an NCE / OND / SSCEqualification with 2 - 5 years experience.
• Ability to read and interpret mechanical drawings
• Ability to use manual and CNC turning lathes
• Reliability, precision and attention to detail
• Ability to work with minimal supervision and to follow instructions
• Knowledge of industrial machining techniques
• Ability to use measuring equipment for quality control checks
• Knowledge of mechanical maintenance practices and procedures for machine tools
• Strong manual skills
• Flexible approach to work hours and willingness to work shifts.

Application Closing Date: 7th February, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Resume to: folajimi.omolara@africanfoundries.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.

3.) Procurement officer

Job Location: Ogijo, Ogun
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Procurement Officer manages and directs the purchasing of all the goods and services the company needs.
• Also responsible for identifying potential supplier sources, conducting interviews with potential vendors, negotiating favorable supplier agreements and managing supplier and vendor contracts.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adequacy of bid specifications and preparation of sourcing related documents
• Process Navision transactions and monitor contract executions; termination, renewal, or amendment of terms
• Identify and deliver savings on spend under management.
• Handle performance issues and escalate, as necessary.
• Liaise with the store and ensuring all criteria/approval/specifications are met
• Reconcile or resolve value discrepancies and proper registration of all invoices
• Support business partnering of assigned business units and deliver on approved SLA.
• Track, and report key functional metrics in line with departmental objectives.
• Assist the Procurement Manager in establishing strategic relationships with key suppliers
• Coordinate and carry out regular market surveys to ensure that the Company's vendors and suppliers are supplying at competitive price.

Qualifications

• BSc/HND in any related discipline.
• Minimum 3 years of cognate experience in a similar capacity.

The Person Must:

• Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Have people and project management skills.
• Have great persuasive and negotiation skills.
• Possess analytical skills and critical thinking with good attention to detail.

Application Closing Date: 7th February, 2025.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to:  Folajimi.omolara@africanfoundries.com using the Job Position as the subject of the mail.