JAGAL Group Job in Lagos for a Mechanical Fitter

JAGAL Group is a leading Nigerian conglomerate with operations in the Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing industries. The company has been growing successfully over the past 40 years, and has become a valuable and respected contributor to the development of the country's economy.


Jagal offers diverse career opportunities across all its business activities. The Group's broad range of industries and services offer rewarding prospects for various professional backgrounds and can satisfy ambitions for a successful future career.

We are recruiting to fill the position of:

Job Title: Mechanical Fitter

Location: Lagos
Reporting to: Workshop Supervisor

Purpose/Role

• To ensure precise fit out of gearboxes, pumps and valves; balancing and testing; assembly of mining equipment plus associated components and general fitting, as well as general Turning and Milling

• Ensure sufficient task analysis are completed to carry work out safely
• Perform assigned duties in a timely and safe manner
• General machining including use of: Large and Small Centre Lathes, Milling Machines, Radial Drills, Shaper Machines, Horizontal and Vertical Boring Machines
• Maintain and use equipment as designed
• Ensure that work is performed according to current schedule of works
• Ensure all work is carried out to quality and specification requirements and that documentation is completed on time
• Daily time cards are completed accurately and on time
• Strict adherence to company procedures and safety practices
• Application of fine tolerances to machined surfaces when fitting bearings, gearing, seals etc to shafts and hubs with respect to heating/freezing techniques and the like
• Ability to sketch and accurately measure mechanical components from Gearboxes, Pumps and other Drive Equipment
• General fitting including the use of: Gear reduction units of all size and type, Fluid Couplings and Power Transmission Devices, Boiler Feed Pumps and other Critical Process Pumps, Hydraulic Cylinders, Pump Impeller Rotating Assemblies, Conveying, Crushing and Stockpiling/Reclaiming Equipment, Large Components of Drag Lines and Underground Mining Equipment and Hydraulic and Pneumatic Systems
• Co-ordinate and work in a team environment

• Participation in all Tool Box Talk
• Strict adherence to PPE

• 5- 8 years minimum working experience in the fabrication field
• Trade qualified
• Sound knowledge of gearboxes, pumps, valves, marine equipment