Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets.
We franchise the toilets to community residents, who run them as commercial toilets; landlords, who offer them as a value-added service to their tenants; and schools, to ensure children always have access to a safe sanitation option. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training and aspirational marketing and branding. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community for treatment. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein, which we sell to Kenyan farms. We launched our first toilet in November 2011, and we now have a network of over 2,700 active Fresh Life Toilets serving over 100,000 urban residents every single day. We collect and convert over 6,000 tons of waste every year.
We are currently seeking an experienced Warehouse Manager who will take lead in managing stock control and reconcile with data storage system
A typical day for you might include the following:
Skills and qualifications you’ll need:
The perks you’ll have:
Apply via:
Interested applicants are invited to upload their resume by 30th April, 2021.
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets. We franchise the toilets to community residents, who run them as commercial toilets; landlords, who offer them as a value-added service to their tenants; and schools, to ensure children always have access to a safe sanitation option. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training and aspirational marketing and branding. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community for treatment. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein, which we sell to Kenyan farms. We launched our first toilet in November 2011, and we now have a network of over 600 active Fresh Life Toilets run by over 300 Fresh Life Operators. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts and currently seeking a Process Engineering Associate.
A typical day for you might include the following:
- Review DAILY targets as set by planning team
- Provide team leads with DAILY target requirements
- Carry out DAILY quality checks in the assigned areas
- Review adherence to CCPs and Work Instructions on a DAILY basis and provide guidance to crew leads and other operators
- Provide DAILY updates on adherence, blocks and progress towards improvement projects
- Lead problem solving with the operational teams
- Develop corrective actions and lead implementation. Where actions are tied to different teams, provide follow-up on agreed upon corrective actions until completion.
- Implement preventive actions
- Develop performance criteria for the respective sections
- Measure and report on DAILY/WEEKLY performance in the respective area
- Identify and share opportunities for improvement with the operations team
- Develop systems to structure and analyse data
- Closely work with Operations team to ensure adherence to quality and HSE guidelines
- Respond to requests pertaining to the process areas quickly and effeciently
- Contribute your point of view towards ensuring continuous improvement
- Work towards conflict resolution esp. between different departments through open and honest discussion
- Work with existing vendors to promote Quality, Health, Safety and Environment aspects
- Develop a 4 week tactical plan (broken into days and weeks) for process quality targets within the specified section.
- Train the operations team on instructions and corrective actions in order to achieve the required results
- Plan and lead execution of process monitoring projects - to achieve the required yields
- Actively participate in improvement projects with other teams within site
- Proactively share new ideas to the manager and support bringing them to fruition
- Propose and implement changes to existing CCPs, SOPs, WIs and other process documentation.
- Ask questions and listen to items escalated by the the quality assistant, operators and crew leads in order to understand issues with the process
- Provide feedback to the quality assistant, operators and crew leads on the process
- Ask for feedback from stakeholders (quality assistant, operators, crew leads and managers) to improve the existing processes
- Execute tasks within the existing processes and policies
- Share a report of team failures and learning derived from them within the site as per internal policies and procedures
Skills and qualifications you’ll need
Qualities you’ll need to fit in well among the Sanergy-Stars
The perks you’ll have
Sanergy is an award winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization.
We currently seek an Assistant Factory Manager to be based in the coastal region; Kilifi County.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Breakdown weekly production plan into daily schedules and drive daily adherence to this by line-staff in the Factory
- Breakdown Lean Daily Management projects into SMART goals with clear link to the overall goal of organizational maturity in the Factory
- Schedule and conduct Gemba walks across all sections with respective crew lead line staff to identify opportunities for improvement
- Coach crew leads and support them to understand the process and equip them to detect, escalate and resolve challenges/variances in their domains
- Lead in the development and resolution of factory level short term corrective and preventive actions
- Coach the crew leads to resolve section level day to day challenges through established problem solving toolkits
- Track key resource consumption and cost metrics. These include labour utilization & efficiency, resource utilization and machine utilization
- Analyse daily production outputs to identify wastes, develop and implement measures to improve processes in liaison with the Factory Manager
- Analyse resource productivity trends and proactively recommend continuous improvement projects to improve inefficient processes
- Lead your teammates in respective sections to execute daily production schedules
- Coordinate respective section crew leads to ensure that processes move in sync (one-piece flow) to achieve daily targets effectively and efficiently
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams (R&D, Continuous improvement and Design) to ensure harmony in operations in the Factory
-Circulate and reconcile the production plan in all sections through visual controls such as Lean Management boards
- Through effective scheduling, allocate labour to various sub processes to ensure > 90% utilization.
