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Tooling Technician – Kenya
About the role
- BURN is currently seeking a mission-driven Tooling Technician for its modern clean cookstove facility in Ruiru, Kenya.
- The individual will be responsible for ensuring that the tools and machinery are in optimal working condition to maximize productivity and minimize downtime.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Repair and maintain press tools and die repairs.
- Routine servicing and regrinding of tools.
- Attend breakdowns, identify faults, and problem-solve at the press with minimal downtime to aid production.
- Identify and escalate any activity that has the potential to cause harm or damage.
- Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to management.
- Ensure all work is undertaken to a high-quality standard and adheres to all quality standard regulations.
- Ensure company targets are met in respect of the quality of parts produced.
- Identify spare requirements and log usage.
- Support new project tooling from the commissioning stages through to the start of production.
- Assist in tooling buyoffs and trials.
- Manufacture new tooling and ancillary spares to support production activity and customer deadlines.
- Document and update die history and other work records.
- Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance
- Carry out engineering-level changes to tools and modifications.
- Record all relevant data in relation to tooling and record on the Tool Room database.
- Understand and operate within basic cost/budget measures for tooling.
- Work within 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) methodology to maintain the workplace to a high standard.
- Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
- Responsible for sheet metal press tool building, fitting, and assembly. Document and update die history and other work records.
- Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance
- Carry out engineering-level changes to tools and modifications.
- Always maintain the highest standards of workmanship.
Skills and Experience
- Excellent hands-on skills in using hand tools and bench fitting.
- Ability to operate mechanical workshop machines – Lathe, milling and surface grinder.
- Strong understanding of machining processes and materials.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Sound knowledge of Sheet metal tools manufacturing process.
- Action-oriented
- Mechanical aptitude, and ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical issues.
- Well organized.
- Works well in a team.
Senior Quality Engineer – Biomass
- Burn is looking for a Senior Quality Engineer – Biomass, who willprovide experienced quality assurance support to the product development team, resolving bugs, defects, and other issues and ensuring the product meets customer specifications.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Review and approve design drawings and 3D models, quality control checklists, test procedures, and quality specification sheets.
- Support the product design and engineering teams by providing analysis and quality expertise throughout the stage gate processes.
- Work with the engineering team to initiate, define and document product inspection methods and acceptance criteria.
- Identify root causes of problems in the production process; recommend and/or implement corrective measures.
- Analyze data to identify trends in product quality or defects to mitigate and prevent recurrence and future defects.
- Ensure that products meet the organization’s, and customers’ quality and product integrity requirements.
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with industry standards and regulations.
- Maintain a central database of quality technical documents required for BURN’s global manufacturing operations and ensure they meet document control and revision requirements.
- Manage the corrective action tracker for quality issues and provide periodic review reports of the corrective action status.
- Mentor and train a team of quality engineers and technicians on quality processes and procedures.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Skills and Experience:
- Thorough understanding of mechanical drawings and SolidWorks design software
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Strong supervisory and leadership skills.
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite.
- Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
- At least 2-3 years of related experience.