First Bank of Nigeria Limited (FirstBank) is Nigeria’s largest financial services institution by total assets and gross earnings. With more than 10 million customer accounts, FirstBank has over 750 branches providing a comprehensive range of retail and corporate financial services. The Bank has international presence through its subsidiaries, FBN Bank (UK) Limited in London and Paris, FBNBank DRC, FBNBank Ghana, FBNBank Gambia, FBNBank Guinea, FBNBank Sierra-Leone and FBNBank Senegal, as well as its Representative Offices in Johannesburg, Beijing and Abu Dhabi.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Mechanical Coordinator – Cooling / Safety

Job Identification: 694
Location: Nigeria
Job Schedule Full time

Job Objective(s)

• Ensure that the environment at head office and all branches (nationwide) are safe and conducive in terms of temperature, water/sewage management, fire safety and provision of vertical moving facilities.
• Ensure regular virtual stakeholders’ engagement (Contractors, Vendors, internal customers etc.) on optimal performance and reliability of the Bank’s water services equipment.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Responsible for overall sub-unit performance on cooling systems, elevator systems, borehole/ water/ sewage treatment plants and fire safety equipment.
• Assisting the Head, Services Manager Mechanical Unit with initiating all capital improvement projects or programs including defining the project scope, determining the financial resources, identifying stakeholders internal and external Bank wide.
• Supervise and manage all aspect of the day to day operations of cooling equipment, borehole / water/ sewage facilities, elevator system and fire safety equipment.
• Coordinate team members’ activities to ensure individual and team goals are consistently achieved.
• Monitor the operations of the cooling system in branches with the support of the Area General Services Officers in Area Offices Bank wide
• Ensuring provision of potable water supply and maintenance of sewage treatment facilities at the Head Office and other Bank locations.
• Manages and ensure that team operators for water / sewage treatment plant comply with health standard,
• Plan retirement, budget for new cooling system, lift equipment’s, borehole and water treatment facilities and sewage facilities.
• Responsible for securing approval / permit / certification from appropriate government agency.
• Assist with the activities of Area General Services Managers Bank wide as regards to cooling equipment, water/ borehole/ sewage system, and elevator system and fire /safety equipment.
• Provide Mechanical designs/ drawings for development of Bank buildings
• Comply with the principles and policies in the Information Security Handbook
• Solve and predict issues before the occurring
• Responsible for shortlisting of contractors, evaluation of bids/ proposal, negotiation and recommendation of contracts.
• Coordinate the evaluation of internal customer requests, provide technical advice/solution and initiate proposal for Management approvals for cooling, fire, water/ borehole/ sewage and elevator systems
• Responsible for monitoring and reviewing the business continuity of the water services contractors and vendors annually in conjunction with Vendor Management of the Bank
• Responsible for risk management of water services equipment remotely to ensure continuous operation, maintenance and installation at bank branches

Job Requirements
Education:

• First Degree or equivalent in Engineering etc.
• Higher Degrees/Professional Certifications (an added advantage)

Experience:

• Minimum experience: 5 years relevant experience needed and with at least 2 years in banking environment.

Application Closing Date
21st October, 2022; 01:08 PM