- Develop daily production schedules and Leader Standardized Work (LSW) sheets that will be executed by the respective section crew leads.
- Review adherence to daily schedules, implement load levelling and implement actions to correct variances to ensure operations are back on track.
- Monitor day to day resource utilization to ensure that all operations are run within budget and as per the tactical plan.
- Work with respective crew leads to ensure that utilities, materials utilization, and set takt times are adhered to and tracked on the established platforms
- Coach crew leads to detect and resolve over utilization of resources within their respective sections in the factory
Key Qualifications
-Bachelor's degree in Engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or relevant fields
-Minimum of 2 years experience working in a factory setting within either of these roles:
- Quality management
- Factory management
-Proficiency in MS Office (word, excel) or Google suite (docs, sheets)
-Able to handle coordination and execution of multiple projects
-Great collaboration, communication and people skills
To Apply
To apply, please submit your resume/CV and cover letter by 30th April 2021. Kindly indicate your salary expectations.
Sanergy is an award-winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands.
We seeks to recruit an Electrical technician who will undertake hands-on maintenance of all Sanergy assets including equipment and vehicles with an aim to reduce the MTTR (Mean Time To Repair) and increase the MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure).The role is based in the coast of Kenya; Kilifi County.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets.
We franchise the toilets to community residents, who run them as commercial toilets; landlords, who offer them as a value-added service to their tenants; and schools, to ensure children always have access to a safe sanitation option. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training and aspirational marketing and branding. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community for treatment. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein, which we sell to Kenyan farms. We launched our first toilet in November 2011, and we now have a network of over 2,700 active Fresh Life Toilets serving over 100,000 urban residents every single day. We collect and convert over 6,000 tons of waste every year.
Sanergy transforms the way emerging cities like Nairobi handle their waste. We have created a zero-waste model to clean up fast growing cities by converting polluting organic and sanitation waste streams into valuable products that increase economic growth and promote sustainable agriculture. We safely collect and treat 12,000 tons of organic waste annually – sanitation, municipal, and agricultural waste - and convert it into valuable products: insect-based proteins derived from black soldier flies for animal feed, organic fertilizer, which restores soil quality and structure, and biomass fuel briquettes. This model ensures waste that would otherwise harm the environment is transformed into high-quality sustainable products. At the same time, we have built a team of 250 dedicated team with diverse backgrounds. Our work has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are currently seeking an experienced Engineering Manager who will work on the design and construction of East Africa’s largest organics recycling facilities.
A typical day for you might include the following
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.
Skills and qualifications you’ll need
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
Qualities you’ll need to fit in well among the Sanergy-Stars
A collaborative spirit that compels you to work beyond your team
A desire to understand and serve customers
A willingness to embrace diversity, integrity and empathy
An innovative approach to assessing and testing new ideas
An enthusiasm to achieve set targets and improve yourself professionally
The perks you’ll have
A holistic benefits package
Unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional growth
A unique chance to tackle critical challenges of sanitation, economic empowerment and food security
Apply via:
Please submit your Resume/Cv by 30th April 2021.
Kindly note this position is based in Nairobi with considerable movement to Kinanie, Athi River.
Click Here To ApplySanergy is an award winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek an Assistant Factory Manager who will be based at Kinanie, Athi River.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Breakdown weekly production plan into daily schedules and drive daily adherence to this by line-staff in the Factory
- Breakdown Lean Daily Management projects into SMART goals with clear link to the overall goal of organizational maturity in the Factory
- Schedule and conduct Gemba walks across all sections with respective crew lead line staff to identify opportunities for improvement
- Coach crew leads and support them to understand the process and equip them to detect, escalate and resolve challenges/variances in their domains
- Lead in the development and resolution of factory level short term corrective and preventive actions
- Coach the crew leads to resolve section level day to day challenges through established problem solving toolkits
- Track key resource consumption and cost metrics. These include labor utilization & efficiency, resource utilization and machine utilization
- Analyse daily production outputs to identify wastes, develop and implement measures to improve processes in liaison with the Factory Manager
- Analyse resource productivity trends and proactively recommend continuous improvement projects to improve inefficient processes
- Lead your teammates in respective sections to execute daily production schedules
- Coordinate respective section crew leads to ensure that processes move in sync (one-piece flow) to achieve daily targets effectively and efficiently
- Work with multi-disciplinary teams (R&D, Continuous improvement and Design) to ensure harmony in operations in the Factory
-Circulate and reconcile the production plan in all sections through visual controls such as Lean Management boards
- Through effective scheduling, allocate labor to various sub processes to ensure > 90% utilization.
