About Sanergy

Sanergy is an award-winning social venture based in Nairobi, Kenya. We undertake three exciting lines of work:

● We provide safe, sustainable sanitation services to residents living in urban informal settlements of Nairobi and

Kisumu using end-to-end non-sewered sanitation solutions. Watch here!

● We implement a circular economy model to sustainably manage sanitation and organic waste generated in

cities. Using technologies developed in-house, we upcycle the waste into insect-based protein for animal feed,

organic fertilizer, and biomass fuel. We operate the largest organics recycling plant in East Africa. Watch here!

● We partner with cities to develop and deliver safe sanitation and waste management for urban residents. Using a

systematic methodology, we match cities’ sanitation and waste management needs with technology and service delivery model, and then offer clear gidance on the steps that government, funders, service providers and technology developers can take to develop and implement integrated service delivery system.

About the role:

We are currently seeking an experienced Engineering Manager who will work on the design and construction of East Africa`s largest organic recycling facilities as well as new factories as part of Sanergy`s expansion plan.

Job Location

Hybrid- Willing to spend a few months in Nairobi, Kenya

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities:

● Lead multiple engineering teams to develop various designs of a organic waste bioconversion facilities

● Interact with various internal stakeholders such as legal, finance, and operations to ensure the design team objectives are met

● Interact with various external stakeholders such as engineering consultants, contractors, equipment vendors to ensure the design team objectives are met.

● Develop frameworks, procedures, templates to standardize project execution during the design phase

● Develop strategies to ensure all team members adopt the standardized project execution approach

● Ensure Sanergy’s quality standards are adopted and reflected in the final deliverables

● Support the team leads in setting priorities to achieve the yearly department objectives

● Support the team leads to resolve technical and non technical roadblocks

● Manage the different teams project timelines, budgets, resources, and activities required to achieve the yearly goals.
● Review engineering drawings and provide technical feedback to ensure specifications and quality standards are met.

● Support the organization and preparation of the project through assembling needed project information, tools and work documents to industry standards in a timely manner

● Lead meetings with vendors, contractors, construction teams

● Provide feedback and coaching to design leads on technical and non technical issues

● Develop clear and transparent communication channels with other staff including Engineers, Project Manager, and administration staff.

Qualifications:

● Bachelor Degree in Engineering or relevant field

● 8+ years of experience in engineering management

● Demonstrated working knowledge of how multi-disciplinary engineering team operates

● Demonstrated ability in identifying bottlenecks in operating systems and proactively fixing them

● Experience in developing new procedures and frameworks to operate the business at department level

Building healthy, prosperous communities

● Knowledge in the design of processing units, equipment, waste treatment facility

● Demonstrated ability to explain technical information to technical and non-technical people.

● Demonstrated ability to manage a team, set priorities, handle budgets and provide constructive feedback to team

members

● Demonstrated ability to negotiate contracts with equipment vendors and consultants

Send your application and cv at [email protected]

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