Careers · Kribi
A steelworks is built on trades.
Melting, rolling, maintaining, testing, shipping: an electric steelworks sustains about ten families of trades. Here are the ones the Kribi project will create, the skills they call for, and how we intend to train the teams in Cameroon.
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~500direct jobs
Direct jobs planned in the first phase (planning range 450 to 550), plus about 1,000 indirect jobs
Source
Cameroon Steel, planning estimate (2024), to be confirmed
1,600 °CFrom hottest to coolest
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Indicative workforce
A first phase planned for 450 to 550 direct jobs.
Six people in ten would run the installations; technicians, engineers and support functions complete the team. These are planning estimates, to be refined with detailed engineering. Transport, contract maintenance, services and suppliers would add indirect jobs, and construction temporary ones.
600 to 1,000workers
Indicative workforce at the peak of first-phase construction
Source
Cameroon Steel reference configuration RC-1: construction-workforce benchmarks for electric mini-mills; planning range, to be confirmed by the construction contractor
~500direct jobs
Direct jobs planned in the first phase (planning range 450 to 550), plus about 1,000 indirect jobs
Source
Cameroon Steel, planning estimate (2024), to be confirmed
- Operators 55–65%
- Technicians 15–25%
- Engineers 8–12%
- Administration and support 8–12%
Assumption Cameroon Steel, planning estimate (2024); indicative shares, to be refined with detailed engineering
Families of trades
From furnace to dispatch: ten families of trades.
They are ordered as the metal moves through the plant, from hottest to coolest. For each: what the work is, example jobs, key skills and the training that leads there in Cameroon.
The institutions named are examples of existing programmes verified in our research; naming them does not imply any partnership.
≈ 1,600 °C
Electric melt shop
Melt scrap and reduced iron in the arc furnace, adjust the grade, cast billets.
- Jobs
- Furnace operator · Continuous-caster operator · Crane operator
- Skills
- Melt parameters · Chemistry adjustment · Molten-metal safety
- Training
- Technical baccalaureate, then BTS, HND or DUT (thermal, mechanical) and on-the-job training. Engineers: industrial and mechanical engineering (for example ENSP Yaoundé).
≈ 1,100 °C
Hot rolling
Reheat billets and roll them into reinforcing bar and wire rod, then bundle and tag.
- Jobs
- Roller and stand setter · Reheating-furnace operator · Bundling operator
- Skills
- Precision setting · Dimensional inspection · Reading drawings
- Training
- Vocational certificate or baccalaureate, BTS or DUT in mechanical and production engineering (for example IUT Douala), then mentoring on the line.
Workshop
Mechanical maintenance
Keep gearboxes, rolls, cranes and hydraulics in order; prevent breakdowns.
- Jobs
- Maintenance fitter · Hydraulics technician · Welder and boilermaker
- Skills
- Fault diagnosis · Preventive maintenance · Welding and machining
- Training
- Vocational certificate or technical baccalaureate in maintenance; BTS or DUT in industrial maintenance (for example IUT Douala); welding qualifications.
Substation
Electrical maintenance
Run high- and medium-voltage systems, the furnace transformers and the mill drives.
- Jobs
- Maintenance electrician · High-voltage technician · Instrumentation technician
- Skills
- Electrical authorisations · Reading schematics · Testing and measurement
- Training
- Technical baccalaureate in electrical engineering; BTS or DUT in electrical engineering (for example IUT Douala); electrical engineers (for example ENSP Yaoundé).
Control room
Automation and industrial IT
Programme and troubleshoot controllers, supervision and sensors; make production data reliable.
- Jobs
- Automation technician · Control-room operator · Data analyst
- Skills
- PLC programming · Industrial networks · Process control
- Training
- BTS or DUT in electrical engineering and industrial computing (for example IUT Douala), professional bachelor’s in automation; vendor training (objective).
Laboratory
Quality and laboratory
Analyse every heat, test bar strength, keep the traceability that certification requires.
- Jobs
- Laboratory technician · Mechanical-testing technician · Quality manager
- Skills
- Chemical analysis · Tensile and bend testing · Standards and traceability
- Training
- BTS or DUT in chemistry or physical measurement; chemical or mineral engineers (for example EGCIM, University of Ngaoundéré); metallurgy to be added.
Yard and quay
Logistics and shipping
Receive inputs arriving by port, manage stocks, ship by road and, in future, by rail.
- Jobs
- Scheduler · Mobile-plant driver · Shipping supervisor
- Skills
- Flow management · Mobile-plant operation · Transport and customs documents
- Training
- Vocational certificate or baccalaureate in logistics; BTS or bachelor’s in transport and logistics (for example the University of Ebolowa, which is opening such programmes); plant-operator certificates.
On the ground
Health, safety and environment
Prevent accidents, monitor emissions and waste, keep the safety culture alive.
- Jobs
- Safety officer · Environmental technician · Occupational health nurse
- Skills
- Risk assessment · Incident investigation · Environmental monitoring
- Training
- BTS, bachelor’s or master’s in quality, safety and environment (for example EGEM Meïganga, University of Ngaoundéré); first aid and fire-fighting.
Design office
Engineering and projects
Prepare and supervise construction, then improve the plant: processes, structures, energy, costs.
- Jobs
- Process engineer · Structural engineer · Planner
- Skills
- Design and calculation · Project management · Continuous improvement
- Training
- Engineering degree in industrial and mechanical, electrical or civil engineering (for example ENSP Yaoundé), or in mining and mineral engineering (for example EGEM, EGCIM).
Offices
Support functions
Make the company work: procurement, finance, human resources, community relations.
- Jobs
- Buyer · Management controller · Community relations officer
- Skills
- Rigour and compliance · Negotiation · Stakeholder dialogue
- Training
- BTS, bachelor’s or master’s in management, finance, law, human resources or social sciences.
Training
Training the teams before the plant opens.
A steelworks cannot be staffed on commissioning day. Our training commitments are stated as objectives: they will be tracked and reported publicly as the project moves forward.
Cameroon has strong engineering schools and technical institutes, but none of the schools we reviewed offers a dedicated steelmaking programme: steel metallurgy will be learned partly on site.
Sourced Cameroon Steel desk review of published programme lists (ENSP Yaoundé; Université de Ngaoundéré: EGEM, EGCIM), October 2026
The investment-incentive framework also asks investors for a programme of local skills, technology transfer and local hiring.
Objective
Recruit and train before start-up
Teams trained before the first heat: simulators, workshops, then commissioning alongside the equipment makers.
Objective
Training by equipment makers
Training of Cameroonian teams will be written into the furnace, caster and rolling-mill contracts.
Objective
Work with the country’s schools
Internships, final-year projects and metallurgy modules with schools and technical institutes. No agreement has been signed to date.
Objective
Apprenticeship and progression
Apprenticeship places, notably for young people from Kribi, and paths from operator to technician, then to supervision.
Objective
Safety and equality
Safety training for every person before entering the site; recruitment designed to bring more women into technical trades.
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