- Develop daily production schedules and Leader Standardized Work (LSW) sheets that will be executed by the respective section crew leads.
- Review adherence to daily schedules, implement load leveling and implement actions to correct variances to ensure operations are back on track.
- Monitor day to day resource utilization to ensure that all operations are run within budget and as per the tactical plan.
- Work with respective crew leads to ensure that utilities, materials utilization, and set takt times are adhered to and tracked on the established platforms
- Coach crew leads to detect and resolve over utilization of resources within their respective sections in the factory
Key Qualifications
-Bachelor's degree in Engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or relevant fields
-Minimum of 2 years experience working in a factory setting within either of these roles:
- Quality management
- Factory management
-Proficiency in MS Office (word, excel) or Google suite (docs, sheets)
-Able to handle coordination and execution of multiple projects
-Great collaboration, communication and people skills
To Apply
To apply, please submit a cover letter, and your resume/CV by 30th April 2021.
Sanergy is an award-winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Synergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Quality Manager who will join our Operational Excellence team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
|
Dimension |
Responsibility |
|
Autonomy |
Quality Manager (role) is expected to: - Control both time and tasks with all matters regarding quality management. Emphasis on development and maintenance of quality management systems. - Develop work plans and coach others to develop these as well as check adherence to the said work plans for him/herself as well as reports. Articulate progress on quarterly and yearly milestones regarding quality management systems - Convert ambiguous tasks to tangible step by step actions to achieve goals or objectives. Give direction where necessary to stakeholders whether senior or junior regarding Product Quality, Process Quality and QMS. - Take sole initiative to improve process quality and organization's quality management systems - Take ownership of the Process Quality docket end to end with minimal guidance from the manager. - Take ownership of the Product Quality docket end to end with minimal guidance from the manager - Report on weekly/monthly/quarterly product and process quality performance. |
|
Problem Solving |
The role holder is expected to: - Take the lead in conducting Product and Process Quality related RCAs and use the problem-solving toolkit to diagnose and resolve issues. Coach reports to use the problem-solving toolkit and other methods as well. - Identify problems throughout the process as well as lead initiatives to increase the organization's error proofing levels to prevent a recurrence. - Implement assigned CAPA. Assign CAPA to relevant action owners (Product and Process Quality). |
|
Analysis |
The role holder is expected to: - Lead development statistical process control systems benchmarked on global standards for processes. Use complex quantitative techniques/models to achieve this. Articulate outcomes to stakeholders as well as provide direction on next steps arising from insights from SPC system. - Lead different teams in process and product quality risk assessments on a proactive basis and develop actions or systems to prevent variance occurrence. - Continuously maintain data systems that leverage statistics to detect, analyze, correct and predict the performance of input and output variables (SPC) so as to achieve high performing predictable processes. Expected to continually perform statistical analysis (ANOVA, MANOVA etc) to uncover insights to maximize production yields. This is on both a proactive and reactive basis. - Build systems that measure system performance and report on this within the Quality domain. Coach others on use and development of such systems. - Be accountable for the implementation of process changes or CAPA with the aim of increasing process capability. - Work with operational teams to improve process quality through process adherence audits. - Own process and product related data streams and be responsible for maintenance, improvement and development (new) of databases - Lead department (Ops Maturity) in the adoption of new quality management systems. |
|
Teamwork |
The role holder is expected to: - Collaborate throughout departments and divisions (and clients) with the aim of driving performance of the quality management systems. - Develop strong relationships with stakeholders in operations and product quality with the aim of exerting positive power in a bid to ensure teams are compliant with set procedures and SOPs. - Work with the External Compliance team to ensure QMS is in line with external regulations and benchmarked on global standards - Practice ethical conflict resolution between stakeholders in their spheres of influence and coach reports to do the same. - Be proactive with regard to necessary process changes and/or improvements arising from CAPA. Be accountable for the implementation of process changes. - Lead teams in change management efforts related to process quality aimed at reduction of variances. More specifically, guideline development, change request approvals, training and awareness development if office and shop floor. - Collaborate with consultants tasked with QMS related efforts or workstreams. |
|
External Collaboration |
The role holder is expected to: - Lead collaboration with existing external partners or vendors WRT process quality. (With Regard To) - Build new relationships with partners with the aim of increasing value to the organization WRT QMS. - Onboard new QMS systems. |
|
Planning |
The role holder is expected to: - Reduce volatility within their domain through work planning and coach reports to do the same - Take initiative to understand why variances in work plans exist and propose as well as implement solutions to ensure things go back on track - Develop quarterly goals for the role as well as reports. - Take initiative to understand production planning systems with the aim of understanding methodology and how that system relates to the SPC systems |
|
Pragmatic Innovation |
