Manufacturing/Production IT Engineer
At
M-KOPA, We Finance Progress.
The scale and impact of our work is massive.
M-KOPA is a fast-growing FinTech company offering millions of underbanked
customers across Africa access to life-enhancing products and services. From
our roots as the pioneer in pay-as-you-go “PayGo’” solar energy for off-grid
homes, we have grown into one of the most advanced connected asset financing
platforms in the world, empowering a broad range of customers to achieve
progress in their lives.
About
this role
With over 2 million customers across multiple locations, M-KOPA is growing fast! From lights to phones and e-bikes we are powering progress through internet connected devices.
If you have commercial experience as IT Support
as well as in production/manufacturing robotics/CAD production, we want to hear
from you. This is a unique opportunity for you to be part of a brand-new role
in our IT technical department in Kenya.
As a manufacturing/production IT Engineer, you
will be part of our IT Systems department where you will be supporting our 40+
staff in M-KOPA’s local phone assembly plant. You will be responsible for
creating, implementing production robotic solutions to improve operational
performance, along with trouble shooting production machinery, thus supporting
and enhancing system’s capability. Ultimately the role would evolve under an IT
business partner lead to support critical processes within the production
supply team.
It is an on-site role in our local phone
assembly manufacturing site in Nairobi, Kenya. You will be reporting to the IT
System Manager.
You’re excited about this opportunity because:
- You
have experience delivering and leading IT services for Applications and
Software supporting robotic manufacturing and production; technical
consumer product experience would be highly beneficial
- Your
work will have a direct impact achieving our key goal – to increase our
phone sells figures and become even more competitive in the Kenyan market
- You
will work with various solution vendors to resolve issues, implement new
technologies and integrations
- You
will take ownership of your work, partnering with cross functional peers
to ensure work success
- In
your work you will provide first-class support to the assembly line,
supporting operations and personnel to guarantee maximum uptime including
like the following
- Ensure
proper SOPs are followed during the startup, shutdown and maintenance of
all IT/robotic-related assembly line equipment
- You
will plan with the manufacturing team the implementation of robotic
upgrades, maintenance and re-tooling requirements to maintain optimum
production
- Ensure
timely backups of all critical IT systems are taken, tested and properly
stored to guarantee minimum RTO and RPO
- Assistance
in general IT requirements as required
We’re excited about you because you have experience with:
- IT
support within the assembly line and exposure to IT Operations and
manufacturing environment
- Programmable
Logic Controllers (PLC) and Robotics in industrial network architectures
- PC
maintenance and in-depth understanding of IT/OT security requirements
- Design
and implementation of industrial networks including VLANs, switches,
routers, firewalls & ACLs
- Design,
implementation and administration of enterprise solutions such as VMware,
Windows Hyper-V, SQL Server, Windows server & desktop Operating
Systems, Active Directory and FTP servers
- Chinese
manufacturing methodologies and suppliers or you may speak Mandarin
- You
hold a diploma in IT, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering
What’s in it for you:
- Great
compensation package
- Equipment
provided – Laptop, Monitor, Mouse
- Private
health insurance (inpatient outpatient, maternity, eye care, and dental) –
- Group
Life Cover
- An
element of remote working may be available (dependent on the nature of the
role)
- Airtime
allowance (dependent on the nature of the role)
- WIFI
payment up to 5 Mbps monthly (dependent on the nature of the role)
- 21
days per annum (excluding public holidays). Annual leave is accrued at the
standard rate of 1.75 days per month
Diversity@M-KOPA
M-KOPA is an equal opportunity and affirmative
action employer committed to assembling a diverse, broadly trained staff.
Women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to
apply.
M-KOPA does not collect/charge any money as a
pre-employment or post-employment requirement. This means that we never ask for
‘recruitment fees’, ‘processing fees’, ‘interview fees’ or any other kind of
money in exchange for offer letters or interviews at any time during the hiring
process.
How to Apply
