Burn Senior Technology Engineer Jobs in Kenya

Burn Senior Technology Engineer Jobs in Kenya


About the Role

To research, and develop new material handling methodologies, technologies, and systems to eliminate wastes, and to improve the safety, quality, cost, and efficiency of the material handling processes throughout the value stream.

To support BURN’s different departments with material handling standards, best practices, and know-how.

To collaborate with various engineering departments at BURN in material handling process excellence activities.

Duties and Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with the internal departments to perfectly understand the materials to be handled, and the requirements of the material handling process from RM to FG.

  • Assess, evaluate, and analyze the safety, cost, quality, and efficiency of the current material handling processes.

  • Develop best practices, and innovative solutions to improve material handling throughout the value-adding process and to lead new material handling process and system development projects:

  • Initiation, scoping, concept validation, risk assessment, and ROI for the new system.

  • Spec’ing of the new system.

  • Lead all technical discussions with international and local vendors.

  • Manage the related communications among all internal and external parties.

  • Plan, monitor, control, and report the progress of the project.

  • Documentation and standardization of the new process/technology.

  • Support the implementation team with standards, and know-how when needed.

  • Development and standardization of RM, and WIP Kanban systems.

  • Development and standardization of BURN’s product CKD strategy.

  • Collaborate with BURN’s QA
    team to develop material handling SOPs.

  • Assist in material handling technology transfer to new local and global sites

    Skills and Experience

  • Mechanical/Industrial engineering degree.

  • 5 to 8 years of experience in the design and/or development of material handling systems with at least 3 years in sheet metal factories, and/or manual product assembly facilities.

  • Very good understanding of sheet metal material handling techniques, and equipment.

  • Very good understanding of racking system design and requirements.

  • Good knowledge of container sizes, and loading/ offloading best practices.

  • Strong analytical skills.

  • Strong MS Excel skills.

  • Strong communications and presentation skills.

  • Lean Six Sigma green belt holders are preferred.

  • CAD skills: Candidates capable of using SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD 2D are preferred.

  • Creative.

  • Problem solver.

  • Good listener.

  • Self-confident.

  • Excellent communicator.

  • Detail oriented and well-organized.

  • Team player.

    How to Apply

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