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Head of Manufacturing Engineering
BURN ManufacturingJob description
You will require: Minimum of 15 years experience managing an Engineering organization. Preferably experience in manual assembly operations, metal stamping and forming, and managing tool room operations. Must have experience in launching new products. Must be detail oriented, but also have a demonstrated background in speed of execution in supporting new markets expansion, NPI, and new manufacturing process implementations. Will work closely with NPD and M&S as part of cross functional teams.
You will manage: Initially: a team of 2-3 manufacturing engineers, and 2 manufacturing engineering technicians. In the second stage: additional manufacturing engineers will be brought in as the company increases in size, and other facilities will be brought on board. In third stage, you will take responsibility for maintenance and the tool room.
Your responsibilities:
- NPI project management as part of cross functional team (NPD).
- Fixtures and Jigs for assembly lines.
- Production Line Layout.
- Facility Layout.
- Process Flows.
- Process development.
- Capacity Models and Utilization Models.
- Specification and procurement of production equipment.
- Line Balancing, headcount reduction, time studies.
- Costing of Assembly Processes. Will coordinate with supply chain for full product pricing using existing ERP system.
- Continuous Improvement action reducing costs.
- Work instructions.
- Standard Operating Procedures related to Engineering activities.
Can grow into a global responsibility role when multiple facilities come online.
BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training or any other fees).
About BURN Manufacturing
Vision
Impacting lives and forests through efficient cooking appliances.
Corporate Overview
BURN Manufacturing designs, produces, and distributes Africa’s best-selling, fuel efficient biomass, electric, hybrid and liquid fuel cooking appliances. Not only do our products save money, fuel, and natural resources, but they also dramatically reduce harmful indoor smoke emissions which can cause significant health problems, even death.
With more than 1.2Millon+ stoves sold since commencing manufacturing operations in 2013, BURN has established itself as Africa’s most trusted cookstove brand thanks to our unwavering commitment to innovative research and design, manufacturing excellence, and customer care.
BURN is now the only vertically integrated modern cookstove company in Sub-Saharan Africa. Our solar-powered facility currently has a capacity of 45,000 stoves per month. We are proud to employ 400 team members throughout Kenya and East Africa, and support a workforce which is 50 percent female, thus empowering women in roles traditionally considered to be “for men only.”
Among our national and global honors, we have received the 2018 Bloomberg New Energy Pioneers Award for being among the world’s leaders in clean energy solutions, the 2018 Swiss Energy and Climate Summit Award for our pitch on the impact of clean-burning stoves, and the 2015 Ashden Green Energy International Award for empowering women with new economic opportunities.
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