Head of internal Services vacancy at Day Waterman College

It is my pleasure to welcome you to Day Waterman College an institution that heralds a new chapter in the provision and delivery of high quality international standard secondary education in Nigeria.

At Day Waterman College, it is our firm belief that secondary education remains one of the most important phases of a child’s educational journey because it is in secondary school that the most enduring relationships in a person’s life are made; hence the cliche “Old Boys Network”. Given this background, it is therefore important that the experience of the child at this crucial period of life be solid, rewarding and pleasurable.

Over the last two decades, we have witnessed a marked deterioration in the quality of education available in Nigeria, and its immediate environs, as a result of massive direct government intervention in education. Therefore, the major force driving the founders of Day Waterman College is the desire to reverse this trend. We believe that the Nigerian child should have the benefit of a high quality education while remaining in the local environment that allows them to maintain their cultural values and family affiliations. We are set to provide such an environment.

we are a modern co-educational boarding school of high repute, designed to provide an exciting and safe learning environment for children between the ages of 11 – 18 years.

Due to the unique nature of our school operations and the educational services which we offer, our team of uniquely qualified teaching and non teaching personnel are constantly reviewed in order to further improve our school operations and create value.

We believe that quality care both inside and outside of the classroom by a range of experienced professionals is of paramount importance.

 

It is to this end that we require the services of the following personnel of like vision to further drive our operational processes, growth and our overall corporate objectives as a school:

 

Job Title: Head of Internal Services (HIS) - Middle Management 

 

Role Summary

The Head of Internal Services (HIS) coordinates and supervises the facilities engineering activities of the school and conducts specialized and complex facilities engineering work in support of maintenance  and construction activities; 

 

The preferred Candidate would be responsible for:

• Overseeing the development of predictive, preventive and reliability centred maintenance programs, including maintenance check sheets, predictive maintenance   techniques.
• Providing advice and consultation on engineering matters, including compliance with federal/state laws and regulations;
• Coordinates facilities engineering related project activities with facility services provider assigned to the college premises;
• Prepares, negotiates and administers contracts for specialized facilities maintenance work;
• Preparing budgets for maintenance projects, overseeing project execution, resolving complex work problems, recommending contract change orders,

 

Person Specification, Skills, Qualification and work experience:

• First degree in mechanical or electrical engineering;
• Professional membership and alliances e.g. OSHA, NSE etc.
• 8years mechanical or electrical engineering with at least five years in a supervisory and project related role.
• Excellent Project management skills, a qualification/certification in project management would be an added advantage.
• Knowledge of Engineering principles, practices, theories and technologies related to equipment controls, mechanical or electrical/electronic systems and processes; 
• Knowledge and experience of the techniques and procedures of engineering project management

 

Method of Application

All applicants should forward their applications and resume to internaljobs@hotmail.co.uk with the subject titled as the position applied on or before 8th March 2012