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.
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 Intern 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
- 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
- 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
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