About the Role:

BURN is looking for a Manufacturing Engineering Manager in Kinshasa DRC, who will be responsible for:

• Leading and managing all manufacturing engineering, tooling maintenance, expansion activities, and new products and process introduction activities.

• Ensuring that BURN’s engineering global standards are followed and adhered to within the  engineering organization.

• Collaborating with various engineering departments at BURN DRC and Kenya's head office to ensure that BURN is meeting its goals.

  Duties and responsibilities:

• • Leading and managing the new product introduction projects.

• Leading and managing the facility and assembly layouts implementation projects which includes managing the in-house and the outsourced supplies and services related to the projects.

• Facility Layout review and continuous improvements – in conjunction with the head of operations excellence, the global facilities manager, and the CTO.

• Leading and managing the new process development processes projects – in conjunction with the head of operations excellence, the head of manufacturing, and the CTO.

• Leading and managing all engineering change implementation projects.

• Process Flow review and continuous improvements.

• Managing, and updating the capacity and utilization models.

• Leading line Balancing, cost reduction, and time studies activities.

• Leading the technical validation and identifying the technical SOW for suppliers, vendors, and contractors.

• Ensuring the implementation, and compliance with BURN’s global standards and SOPs   related to the engineering activities.

• • Supervise, train, and direct an engineering team responsible for manufacturing engineering,   and production tooling maintenance.

  Skills and Experience:

• Graduated from Mechanical/Industrial engineering school.

• 8-10 years of experience in manufacturing, at least 5 years in sheet metal factories and/or manual product assembly lines.

• At least 3 years of experience in managing an engineering team.

• Conversant with CAD software, e.g., Solidworks, and AutoCAD.

• Capable of reading engineering drawings and a good understanding of tolerances and allowances.

• Strong analytical skills.

• Strong MS Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills.

• Strong communication and presentation skills.

• Fluent in French and English - The role is open to both locals and ex-pats who are fluent in both French and English

• Fluency in the Lingala language is preferred.

• Lean Six Sigma green belt holders are preferred.

• PMP-certified candidates are preferred.

  Desired Character:

• Problem solver.

• Good listener.

• Self-confident.

• Excellent communicator.

• Proactive.

• Team player.

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                                                                   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).

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