Mechanical Technician at BURN Nigeria

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: Mechanical Technician

Location: Kano, Nigeria
Job type: Full-time

About the Role

• BURN is looking for a mechanical technician who is responsible for installing, maintaining, troubleshooting, and repairing mechanical systems and machinery. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Attend to preventive maintenance and breakdowns, identify faults and problem solve, with minimal downtime to production.
• Carry out diagnosis of faults, maintenance, and repairs to all types of plant and equipment in a safe, timely and professional manner.
• Report breakdown root causes, equipment faults and concerns to the maintenance coordinator.
• Implement the maintenance procedures and working routines
• Carry out maintenance on jigs and fixtures.
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.
• Reduce MTTR: Mean Time to Repair.
• Record and maintain up-to-date maintenance spare part inventory, plan for replacement of all used parts
• Provide training to line operators and junior technicians.
• Monitor and maintain records on the utilities’ usage.
• Keep maintenance logs.
• Should be able to work on a shift basis
• Ensure a safe working environment exists for self and colleagues, EHS.
• Any other job as may be assigned by management.

Requirements

• Candidates should a B.Eng. / HND in Mechanical Engineering
• Minimum of 5 years in the manufacturing sector
• Understanding of Mechanical and Hydraulic Presses.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online

Note

• Qualified Female Candidates encouraged to Apply
• BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).