The role holder is expected to: - Convert ambiguous tasks into tangible and actionable steps with clear outcomes. This relates to the analysis of variance, process improvements, product improvements, quality management systems and SPC. - Lead the team in multi-stakeholder thought-shower sessions on a proactive and reactive basis WRT process improvements. Take ownership and accountability on the implementation of solutions developed. - Coach reports and teammates on SPC development, usage and maintenance. Coach team on RCA methodology. - Actively participate in problem-solving sessions unrelated to your work i.e. CAPA scrums and give input on innovative ideas to improve operations. Create a culture within the team to do this as well. - Take lead and ownership with regard to the development of instructions or for new processes and equipment operations. Be ready to take and act on the feedback (on instructions) in a timely manner. |
|
Financial Accountability |
The role holder is expected to: - Be informed of expenditures within the quality team. - Actively seek out opportunities for improvement that require expenditure and be able to exert positive power to get these through - Not responsible for cost/expenditure/revenue targets |
|
Listening and asking questions |
The Quality Manager is expected to: - Guide and coach Process Quality/Control reports (associates and technicians) through projects by asking great questions with the aim of developing the reports' thinking and innovative skills - Ask thoughtful and leading questions to spark different thinking in team-mates and reports' workstreams. |
|
Giving and receiving impactful feedback |
The Quality Manager is expected to: - Lead performance evaluation of his/her reports as often as possible so as to improve quality of work, attitude and approaches. |
|
Engaging and motivating team members |
The Quality Manager is expected to: - Improve the morale of the team members through constant engagements and articulating the big picture of the department's work. Continually point out achievements to improve motivations |
|
Building a positive, learning & productive culture |
Through performance evaluations, the Quality Manager is expected to foster an attitude of learning from failure and taking calculated/educated risks. |
Masters degree in Engineering/Manufacturing is preferred
Quality control certification advantageous.
Excellent attention to detail.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Data analysis and statistical aptitude.
Good interpersonal skills.
Familiar with company and industry quality standards and processes
Experience with HACCP
To Apply
To apply, please submit a cover letter clearly indicating your available start date (include notice period), your interest in this role, and your resume/CV that includes a list of three referees by Monday 31st May. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Sanergy is an award-winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brand. We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Sales & Marketing Excellence Manager.
Job Purpose Statement
Provide analytics, project management and strategy modelling support to all sales and marketing teams across all our products and services: Organic fertilizer (Evergrow & Evergrow Gold sold through the Fam Star brand), Insect based protein (KuzaPro), Biomass Briquettes (EverMoto) and Waste Management Solutions (City Fresh). Lead the marketing and sales operations functions. Be a thought partner to all sales managers across the organization.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
How to Apply
To apply, please submit a cover letter clearly indicating your available start date (include notice period), your salary expectation, your interest in this role, and your resume/CV that includes a list of three referees by Monday, 31st May. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.Click Here To ApplySanergy is an award-winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Synergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Quality Engineer who will join our Operational Excellence team.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
|
Dimension |
Responsibility |
|
Autonomy |
The role holder is expected to: - Control both time and tasks with all matters regarding quality management. Emphasis on development and maintenance of quality management systems. - Develop work plans and coach others to develop these as well as check adherence to the said work plans for him/herself as well as reports. Articulate progress on quarterly and yearly milestones regarding quality management systems - Convert ambiguous tasks to tangible step by step actions to achieve goals or objectives. Give direction where necessary to stakeholders whether senior or junior regarding Product Quality, Process Quality and QMS. - Take sole initiative to improve process quality and organization's quality management systems - Take ownership of the Process Quality docket end to end with minimal guidance from the manager. - Take ownership of the Product Quality docket end to end with minimal guidance from the manager - Report on weekly/monthly/quarterly product and process quality performance. |
|
Problem Solving |
The role holder is expected to: - Take the lead in conducting Product and Process Quality related RCAs and use the problem-solving toolkit to diagnose and resolve issues. Coach reports to use the problem-solving toolkit and other methods as well. - Identify problems throughout the process as well as lead initiatives to increase the organization's error proofing levels to prevent a recurrence. - Implement assigned CAPA. Assign CAPA to relevant action owners (Product and Process Quality). |
|
Analysis |
The role holder is expected to: - Lead development statistical process control systems benchmarked on global standards for processes. Use complex quantitative techniques/models to achieve this. Articulate outcomes to stakeholders as well as provide direction on next steps arising from insights from SPC system. - Lead different teams in process and product quality risk assessments on a proactive basis and develop actions or systems to prevent variance occurrence. - Continuously maintain data systems that leverage statistics to detect, analyze, correct and predict the performance of input and output variables (SPC) so as to achieve high performing predictable processes. Expected to continually perform statistical analysis (ANOVA, MANOVA etc) to uncover insights to maximize production yields. This is on both a proactive and reactive basis. - Build systems that measure system performance and report on this within the Quality domain. Coach others on use and development of such systems. - Be accountable for the implementation of process changes or CAPA with the aim of increasing process capability. - Work with operational teams to improve process quality through process adherence audits. - Own process and product related data streams and be responsible for maintenance, improvement and development (new) of databases - Lead department (Ops Maturity) in the adoption of new quality management systems. |
