Recruitment notice: Garage manager

• Organize and supervise maintenance work within the department,
• Develop and update tools for piloting and managing the maintenance of vehicles, machines and generators (dashboards, breakdown reporting form, miscellaneous monitoring form, periodic maintenance and diagnostic assistance form, etc. .),
• Develop and update intervention procedures on vehicles, machines, generators and motorized tools, etc.
• Propose to the hierarchy plans for improvement, optimization and reliability of vehicles, machines and motorized tools for infrastructure work, etc.
• Analyze intervention reports and provide solutions to recurring breakdowns,
• Supervise subcontracting work relating to the maintenance of vehicles, machines and motorized tools for infrastructure work, etc.
• Carry out all other tasks entrusted to him by the Project Management or the Logistics Officer or any other Director of WCS Paysage Nord Cameroun.
• Plan and supervise, in close cooperation with the human resources department, the procedures (evaluation, detection of potential, development and communication) concerning the personnel under his responsibility in order to define the required knowledge and ensure mastery of it

• Education: Mechanical engineer or equivalent (Bachelor’s degree + 4 or 5 in auto mechanics and machinery or in electromechanics).
• Have at least 10 (ten) years of professional experience in a similar position;
• Knowledge of maintenance techniques and procedures for machines, vehicles, tractors and generators;
• Mastery of the operating parameters of vehicles and machines,
• Knowledge of mechanics, electricity and welding,
• Mastery of the types of oils, lubricants and greases, knowing how to establish a budget and manage a project,
• Have a good knowledge of the NGO sector and the procedures of donors KFW, European Union etc.;
• Having experience with NGOs would be an asset;
• Applied knowledge of monitoring and budget methodologies and tools, etc.
• Good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite, particularly Word, Excel, Powerpoint software;
• Knowledge of team management and communication techniques, development of a proactive culture and progress.
• Flexible, autonomous and rigorous in the organization of work;
• Bilingual French/English.

• Position based in Garoua with travel to be planned depending on the request of the Project Director, the Logistics Officer and other sites in the park.
• Paid annual leave
• One-year contract with possibility of renewal based on employee performance evaluation and project context.
• A three (3) month trial period.

Knowledge: practical or theoretical knowledge, techniques or specific procedures (e.g. knowing the rules of hygiene and safety (individual and environmental).

• Fluency in French (read, written, spoken) and fluency in English
• Know how to negotiate and be diplomatic

Know-how: mastered experiences or practices (e.g. leading and supervising a team)

• Ability to manage the project garage team
• Knowledge of IT tools (Office Pack)
• Knowledge of team management and spare parts inventory
• Knowledge in planning

Soft skills: required skills and behaviors (e.g. knowing how to manage stressful situations)

• Know how to work in a team
• To be polyvalent
• Know how to manage priorities
• Show flexibility

Eligibility of applications: Any interested person is invited to send their application to WCS Cameroon preferably electronically to the address: wcscameroon@wcs.org no later than December 10, 2023 including:

 

• A cover letter addressed to the Country Program Director of WCS Cameroon: (LM _Candidate name);
• A CV: (CV_ Candidate name);
• Subject:  Maintenance worker/Kitchen r WCS Landscape North Cameroon project as object.

 

No later than December 10, 2023 including: