BURN is the largest vertically integrated modern cookstove company in the world, providing world-class R&D, manufacturing, and carbon offset projects from our HQ in Kenya and across 10 countries in Africa. We are working to create a world where cooking positively impacts all life on earth by producing the world’s most efficient biomass, liquid fuel, and electric cookstoves. Our team of 900 people – 51% of whom are women – is on track to produce and sell over 150,000 stoves per month in 2022 at our solar-powered facility in Kenya.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Tooling Technician
Location: Kano
Job type: Full-time
About the Role
- We are currently seeking a mission-driven Tooling Technician for its modern clean cookstove facility in Kano, Nigeria.
- 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.
- 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.
- Identify spare requirements and log usage.
- Support new project tooling from the commissioning stages through to the start of production.
- Assist in tooling buy offs 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 about tooling and record it 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.
Skills and Experience
- Excellent hands-on skills in using hand tools and bench fitting.
- Mechanical aptitude, and ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical issues.
- Well organized.
- Works well in a team.
- 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
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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