Job Description
Unilever Nigeria Plc - Welcome to Unilever, a global multinational and fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company with products sold in over 190 countries and more than 2 billion consumers across the world who use our amazing products everyday!
We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Project Manager Job Requisition ID: R-1185077 Location: Lagos Function: Supply Chain - Engineering Reports to: Engineering Manager-Nigeria Terms & Conditions: Full time Job Purpose Unilever is the place where you can bring your purpose to life with the work that you do – creating a better business and a better world. If you are passionate about ensuring the design, purchase and installation of assets with appropriate monitoring and management throughout their life cycle, then this role is just for you! Leveraging maintenance performance indicators, shape maintenance programs by providing technical input to maximize asset utilization.
Responsibilities Ensure assets are properly designed, purchased and installed and then continue to perform close to design parameters during their life cycle. Ensure equipment is designed, selected and purchased based on lifecycle considerations and “total cost of ownership”. Monitor and manage the effective and efficient performance of equipment.
Ensure all projects are delivered with project scope, time, cost and safely. Establish, track and review KPIs for equipment performance with the Maintenance Supervisor. Utilize information available through the Capacity Tool exercise to assess equipment utilization.
Implement condition-based monitoring to help eliminate unplanned maintenance downtime. Review maintenance schedules to assess equipment conditions, requirements of tools and technologies and amend preventive and predictive maintenance plans with the planner as needed. Identify solutions for equipment that does not perform as expected within current PM schedule.
Act as local expert on CMMS and ensure accurate and effective data capture. Monitor spare part management and dispose of obsolete items. Liaise with Category Technology to ensure core designs are adopted.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology developments and the required skills. Manage 3rd party contractors and ensure Unilever standards are met.
Support
Finance by establishing cost / benefit reviews of maintenance activities including assignment of tasks and applying ECRS (Eliminate, Combine, Reduce and Simplify) to activities. Ensure equipment runs as designed and meets standards for nominal speed, etc. to maximize equipment capacity Requirements B.Sc / HND in Mechanical, Industrial, or Process Engineering. Minimum of 6 years of experience in maintenance engineering, project management, and inventory management within the manufacturing industry.
COREN registered Engineer.
Project Management
Certification is advantageous Proficiency in AutoCAD, Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint, SAP (Plant Maintenance and Purchasing), email, and spreadsheet applications.
Skills: Project Management Stakeholder Management Documentation Capex Management Team Management Unilever Behaviors: Care Deeply: We care deeply about how consumers experience our brands every day, everywhere; about our people’s growth and development, and our impact on the planet. We care about our performance, to a point where it hurts when we don’t win.
Focus on What Counts: We ruthlessly prioritise what truly matters, and so do fewer things brilliantly. We set clear goals & direction and recognise others for maximum impact.
Stay Three Steps Ahead: We think boldly and creatively to make breakthroughs in performance. We are always curious and confident - anticipating and staying ahead of consumer needs and external trends, to beat the competition.
Deliver with Excellence: We deliver excellence in what we do at pace. We take personal ownership and hold each other to account – always finding a way to do what we said we will do.
Application Closing
Date 3rd August, 2026.
