The Role
Lead end-to-end delivery of a major industrial manufacturing project from design and construction through commissioning, start-up, ramp-up, and operational handover. Manage CAPEX, schedule, quality, HSE, engineering, contractors, EPC/EPCM partners, suppliers, and multidisciplinary workstreams. Ensure regulatory and food safety compliance, operational readiness, stakeholder alignment, risk and change control, documentation, and project close-out. The role is site-based in Nigeria or Senegal and requires extensive industrial capital project leadership experience.
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Our client is a multinational food and beverage company.
Job Summary
Lead the end-to-end delivery of the company's major industrial project in Nigeria or Senegal, translating the approved project ambition into a safe, compliant and operational manufacturing asset delivered to agreed scope, quality, cost and schedule. The role holder will provide hands-on site leadership and integrated accountability across engineering, construction, CAPEX, HSE, quality, commissioning, operational readiness and project governance.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end project delivery plan from detailed design and execution through construction, installation, commissioning, start-up and handover, with clear scope, milestones, governance, risk and change control.
- Deliver the project against approved CAPEX, schedule, quality and performance expectations, with strong forecasting, commitment control, variation management and cost-to-complete visibility.
- Lead multidisciplinary engineering and site execution and manage EPC/EPCM partners, OEMs, consultants, contractors and suppliers to required technical, contractual and delivery standards.
- Ensure construction and commissioning meet HSE, environmental, food safety, quality and statutory requirements with no compromise on safe execution.
- Lead commissioning, start-up and ramp-up readiness including procedures, spares, training, maintenance readiness, capability transfer and structured handover to Operations.
- Integrate manufacturing, engineering, HSE, quality, finance, procurement, regulatory, supply chain and IT/OT workstreams and drive timely resolution of site issues.
- Build effective relationships with authorities, external partners and internal stakeholders while creating a high-performance project culture.
- Ensure complete technical documentation, asset records, lessons learned and formal project close-out at handover
Requirements
- Engineering degree in a relevant discipline; postgraduate qualification is an advantage.
- 15+ years’ experience leading large-scale manufacturing/industrial capital green-field projects.
- Proven hands-on delivery of greenfield/brownfield projects, from construction through commissioning and start-up.
- Strong experience managing CAPEX, multidisciplinary teams, contractors, OEMs and engineering partners.
- FMCG/Food & Beverage or comparable complex manufacturing experience preferred.
- Africa/emerging-market project experience is an advantage.
- Senegal: French and English. Nigeria: English.
- Willingness to be site-based and travel as required
Skills Required
- Engineering degree in a relevant discipline
- 15+ years of experience leading large-scale manufacturing or industrial capital greenfield projects
- Hands-on delivery experience with greenfield or brownfield projects from construction through commissioning and start-up
- Experience managing CAPEX, multidisciplinary teams, contractors, OEMs, and engineering partners
- FMCG, food and beverage, or comparable complex manufacturing experience
- Africa or emerging-market project experience
- French and English for Senegal-based roles
- English for Nigeria-based roles
- Willingness to be site-based and travel as required
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The Company
What We Do
Alan&Grant is a People Development Company creating innovative HR & Organisational Development Solutions for result-driven organizations, focusing on improving performance and aligning the workforce.
