• Application Deadline: Wed, 31 Dec 2025 00:00:00 GMT
• Position: Production Engineer



• Job Type Full Time



• Qualification BA/BSc/HND



• Experience 5 - 8 years



• Location Lagos




• City Ikorodu




• Job Field Engineering / Technical 
  
  

Location: Odogunyan, Ikorodu - Lagos

Job Purpose

• To plan, organize, and optimize the entire production process in the fabrication workshop to achieve on-time delivery, maximum productivity, minimum wastage, and strict adherence to quality and safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

Production Planning & Scheduling:

• Prepare daily/weekly/monthly production plans based on sales orders, project priorities, and delivery schedules.


• Allocate manpower, machines, materials, and cranes to each job using ERP or Excel-based planning tools.


• Monitor progress against plan and adjust resources to meet deadlines.

Process Optimization & Efficiency Improvement:

• Identify bottlenecks in cutting, fit-up, welding, NDT, blasting/painting, and assembly stages.


• Implement lean practices, 5S, and productivity improvement projects (reduce cutting wastage, improve welding deposition rate, reduce rework).


• Calculate and monitor Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): tons per man-month, welding efficiency, first-time-right rate, OTIF (On-Time In-Full).

Material & Resource Management:

• Raise material requisitions and follow up with stores/procurement for plates, electrodes, gases, consumables.


• Control and reduce scrap and off-cut wastage.


• Ensure optimum utilization of cranes, rolling machines, welding machines, and plasma/oxy-fuel cutting machines.

Manpower Management:

• Supervise welders, fitters, grinders, helpers, riggers, and subcontractors (100–300 workers depending on workload).


• Conduct daily toolbox talks and weekly production meetings.


• Arrange skill training and welder qualification tests.

Quality & HSE Compliance:

• Coordinate with QC department for stage-wise inspections and resolve quality issues on the shop floor.


• Ensure all welding procedures (WPS/PQR) and welder qualifications are valid.


• Enforce use of PPE and safe working practices (working at height, crane safety, gas cylinder handling).

Documentation & Reporting:

• Maintain daily production reports, man-hour logs, material consumption reports.


• Prepare weekly and monthly production MIS for management review.


• Update job progress in ERP system (if available).

Cost Control:

• Track actual vs budgeted man-hours and material costs per project.


• Highlight variances and take corrective actions to keep projects profitable.

Qualifications & Experience

• B.Sc. / HND in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, or Industrial Engineering.


• Minimum 5–8 years of experience as Production Engineer / Planning Engineer in heavy steel fabrication, pressure vessels, or structural steel industry.


• At least 3 years in a supervisory role in a busy fabrication yard (experience in Odogunyan/Ikorodu factories is highly preferred).