Project Manager Job at Seven Up Bottling Company Limited

Seven Up Bottling Company Limited is one of the largest manufacturing companies in Nigeria, producing and distributing some of the nation’s most- loved beverages in the country like; Pepsi, 7Up, Mirinda, Teem, Mountain Dew, H2oH!, Lipton Ice Tea and Aquafina premium drinking water. SBC has recently entered into Home & Personal Care category with the 2SURE brand and launched its first product, a Hand & Surface Sanitizer. Seven Up boasts of nine bottling plants with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities strategically located across various regions in the country.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Project Manager
Job Location: Lagos 
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Project Manager responsible for the implementation of HQ coordinated plant projects to ensure timely completion and control the expenses within the budgeted cost. Responsible for the coordination with the various plants and departments to during the implementation of the project and conducts periodical review of the project status.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring Safety first and following all the safety norms
• Coordinating with cross-discipline team members to make sure that all parties are on track with project requirements, deadlines, and schedules.
• Understanding the technical requirements of each equipment including P& IDs
• Preparation of Gantt Chart in liasoning with all the selected vendors
• Ensuring no cost overshooting &if there is any risk, escalating to Project Head Immediately.
• Monitoring the risks continuously &planning mitigation plan in coordination with Project Head.
• Timely follow up of procurement requirement.
• Follow with Plant Team for any stoppage &any other project requirement.
• Following with Plant to fulfil any legal requirement.
• Understanding BOQs of Civil, Mechanical, Piping &Electrical
• Ensuring no deviation in the contracts signed by the vendors.
• Timely follow up payments for vendors.
• Daily update &Weekly reports to Project Head.
• Ensuring proper logistics for the site team in coordination with plant HR.

Qualifications

• A minimum of Bachelor of Engineering Degree (B.Eng.) or HND in Mechanical/Electrical/Civil Engineering.
• Minimum of 5–7 years relevant hands-on experience in technical project engineering.
• At least 4 years of experience in a beverage bottling company.
• Must know AutoCAD &MS Office. Should be able to do scheduling in MS Projects.
• Experienced in budgeting and people management
• Knowledge of bottling operations: Planning, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment
• Must Possess PMP CERTIFICATION or similar
• Project Management certification will be an added advantage.
• Experience in plant manufacturing operations, project planning &implementation.

Note: Only qualified candidates will be contacted.