Tooling Technician
BURN Manufacturing
Ruiru, Kenya
Posted on Jun 2, 2026
About the role
Burn is looking for a Tooling Technician who will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and manufacture of sheet metal stamping tools, jigs, and fixtures to support efficient production operations.
The role plays a key part in minimizing downtime, improving tooling performance, and ensuring all tooling activities are carried out safely, cost-effectively, and to the highest quality standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).
Burn is looking for a Tooling Technician who will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and manufacture of sheet metal stamping tools, jigs, and fixtures to support efficient production operations.
The role plays a key part in minimizing downtime, improving tooling performance, and ensuring all tooling activities are carried out safely, cost-effectively, and to the highest quality standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Repair and maintain sheet metal stamping tools, jigs, and assembly fixtures.
- Carry out Planned Preventive Maintenance
- Attend breakdowns, identify faults, and problem-solve at the press with minimal downtime to aid production.
- Report breakdown of root causes, equipment faults, and management concerns.
- Ensure all work is undertaken to a high-quality standard and adheres to all quality standard regulations.
- Identify spare requirements and maintain inventory levels.
- Take ownership of a smaller, less complex specific tool suite to develop and maintain performance with minimal supervision.
- Manufacture new press tooling, jigs, and fixtures to support production activity.
- Record all relevant data about tooling and record on the Tool Room database.
- Understand and operate within basic cost/budget measures for tooling.
- Work within the 5S (Sort, Set in Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) methodology to maintain the workplace to a high standard.
- Ability to operate mechanical workshop machines – Lathe, milling and surface grinder.
- Excellent hands-on skills in using hand tools and bench fitting.
- Strong understanding of machining processes and materials.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
- Sound knowledge of Sheet metal tools manufacturing process.
- Action-oriented
- Mechanical aptitude and ability to troubleshoot and repair mechanical issues.
- Well organized.
- Works well in a team.
BURN does not charge a fee at any stage of the recruitment process (application, interview, meeting, processing, training, or any other fees).