|
Teamwork |
The role holder is expected to: - Collaborate throughout departments and divisions (and clients) with the aim of driving performance of the quality management systems. - Develop strong relationships with stakeholders in operations and product quality with the aim of exerting positive power in a bid to ensure teams are compliant with set procedures and SOPs. - Work with the External Compliance team to ensure QMS is in line with external regulations and benchmarked on global standards - Practice ethical conflict resolution between stakeholders in their spheres of influence and coach reports to do the same. - Be proactive with regard to necessary process changes and/or improvements arising from CAPA. Be accountable for the implementation of process changes. - Lead teams in change management efforts related to process quality aimed at reduction of variances. More specifically, guideline development, change request approvals, training and awareness development if office and shop floor. - Collaborate with consultants tasked with QMS related efforts or workstreams. |
|
External Collaboration |
The role holder is expected to: - Lead collaboration with existing external partners or vendors WRT process quality. (With Regard To) - Build new relationships with partners with the aim of increasing value to the organization WRT QMS. - Onboard new QMS systems. |
|
Planning |
The role holder is expected to: - Reduce volatility within their domain through work planning and coach reports to do the same - Take initiative to understand why variances in work plans exist and propose as well as implement solutions to ensure things go back on track - Develop quarterly goals for the role as well as reports. - Take initiative to understand production planning systems with the aim of understanding methodology and how that system relates to the SPC systems |
|
Pragmatic Innovation |
The role holder is expected to: - Convert ambiguous tasks into tangible and actionable steps with clear outcomes. This relates to the analysis of variance, process improvements, product improvements, quality management systems and SPC. - Lead the team in multi-stakeholder thought-shower sessions on a proactive and reactive basis WRT process improvements. Take ownership and accountability on the implementation of solutions developed. - Coach reports and teammates on SPC development, usage and maintenance. Coach team on RCA methodology. - Actively participate in problem-solving sessions unrelated to your work i.e. CAPA scrums and give input on innovative ideas to improve operations. Create a culture within the team to do this as well. - Take lead and ownership with regard to the development of instructions or for new processes and equipment operations. Be ready to take and act on the feedback (on instructions) in a timely manner. |
|
Financial Accountability |
The role holder is expected to: - Be informed of expenditures within the quality team. - Actively seek out opportunities for improvement that require expenditure and be able to exert positive power to get these through - Not responsible for cost/expenditure/revenue targets |
|
Listening and asking questions |
The role holder is expected to: - Guide and coach Process Quality/Control reports (associates and technicians) through projects by asking great questions with the aim of developing the reports' thinking and innovative skills - Ask thoughtful and leading questions to spark different thinking in team-mates and reports' workstreams. |
|
Giving and receiving impactful feedback |
The role holder is expected to: - Lead performance evaluation of his/her reports as often as possible so as to improve quality of work, attitude and approaches. |
|
Engaging and motivating team members |
The role holder is expected to: - Improve the morale of the team members through constant engagements and articulating the big picture of the department's work. Continually point out achievements to improve motivations |
|
Building a positive, learning & productive culture |
Through performance evaluations, the role holder is expected to foster an attitude of learning from failure and taking calculated/educated risks. |
Masters degree in Engineering/Manufacturing is preferred
Quality control certification advantageous.
Excellent attention to detail.
Excellent verbal and written communication.
Data analysis and statistical aptitude.
Good interpersonal skills.
Familiar with company and industry quality standards and processes
Experience with HACCP
To Apply
To apply, please submit a cover letter clearly indicating your available start date (include notice period), your interest in this role, and your resume/CV that includes a list of three referees by Monday 31st May. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
Job Purpose Statement
Provide support to the sales and marketing team to formulate and implement strategy so as to increase the sale of organic fertilizers and insect based animal protein by more than 30x within 12 months.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
How to Apply
To apply, please submit a cover letter clearly indicating your available start date (include notice period), your salary expectation, your interest in this role, and your resume/CV that includes a list of three referees by Monday, 31st May. Please note that applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.In the last 9 years, Sanergy has delivered and scaled the most affordable and sustainable solutions for non-sewered, safe sanitation in rapidly growing cities. We aspire to serve 1 million people living in Nairobi through practical, desirable, and cost–effective sanitation solutions, and to serve tens of millions of people around the world who face the same challenges as Nairobi. At the same time, we are expanding across Kenya and partnering with cities such as Kisumu. Our growth in the next 5 years will hinge on the ability to leverage our knowledge of policy as well as our strategic partnerships both within government & with ecosystem partners to understand policy and legislation of Sanergy’s operating environment, both at the national and at the devolved levels of government.
