Senior Technology Engineer - New Product Development job at BURN
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Vacancy title:
Senior Technology Engineer - New Product Development

[ Type: FULL TIME , Industry: Manufacturing , Category: Science & Engineering ]

Jobs at:

BURN

Deadline of this Job:
21 November 2022  

Duty Station:
Within Kenya , Karatina , East Africa

Summary
Date Posted: Monday, November 07, 2022 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

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JOB DETAILS:
Senior Technology Engineer - New Product Development

About the Role:
• To research, develop, and deliver new methodologies and technologies in the domain of product assembly, and sheet metal manufacturing.
• To support BURN’s different engineering departments with standards, best practices, and know-how.
• To collaborate with various engineering departments at BURN in process excellence activities.

Duties and Responsibilities:
• Leading new manufacturing process development projects:
• Initiation, scoping, concept validation, risk assessment, and ROI for the new process.
• Spec’ing of the required machines, equipment, and tools for the new process.
• 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 ERP and planning team in creating the phase-in plan for the new process.
• Support the implementation team with standards, and know-how when needed.
• Leading factory layout projects:
• Assessment and analysis of the current state layouts.
• Development of innovative solutions for a better factory layout and material flow.
• Design and CAD of the future state layouts.
• Identification, documentation, and standardization of the scope of work of the layout implementation projects.
• Monitor, control, and report the progress of the layout design projects.
• Support the implementation team with standards, and know-how when needed.
• Develop best practices, and innovative solutions to improve material handling throughout the value-adding process.
• Development and standardization of BURN’s products CKD strategy.
• Working with BURN’s QA and Engineering departments on process mapping, documentation, and standardization of the engineering processes and factory standards.
• Building analytical models to support manufacturing problem-solving and decision-making processes.
• Assist in building BURN’s manufacturing standards database and technology roadmap.
• Assist in knowledge and manufacturing standards transfer to new local and global sites.

Skills and Experience:
• Graduated from Mechanical/Industrial engineering school.
• 5 to 8 years of experience in manufacturing, at least 3 years in sheet metal factories and/or manual product assembly lines.
• Worked at least in one of the following areas during their career:
• Factory layout.
• New process development.
• Home appliances and/or automotive product CKD.
• Development of material handling systems.
• Process mapping, documentation, and standardization of engineering processes and best practices.
• CAD skills: Capable of using SolidWorks and/or AutoCAD 2D.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong MS Excel skills.
• Strong communications and presentation skills.
• Lean Six Sigma green belt holders are preferred.
• Problem solver.
• Good listener.
• Self-confident.
• Excellent communicator.
• Detail oriented and well-organized.
• Team player.

Work Hours: 8


Experience in Months: 60

Level of Education:
Bachelor Degree

Job application procedure

Interested and qualified? Go to BURN on www.linkedin.com to apply


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Job Info
Job Category: Engineering jobs in Kenya
Job Type: Full-time
Deadline of this Job: 21 November 2022
Duty Station: Karatina
Posted: 07-11-2022
No of Jobs: 1
Start Publishing: 07-11-2022
Stop Publishing (Put date of 2030): 07-11-2066
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