Vacancies: Project Manager – Technical and Vocational Education and Training, Service Advisor
We are a customer-centric and a global power leader, specializing in a corporation of complementary business units that design, manufacture, distribute and service engines and related technologies. These include fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission solutions and electrical power generation systems. In the bid to sustain market leadership, we seek to engage global talents for the positions below.
Position: Project Manager – Technical and Vocational Education and Training: (Ref: 7-PMTVET2012)
Location: Lagos
Job Outline:
To structure, staff, plan, and execute a local TVET programme according to strict deadlines and within budget
Responsibility
- To build, manage and implement a TVET program in Nigeria, from the point of project charter through the early and full implementation phases.
- Conduct needs assessment to understand business and community needs in relation to TVET.
- Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders.
- Develop full-scale project plans and associated communications documents
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
- Liaise with global and local project stakeholders on an ongoing basis
- Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve project goals
- Draft and submit budget proposals, and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary.
- Work closely with the Global TVET Team and Corporate Responsibility Group, ensuring project appropriate alignment with CMI objective.
- Determine and assess need for additional consultants and make the appropriate recruitments if necessary during project cycle.
- Set and continually manage project expectations with team members etc.
Requirement
- Bachelors or Technical degree
- Masters in Project Management or a related field
- Management / Business qualification: – Desirable
- Local language skills will be an additional benefit.
- Excellent written and verbal communication and negotiating skills
- Experience developing and managing local private and public partnerships (other firms, non-profits, educational institutions, governments
- Some knowledge of public (government) technical and vocational certification, monitoring, and reporting requirements
- Education or employee training experience helpful
- Multi-lingual preferred
- Experience with basic finance and budgeting
- Proven managerial skills and ability to motivate team members to deliver
- Computer literacy (Word, Excel, PowerPoint minimum)
- Work experience in engineering, mechanics, or other technical job with ability to build training programs based on manufacturing and service skills needs.
- Proposal writing skills
Position: Service Advisor: (Ref: 8-SVCAD-2012)
Job Outline:
To ensure effective supervision and operation of the Service Administration Department by providing full technical and operational support to customers, administrators and technicians.
Responsibility
- To correctly translate the Customer’s definition of the problem into Company’s technical language to aid downstream diagnostics and parts availability, with the aim of achieving service initiative targets.
- Provides full Technical Support to all relevant staff, customers and dealers as required, and act as local single point contact for Technical Department.
- Regular (daily, weekly & monthly) reviews of team performance with Engineer-in-Charge. Senior Engineers and Service Writer, to ensure performance targets are being met
- Ensures improvement/development plans are in place to correct any Operational “off plan” or performance issues etc.
Requirement
- Proven record of relevant Management skills Knowledge of Health & Safety procedures
- Must be able to motivate people at all levels Knowledge of Quality procedures
- Proven man-management skills Relevant product knowledge
- Technical knowledge gained in a similar industry
- Technical Qualification Essential
- Management / Business qualification Desirable / Willing to study external courses. Driving License; Essential
- Candidates must have HND or equivalent
How to Apply:
If you have what it takes, please, send us your CV and cover letter quoting Job Ref. Number as the Subject to: freshjobalertz@gmail.com (Entry closes on 22nd May 2012).