However, according to the World Bank, it will take 150 years for Kenya to achieve full WASH coverage at current spending rates. For the government to be able to transform its WASH sector, and for Sanergy to partner with the government at scale, we must work to strengthen the regulatory environment and increase the amount of funding that goes to WASH. These streams of work are dependent on each other: the better the regulation, the easier it is to attract capital; the more capital there is, the more regulation is needed to make sure people are being served.
Sanergy is looking for an exceptional individual who seeks to transform Kenya by joining our Government Affairs and Policy team. The Finance & Regulatory Specialist will examine and analyse the fiscal and regulatory regime in Kenya as well as other countries in which Sanergy plans to expand or support local partners in expanding sanitation services, and then will fight for regulatory and financial reform in the sector. Together with other teams within Sanergy, the Finance & Regulatory Specialist will establish strategies as to how the current fiscal and regulatory regimes could be amended within the legal jurisdiction. The Finance & Regulatory Specialist will also support Government Departments through technical support & policy amendment to sustainably improve finance regimes.
Key Qualifications
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets.
We franchise the toilets to community residents, who run them as commercial toilets; landlords, who offer them as a value-added service to their tenants; and schools, to ensure children always have access to a safe sanitation option. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training and aspirational marketing and branding. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community for treatment. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein, which we sell to Kenyan farms. We launched our first toilet in November 2011, and we now have a network of over 2,700 active Fresh Life Toilets serving over 100,000 urban residents every single day. We collect and convert over 6,000 tons of waste every year.
Sanergy transforms the way emerging cities like Nairobi handle their waste. We have created a zero-waste model to clean up fast growing cities by converting polluting organic and sanitation waste streams into valuable products that increase economic growth and promote sustainable agriculture. We safely collect and treat 12,000 tons of organic waste annually – sanitation, municipal, and agricultural waste - and convert it into valuable products: insect-based proteins derived from black soldier flies for animal feed, organic fertilizer, which restores soil quality and structure, and biomass fuel briquettes. This model ensures waste that would otherwise harm the environment is transformed into high-quality sustainable products. At the same time, we have built a team of 250 dedicated team with diverse backgrounds. Our work has been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are currently seeking an experienced Lead Process Engineer 5 who will work on the design and construction of East Africa’s largest organics recycling facilities.
A typical day for you might include the following
Lead a team of engineers to design organic waste bioconversion facilities
Develop project timelines, budgets, resources, and activities required to achieve the yearly goals
Perform design calculations for various engineering problem
Review vendor drawings and provide technical feedback to ensure specifications are met
Review controls and/or electrical plans for various equipment
Review processing engineering deliverables (BFDs, PFDs, Mass Balances, P&IDs)
Provide engineering input to civil and architectural drawings
Support the organization through assembling needed project information, tools and work documents to industry standards in a timely manner
Lead meetings with vendors and engineering consultants
Prepare operating guidelines commissioning test forms, equipment checklists and commissioning reports and maintain commissioning issues lists
Along with the vendor, perform factory acceptance testing, test and balance activities, and functional performance tests
Responsible for the technical quality and accuracy of work developed by the team
Develop clear and transparent communication channels with other staff including Engineers, Project Manager, and Administration Staff.
Lead and manage the installation and commissioning of various industrial equipment
Troubleshoot system operational issues that impact system operation, safety, and reliability
Provide hands-on field expert level support for construction
Perform field inspections to ensure construction meets the design specifications
Skills and qualifications you’ll need
Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering or relevant field
5+ years of experience in engineering and design of processing units, equipment, waste treatment facility
Demonstrated working knowledge of how multi-disciplinary engineering team functions
Demonstrated working knowledge or interest in the operation of Boilers, Chillers, water treatment, Pumps, waste treatment and Control Systems is preferred.
Experience in operating factories in the waste sector is preferred
Experience in commissioning various mechanical and electrical systems
Effective interpersonal skills to properly represent Sanergy in an ethical and professional manner.
