About this role
RTG Supervisor
- Job Type Full Time
- Qualification
- Experience 5 years
- Location Rivers
- City Port Harcourt
- Job Field Shipping and Maritime
Key Responsibilities
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Direct RTG and RSP Foremen and technicians to safely and efficiently execute planned, scheduled and breakdown maintenance activities while maintaining work quality, workplace safety and accurate records.
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Ensure appropriate risk assessments, work permits and Lock-out/Tag-out procedures are in place and understood before maintenance work begins.
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Monitor maintenance work orders end to end, from issue through final close-out, applying global standards and procedures for work execution and management.
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Coordinate with Warehouse and Inventory teams to ensure spare parts, materials and specialist tools are available to support scheduled and out-of-standard-hours maintenance activities.
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Supervise shift teams, resolve technical or safety queries and ensure effective handovers and clear communication between shifts and relevant stakeholders.
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Ensure assets are returned to operations in line with required integrity and safety standards, while maintaining the quality and history of maintenance work performed.
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Monitor maintenance and repair costs and KPIs, improve technician utilisation and hands-on tool time, and provide feedback on equipment repair strategies and shift resource effectiveness.
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What We Are Looking For
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Continuous improvement mindset: we are looking for someone who brings a thoughtful improvement mindset—curious about how work gets done and motivated to make meaningful, sustainable improvements over time.
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Bring a minimum of 5 years' experience in an operational shift-working environment, ideally with exposure to asset-intensive operations and complex planning, prioritisation and resource-management scenarios.
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Demonstrate an understanding of asset maintenance planning and scheduling principles, processes, requirements and metrics, with the ability to organise and deploy shift-working resources effectively.
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Apply strong discipline, quality awareness and work-management practices, ensuring actions, documentation and work-order records are properly completed and closed out.
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Communicate and collaborate effectively in a multicultural environment, with good written and verbal English and respect for employees, authorities and other stakeholders.
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Bring an understanding of maintenance software data systems and their interfaces; troubleshooting and PLC programming experience will be an advantage.
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What We Can Offer
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At APM Terminals, we foster a dynamic learning and training culture that empowers our employees to excel.
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Our commitment to improvement is driven by Lean principles, ensuring that every team member has the opportunity to develop their skills and advance their careers.
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Experience a diverse, multinational workplace where your operational insights directly influence how we work.
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Develop your skills through extensive exposure to maintenance supervision and coordination in a shift-working environment.
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Build experience across terminal operations, complex electronic systems, and different equipment, processes and maintenance techniques.
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Gain exposure to worldwide terminal operations and work-management activities through participation in the global maintenance community.
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Develop experience relevant to future opportunities in maintenance coordination, planning, equipment specialism and equipment management.
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Deadline: Nov 7, 2026
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