Engineering Manager at Sanergy

We are currently seeking an experienced Engineering Manager who will work on the design and construction of East Africa’s largest organics recycling facilities.

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

• 5+ 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
• 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

Job Location: Nairobi 80%, Kinanie 20%

Sanergy is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression. All qualified persons are encouraged to apply.