Hydraulic Technician

Location: Banana, Kiambu
Career Level: Mid-level
Reports to: Head of Engineering
Salary: 35k

About TakaTaka Solutions
TakaTaka Solutions is a social enterprise and the largest waste management and recycling company in Kenya. We are fully vertically integrated and are active in: waste collection, sorting at material recovery facilities, composting of organic waste, buying materials from waste workers at dumpsites, plastic recycling and hazardous waste incineration. Our average recycling rate is 90%, which is one of the highest recycling rates in the world. We have been operating since 2011, manage more than 2,500 tons of waste every month and employ more than 500 staff. We also help more than 300 informal waste workers in the circular economy increase their income by at least 50%.

Summary of Role
We are looking for a hydraulic technician. Your role will be mainly to repair and maintain our plastic recycling machines, enabling us to achieve communicated targets.
Also you will implement new projects.

Responsibilities, in the hydraulic technician context:
•    Identify the problem
•    Identify the root of the problem
•    Identify the solution of the root of the problem and the problem
•    Implement the solution
•    Test the solution together with the operating team
•    Make plans of new projects and provide necessary material lists
•    Implement new projects

Specific duties and responsibilities:
    • Install and maintain hydraulic equipment
    • Diagnose problems with hydraulic balers and come up with solutions to repair them
    • Disassemble and repair hydraulic pumps, motors, and related parts such as valves, pipes,... .
    • Disassemble and repair water pumps
    • Change sealings and bearings of pumps and motors
    • Fit and assemble metal parts, tools or sub-assemblies, including welding or brazing parts
    • Cut, thread, bend and install hydraulic and pneumatic pipes and lines
    • Dismantle faulty tools and assemblies and repair or replace defective parts
    • Set up and/or operate hand and machine tools, welding equipment
    • Check accuracy and quality of finished parts, tools or sub-assemblies
    • Align and fit parts according to specifications, using jacks, turnbuckles, wedges, drift pins, pry bars, and hammers.
    • Hammer, chip, and grind work pieces in order to cut, bend, and straighten metal.
    • Lay out and examine metal stock or work pieces to be processed in order to ensure that specifications are met.
    • Locate and mark work piece bending and cutting lines, allowing for stock thickness, machine and welding shrinkage, and other component specifications.
    • Position, align, fit, and weld parts to form complete units or subunits, following blueprints and layout specifications, and using jigs, welding torches, and hand tools.
    • Position or tighten braces, jacks, clamps, ropes, and/or bolt straps, or bolt parts in position for welding or riveting.
    • Set up and operate fabricating machines such as brakes, rolls, shears, flame cutters, grinders, and drill presses to bend, cut, form, punch, drill, or otherwise form and assemble metal components.
    • Study engineering drawings and blueprints to determine materials requirements and task sequences.
    • Tack-weld fitted parts together.
    • Verify conformance of work pieces to specifications, using squares, rulers, and measuring tapes.
    • Design and construct templates and fixtures, using hand tools.

Qualifications
●    Diploma in engineering or hydraulic engineering
●    High level of precision and keen on details
●    Being able of complex thinking
●    Understanding the interconnections of an industrial process
●    Excellent communication and organizational skills
●    At least grade C+ at KPCE

Preferred start date
February 2023

To apply
Interested candidates should apply through Brighter Monday with their CV and a short cover letter explaining (a) how this opportunity fits into the candidate’s career goals and (b) what relevant executive support experience they have gained so far.