About BURN

BURN designs, manufactures, and distributes aspirational fuel-efficient cooking products that save lives and forests in the developing world.BURN has revolutionized the global cookstove sector by proving the business case for selling a high quality, locally manufactured and unsubsidized cookstoves.Since 2013, BURN has sold 200,000+ high quality, locally manu...

Job Type

Full Time

Qualification

BA/BSc/HND

Experience

7 years

Location

Nairobi

Job Field

Engineering / Technical

Duties and Responsibilities:

Global Facilities Management & Infrastructure

• Oversee all factories, warehouses, and offices across all regions to ensure compliance with company standards.
• Lead site expansions, upgrades, and relocations, and support layout optimization projects.
• Lead facility audits globally and ensure corrective actions are implemented by regional teams.
• Ensure consistent standards for building safety, security, utilities, waste management, and infrastructure across all locations

Global Coordination & Team Leadership

• Lead and mentor regional Facilities Officers across multiple countries.
• Develop and enforce global facilities SOPs, standards, and checklists for uniform execution.
• Conduct regular training and capability-building sessions for regional teams.
• Ensure timely reporting, issue escalation, and alignment between regions and HQ.

Facilities-Related Maintenance Oversight

• Supervise and coordinate facility-related maintenance activities with the regional facilities and maintenance teams: buildings, utilities, compressed air lines, drainage, firefighting systems, HVAC, water supply, lighting, and infrastructure.
• Review preventive maintenance plans for facilities and ensure implementation by regional teams.

Global Fleet Management

• Oversee the management of company vehicles across all countries, including motorbikes, vans, trucks, and service vehicles.
• Implement global fleet policies covering usage, safety, preventive maintenance, driver qualification, and vehicle assignment.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations for licensing, insurance, and inspection.
• Monitor fuel consumption, mileage tracking, and vehicle utilization to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Coordinate with regional teams on vehicle procurement, disposal, and replacement cycles based on asset life and cost-benefit analysis.
• Manage accident reporting in collaboration with the health and safety officer, repairs, insurance claims, and root-cause analysis for recurring fleet incidents.
• Introduce and maintain GPS tracking systems where applicable to improve accountability and fleet visibility.

Budgeting & Cost Control

• Develop and manage the global facilities budget, including utilities, building repairs, facility consumables, and capital projects.
• Track facility-related expenditure across all regions and drive cost-efficiency.
• Evaluate and approve facility upgrades and renovations.
• Support planning and execution of CAPEX projects related to buildings, utilities, factory expansions, and infrastructure improvements.

Vendor & Contractor Management

• Oversee selection and performance of contractors globally for construction, facility repairs, cleaning, security, landscaping, pest control, waste disposal, and utilities servicing.
• Ensure vendor compliance with safety, quality, and service-level expectation.

Continuous Improvement & Collaboration

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across facility operations, energy optimization, waste reduction, safety improvements, and digital recordkeeping.
• Support new project and products launches by ensuring facilities readiness across regions.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or Facilities Management.
• 7+ years of facilities management experience in a manufacturing environment (sheet metal preferred).
• Experience managing multi-site or multi-country facility operations is strongly preferred.
• Strong knowledge of utilities, industrial infrastructure, and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and coordinate cross-region activities.

• Oversee all factories, warehouses, and offices across all regions to ensure compliance with company standards.
• Lead site expansions, upgrades, and relocations, and support layout optimization projects.
• Lead facility audits globally and ensure corrective actions are implemented by regional teams.
• Ensure consistent standards for building safety, security, utilities, waste management, and infrastructure across all locations
• Lead and mentor regional Facilities Officers across multiple countries.
• Develop and enforce global facilities SOPs, standards, and checklists for uniform execution.
• Conduct regular training and capability-building sessions for regional teams.
• Ensure timely reporting, issue escalation, and alignment between regions and HQ.
• Supervise and coordinate facility-related maintenance activities with the regional facilities and maintenance teams: buildings, utilities, compressed air lines, drainage, firefighting systems, HVAC, water supply, lighting, and infrastructure.
• Review preventive maintenance plans for facilities and ensure implementation by regional teams.
• Oversee the management of company vehicles across all countries, including motorbikes, vans, trucks, and service vehicles.
• Implement global fleet policies covering usage, safety, preventive maintenance, driver qualification, and vehicle assignment.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations for licensing, insurance, and inspection.
• Monitor fuel consumption, mileage tracking, and vehicle utilization to improve efficiency and reduce operating costs.
• Coordinate with regional teams on vehicle procurement, disposal, and replacement cycles based on asset life and cost-benefit analysis.
• Manage accident reporting in collaboration with the health and safety officer, repairs, insurance claims, and root-cause analysis for recurring fleet incidents.
• Introduce and maintain GPS tracking systems where applicable to improve accountability and fleet visibility.
• Develop and manage the global facilities budget, including utilities, building repairs, facility consumables, and capital projects.
• Track facility-related expenditure across all regions and drive cost-efficiency.
• Evaluate and approve facility upgrades and renovations.
• Support planning and execution of CAPEX projects related to buildings, utilities, factory expansions, and infrastructure improvements.
• Oversee selection and performance of contractors globally for construction, facility repairs, cleaning, security, landscaping, pest control, waste disposal, and utilities servicing.
• Ensure vendor compliance with safety, quality, and service-level expectation.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives across facility operations, energy optimization, waste reduction, safety improvements, and digital recordkeeping.
• Support new project and products launches by ensuring facilities readiness across regions.

• Strong knowledge of utilities, industrial infrastructure, and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to lead technical teams and coordinate cross-region activities.

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or Facilities Management.
• 7+ years of facilities management experience in a manufacturing environment (sheet metal preferred).
• Experience managing multi-site or multi-country facility operations is strongly preferred.