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 junior members
Qualities you’ll need to fit in well among the Sanergy-Stars
A collaborative spirit that compels you to work beyond your team
A desire to understand and serve customers
A willingness to embrace diversity, integrity and empathy
An innovative approach to assessing and testing new ideas
An enthusiasm to achieve set targets and improve yourself professionally
The perks you’ll have
A holistic benefits package
Unparalleled opportunities for personal and professional growth
A unique chance to tackle critical challenges of sanitation, economic empowerment and food security
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Interested applicants are invited to email their applications together with samples of previous projects undertaken as one document and a detailed CV with contact details of three referees by Monday 31st May, 2021. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis
Kindly note this position is based in Nairobi with considerable movement to Kinanie, Mavoko constituency.
Sanergy is an award winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer and insect based animal protein. Sanergy manufactures and distributes Evergrow Organic Fertilizer and Kuzapro Insect Based Animal Protein, under the Farm Star brands. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Production Manager
Key Duties and Responsibilities
- Lead development of leader standard work for all leaders (crew leads & asst. mgrs) across the factory.
- Lead development of systems to facilitate daily accountability across all sections in the factory
- Lead execution and adherence evaluation of Leader Standard Work.
- Lead execution of the daily and weekly production schedules
- Lead the production team to execute the production plan for all end products using planned resources and budget
- Lead the Assistant Managers in using the problem solving toolkit to identify, develop hypotheses and propose solutions to deviations from schedule and from the resource plan. From this exercise, lead the team to develop corrective and preventive actions.
- Lead the implementation corrective and preventive actions assigned to you, and ensure that those assigned to your team are resolved on time, and effectively.
- Develop systems/models and metrics to track, monitor and control resource consumption and production schedules
- Lead CAPA to resolve variances from target resource consumption metrics.
- Collaborate with Quality, Maintenance, HSE and support departments to ensure that production is executed on time, in full and to the required level quality, cost, speed, productivity, health, safety and regard for the environment.
- Expected to collaborate effectively with all vendors providing goods and services to the factory with the aim of extracting as much value for the company
- Expected to work closely with the government relations team to manage relationships with govt authorities
- Expected to lead authorized site visits as needed
- Lead production scheduling and resource planning by day, by week, by month and for the rest of the year to match the production plan.
- Lead the production team to execute the plan for all end products as per schedule.
- In case there are variations to plan, identify, develop hypotheses and propose solutions to deviations from schedule and from the resource plan. From this exercise, lead the team to develop corrective and preventive actions.
- Lead analysis, hypothesis and development of innovative initiatives to achieve cost reduction targets, targets on plan adherence and targets around process capability, health, safety and adherence to environmental considerations
- Lead execution of the production plan with budgeted resources.
- Lead execution of plans to achieve cost targets
Key Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering (chemical, mechanical, industrial) or relevant fields
Minimum of 4 years experience working in a factory setting within either of these roles:
- Quality management
- Factory management
Proficiency in MS Office (word, excel) or Google suite (docs, sheets)
Able to handle coordination and execution of multiple projects
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Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of contextually-appropriate, affordable, desirable non-sewered sanitation solutions. We partner with residents and governments to identify locations and financing models for implementation. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training and aspirational marketing and branding. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community for treatment. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein, which we sell to Kenyan farms. We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Planning Analyst to join our Production Department.
About the role
The Planning Analyst will be accountable for the planning and analysis functions within Sanergy.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
To Apply
About Sanergy
Sanergy is an awardwinning social venture based in Nairobi, Kenya. We undertake three exciting lines of work:
Operational since 2011, Sanergy serves over 140,000 urban residents with safe sanitation services every day. Sanergy collects and treats over 12,000T of waste per year, and successfully sells its agricultural endproducts to farmers in over 20 counties in Kenya, who see improved yields and increased incomes. At the same time, we have built a team of over 400 employees from diverse backgrounds who solve diverse problems, but all embody the drive, creativity, teamwork, and passion that make us achieve our goals. For our work, we have been recognized by the Gates Foundation as one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals accelerator; by Fast Company as one of the 10 most innovative companies in the world doing social good and one of the 10 best companies in Africa, and the Food Planet Prize for our innovative circular economy approach.
About the role
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Maintenance Engineer Associate to join our team.
Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Job Location
Nairobi
Application Deadline
7th June 2021
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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.
Company Description
Sanergy is an award winning social enterprise that employs the circular economy approach to treat and convert all forms of urban waste into organic fertilizer, insect based animal protein and Biomass briquettes. Sanergy currently collects, treats & converts over 70,000MT of waste annually. This waste is converted to generate 3600T/year of insect based protein, 5,000T/year of organic fertilizer and 5,000T/year of biomass briquettes that is distributed to farmers and industrial clients.
