Job Vacancies at Connect Rail Services Limited, 17th January 2019

Connect Rail Services Limited – Our company, Connect Rail is at the cutting edge of leveraging rail and in-land waterways in transporting heavy-lift goods by taking the pressure off the road network. Our vision is to build a Pan African logistics business committed to unlocking the challenge of moving goods across the continent

We are recruiting to fill the positions below:

Job Title: Container Reach Stacker
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities

• Operate the Reach stacker / Empty Handler for receiving / loading / Shifting in the stack.
• Inspects equipment at beginning of work to ensure that all the parts are operating properly.
• Identifies and reports any safety problems, malfunctions, or damage to yard handling equipment, before work hours.
• Follows safe operating procedures and instructions, preventing any injury to persons, or damage to containers and other equipment and property.
• Carries out duties and tasks in an efficient, productive manner.

Job Requirements
Who we are looking for?

• Two or more years of heavy vehicle driving like cranes etc. or similar work experience
• Must understand operating heavy vehicles
• Understands and observes safety requirements for driving heavy vehicles within a disciplined environment
• Requires Basic English language skills
• Good eyesight and hand-eye coordination
• Must have a valid driver’s license.
• Ability to stack containers 4+ high in the yard
• Efficient at digging out boxes
• Additional experience on counterbalance forklifts desirable

Job Title: Container Reach Engineer
Location: Lagos
Key Responsibilities
The Container Reach Engineer has the following specific responsibilities:

• Ensure the safe and correct running of the main engine, auxiliary engines, and all such primary/secondary equipment and systems, in accordance with manufacturers’ instructions and in keeping with Company procedures.
• Understand the parameters to ensure efficient maintenance and operation of engine plants, i.e. fuel efficiency, power analysis, and systems heat balance.
• Ensure that engineering personnel conduct all work in accordance with site and company safety procedures and regulations.
• Ensure that all container-handling equipment is maintained to the highest possible standards in accordance with manufacturer’s recommendations and that equipment availability is maintained at an optimum level.
• Implement and continually develop all necessary maintenance programmers, systems and procedures to enable the department to function effectively.
• Attend daily meetings with Engineering Superintendents /Terminal Manager to review all relevant issues.
• Produce appropriate statistical and financial reporting for terminal manager and senior management.
• Ensure that the engines are correctly tuned to achieve maximum fuel efficiency
• Monitor and optimize fuel consumption
• Control and coordinate all engineering activities within the container terminal and provide technical support to all engineering personnel.
• Ensure that the engineering department provides a fully functional, effective and flexible workforce, maintaining high standards of workmanship.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a similar position
• Excellent man management, organizational and supervisory skills
• Ability to function effectively under pressure and use initiative in problem solving.
• Computer literate and familiar with typical office applications including database applications.
• Must have extensive experience in a heavy industrial engineering environment incorporating large capacity cranes and drives, several years of which should be at managerial level.
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: hr@connectrail.net or careers@connectrail.net