Tooling Manager 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: Tooling Manager

Location: Kano
Job type: Full Time

About The Role

• BURN is currently seeking a mission-driven Tooling Manager for its modern clean cookstove manufacturing facility in Kano, Nigeria.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage tool capacities, lifetime and replacement strategies
• Achieve efficient utilization of workshop machines
• Evaluate and recommend tool validation activities
• Manage spares and consumable tools
• Supervise the machinist and ensure the machining is being carried out as per drawing
• Estimate the time required to complete a job and the likely consequences of failure to complete work within required timescales.
• 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
• Identify spare requirements and log usage
• Take ownership of smaller less complex specific tool suits to develop and maintain performance with minimal supervision
• Carry out engineering-level changes to tools and modifications.
• Always maintain the highest standards of workmanship
• Record all relevant data in relation to tools and record on the Tool Room database
• Prepare thebudget for the tooling department
• Understand and operate within basic cost/ budget measures for tooling
• Work within the5S (sort, set in order, shine, standardize, sustain) methodology to maintain theworkplace to a high standard
• Support new project tooling from the commissioning stages through to the start of production.
• Repair and maintain press tools and die repairs.
• Routine servicing and regrinding of tools
• Attending breakdowns, identifying faults, and problem-solving at the press with minimal downtime to aid production.
• Contribute to the achievement of target production quantity as per stipulated quality and cost standards by ensuring tool maintenance, rework, andreplacement of tools
• Evaluate each job and determine if it can be repaired in the press or must be removed to the Tool Room for essential maintenance and repair work
• 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
• Perform root cause analysis and resolve problems.

Skills and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, or a related field
• 5 years of experience in tooling engineering or a related role
• Sound knowledge of Sheet metal tools manufacturing process.
• Action-oriented
• Mechanical aptitude, and ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical issues.
• Well organized.
• Works well in a team.
• Working knowledge of CAD software programs (SolidWorks, AutoCAD, etc.)
• Experience with GD& T and tolerance analysis
• Strong understanding of production costs, including waste, downtime, scrap, and rework
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

How to Apply
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