Job Identification
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Job Title: General Manager- Production |
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Reports to: Managing Director |
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Department: Operations |
Job Purpose Statement
Oversee manufacturing and maintenance operations across Sanergy’s production facilities in Kenya.
Key Duties and Responsibilities
Skills, Qualifications & Experience
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture that builds healthy, prosperous communities by making hygienic sanitation accessible and affordable in Africa’s urban informal settlements. Our systems-based approach to solving the sanitation crisis involves five key steps: we build a dense network of low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets. We franchise the toilets to community residents, who run them as commercial toilets; landlords, who offer them as a value-added service to their tenants; and schools, to ensure children always have access to a safe sanitation option. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training and aspirational marketing and branding. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community for treatment. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer and insect-based animal protein, which we sell to Kenyan farms. We launched our first toilet in November 2011, and we now have a network of over 600 active Fresh Life Toilets run by over 300 Fresh Life Operators. We have collected and converted over 7,800 tons of waste. At the same time, we have built a team of over 250 people. For our work, we have been recognized by Fast Company as one of the 10 Most Innovative Companies in the World Doing Social Good and one of the 10 Best Companies in Africa.
We are an increasingly sophisticated, highly intricate organization with many moving parts. Sanergy seeks accomplished, driven individuals who will make substantive contributions to the organization. We currently seek a Mechanical Engineer Fellow - Kilifi who will work in our New Technology Commercialization department.
A typical day for you might include the following:
In this Internship role you will have the opportunity to work under the supervision of experienced engineers and develop hands-on experience in the following areas:
Requirements assessment, design, vendor assessment and design refinement of a solids separation unit
Review of the mechanical works of an existing separator prototype to recommended design improvements
Process optimisation of solid separation processes with goal of reducing design costs and operational costs
Interact with other disciplines and vendors to ensure design accuracy
Contribute to reviews of vendor documentation and other discipline documents
Development of equipment specification sheets for internal review and vendor engagement
Create operating guidelines and start-up/commissioning procedure
Skills and qualifications you’ll need
Degree qualification in Mechanical engineering.
Good understanding of mechanical principles relevant to design, fabrication and commissioning of mechanical equipment
Understanding of mechanical vibration principles would be highly beneficial
Detail-oriented with demonstrated ability to incorporate mechanical requirements into equipment designs
Ability to look beyond the most obvious solution to provide engineering designs that are safe, practical, reliable, and cost effective
A learning mindset and interest in working under senior engineers to develop your engineering expertise, all while delivering solutions that meet design requirements and stakeholder expectations
A proactive attitude, with a willingness to get involved and learn by doing
Ability to communicate clearly in both verbal and written form
Ability to translate learnings from field work into actionable design and process changes
Basic knowledge of electrical systems
Qualities you’ll need to fit in well with the Sanergy-Stars
A collaborative spirit that drives you to help deliver results beyond your own work and your team
A desire to understand and serve customers
A willingness to embrace diversity, integrity, and empathy
An innovative approach to assessing and testing new ideas
Enthusiasm to achieve targets and improve yourself professionally
To Apply
To apply, please submit a cover letter clearly indicating your available start state, your resume/CV that includes a list of three referees here by 16th May, 2021.
Click Here To ApplyAbout Sanergy
Sanergy is an award-winning social venture based in Nairobi, Kenya. We undertake three exciting lines of work:
Operational since 2011, Sanergy serves over 140,000 urban residents with safe sanitation services every day. Sanergy collects and treats over 12,000T of waste per year, and successfully sells its agricultural end-products to farmers in over 20 counties in Kenya, who see improved yields and increased incomes. At the same time, we have built a team of over 400 employees from diverse backgrounds who solve diverse problems, but all embody the drive, creativity, teamwork, and passion that make us achieve our goals. For our work, we have been recognized by the Gates Foundation as one of the 2030 Sustainable Development Goals accelerator; by Fast Company as one of the 10 most innovative companies in the world doing social good and one of the 10 best companies in Africa, and the Food Planet Prize for our innovative circular economy approach.
About the role
The Customer Experience Associate will ensure that new customers are onboarded properly and provide support to Fresh Life Operators (FLOs). In particular, the Associate is expected to convert leads to opportunities and ensure continued support to FLOs run their Fresh Life Toilets (FLTs) successfully, ensure hygiene and cleanliness standards are well maintained, also ensure all cases are resolved on time. Additionally, the Associate will support network growth through securing referrals from existing customers and ensures the same network is sustained.
Duties and Responsibilities
Qualifications
Job Location
Kisumu
Application Deadline
10/05/2021
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.