Factory Crew Lead /Supervisor at Sanergy

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 franchised micro-entrepreneurs, who operate low-cost, high-quality waterless sanitation facilities – called Fresh Life Toilets. We provide critical support services – such as access to finance, business analytics, training, and marketing. We collect the waste regularly and safely remove it from the community. We convert the waste into valuable end products, such as organic fertilizer, insect-based animal feed, and renewable energy. Finally, we sell the end products to Kenyan farms under the brand name Farm Star.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Follow weekly shift plans and daily set production schedules to execute all assigned tasks as per the work instructions
• Performing Autonomous Maintenance tasks on the assigned equipment. These are industrial filling machines, greenhouses, motors, chain-belts, hoppers
• Attend scrum meetings and other sessions called by the line manager to discuss and resolve work challenges
• Lead scrum meetings in your sections
• Proactively propose to your supervisor possible solutions to challenges affecting productivity, quality, health & safety in your work area
• Lead workmen at your section to resolve agreed issues
• Actively support and be involved in maintenance activities related to equipment in your assigned factory section
• Meet biweekly with your line manager to review and set expectations for your performance
• Meet biweekly with your reports to review and the set expectations for their performance
• Report your sections performance against set production schedules to your supervisor on a daily basis on the established platforms
• Training new or existing operators on equipment operations and execution of daily tasks
• Work with other section supervisors to ensure that processes run in sync as per the production schedule
• Lead your teammates in your section to execute daily production schedules
• Attend and actively participate in all team meetings
• Maintain effective working relationships by treating your colleagues with respect
• Resolve misunderstandings and report unresolved issues with suggestions to your Supervisor or talent partner
• Have cordial interactions with the community as you do your work
• Report any complaints or concerns raised by existing customers or any other member of the community
• Adhere to set shift plans and work orders
• Proactively ask or seek clarification from your Supervisor on any areas of work that are unclear
• Openly share ideas during scrum and team meetings on how current processes can be improved
• Participate in new improvements initiatives as assigned by your supervisor
• Use resources assigned to you sparingly as per the resource plan shared by your Supervisor
• Use and handle assigned company assets as per set policy
• Conduct scheduled Gemba/factory walks in your area/section to identify opportunities for process improvement
• Coach fellow workmen and support them to understand the process and equip them to detect and/or challenges/variances in the line of their day-to-day duties

Qualifications

• Experience in leading line staff/factory staff (2 years)
• At least 2 years experience in the operation of factory machinery with motors and hydraulic systems
• Diploma or degree in a technical field or biological science-related discipline