Production and Maintenance 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: Production and Maintenance Manager

Location: Kano, Nigeria
Job type: Full time
Career level: Senior Manager/Supervisor

About the Role

• We are looking for a production and Maintenance Manager who will be responsible for directing and coordinating activities leading to the quality production of company products in line with customer expectations and schedules with a focus on safety to optimize processes and the costs of the production and maintenance departments.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Overall responsibility for the Maintenance and Production Departments
• Oversee production scheduling, safety, training, and production documentation
• Oversee preventative maintenance program of production lines, equipment, and utilities
• Oversee root cause analysis system for Breakdowns including hands-on repairs and fixes and prevention of the issue in the future.
• Implement new equipment and processes. Work with the Engineering team Production and Quality teams to qualify new processes and equipment.
• Prepare leasehold improvements, equipment, people, etc. for new product launches.
• Responsible for process improvement and continuous improvement.
• Team management.
• Take a leadership role with the on-the-floor teams when major changes come in the factory, such as big changes in volumes, compensation, team, etc.
• Managing change and growth.
• Responsible for factory expansion and improvement projects, such as building new offices. Maintain relationships with contractors (electrical, plumbing, civil, ventilation and fabrication).
• Risk identification and planning for risk reduction of factory capacity, safety and maintenance.
• Maintain clean, safe and orderly working environment.
• Leadership and Overall responsibility for factory health.
• Implement and manage ERP system from the production and maintenance perspectives
• Implementation of strategic systems, such as TPM, lean, etc.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Administration, or Facility Management
• Minimum experience of 10 years in a supervisory role
• Working knowledge of electrical and mechanical systems
• Familiarity in drafting and understanding blueprints and schematics
• Effective communication and people management skills
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.