Mechanical Technician
At Roam you have great autonomy to do the things you deem to be important. As a team we achieve a lot together making the world a cleaner and more sustainable place.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: Mechanical Technician
Department: Technical Department
Reporting to: Test & Validation Engineer
Mechanical Technician
About us
Roam is a technology company that develops, designs and deploys electric vehicles and energy systems tailored for the African continent, leading the transition to sustainable transport. We focus on designing and co-developing tailored products for the local use-case that unlocks mass-scale deployment to a completely untapped market.
About the role
We are looking for a Mechanical Technician who will work within the Electric Motorbikes Technical Team. You will be responsible for performing a variety of tasks related to the maintenance, repair, and installation of mechanical components in our motorbikes. This will include tasks such as inspecting, troubleshooting, and diagnosing mechanical issues, performing preventative maintenance on motorcycles, and repairing or replacing faulty parts. You will also be responsible for installing new components, as well as maintaining and updating automotive records and documentation. The ideal candidate must have at least 1 years working experience working in the Automotive Industry preferably working with Motorcycles.
Key Duties and responsibilities:
- Support engineers with fitment and build of vehicle mechanical systems by carrying out builds as per drawings or where necessary provide feedback on alternatives when issues arise.
- Provide timely feedback on product engineering and/or production processes concerning safety concerns, quality issues, performance observations etc.
- Ensure high quality standards throughout the vehicle build. Ensure required documentation is filled where required on updates done to the vehicle.
- Identify, create solutions, and resolve technical design conflicts collaboratively with Design Engineer, Production Engineer, Test Engineer and other mechanics and welders.
- Conduct regular and periodic end-to-end vehicle checks and fixes to ensure prototypes are performing to the necessary standard consistently.
- Resolve vehicle performance issues quickly and systematically to ensure a cost-effective and durable fix.
- Support or carry out vehicle or component testing as approved by Test and Validation Engineer.
- Ensure proper documentation and storage of forms, drawings, recorded test results are done and communicated to relevant test or design engineer
Qualifications
- Must have at least 1 years’ experience in the Automotive industry either dealing with Motorbikes
- Must have a relevant Certificate or Diploma in Automotive/ Electrical /Mechanical Engineering
Career Level: Entry Level
Location: Nairobi/ Kenya
Deadline: 24th February 2023
We aim to contact all our applicants, but due to high volumes of applications only shortlisted candidates are contacted. If you do not hear from us within two weeks your application has not been successful on this occasion. This does not mean you will not be considered for future roles so please keep an eye on our job board and apply for positions that match your skills and experience
- Department
- Technical Department
- Locations
- Roam Nairobi
Roam Nairobi
Workplace & culture
Roam is a high paced work environment with an ambitious vision of changing the world where it matters the most. If you're interested in a career where everyday is about creating real change, we’d love for you to get in touch.
About Roam
Roam was founded in 2017 just as electric mobility was taking off, when
electric cars were just arriving on our streets. Roam vision is to make
electric transport more accessible to a broader market by making the
technology more cost efficient and simplifying deployment. The company
focuses on all-electric conversion kits for fleet vehicles such as light
trucks, public transport and buses, as well as electric motorcycles and
energy systems. These focus areas have been chosen to maximize impact,
as these vehicles are some of the highest CO2 emitting vehicles on the
market and are largely an untapped opportunity. Therefore creating the
standard for electric mobility in Africa.
Mechanical Technician
At Roam you have great autonomy to do the things you deem to be important. As a team we achieve a lot together making the world a cleaner and more sustainable place.
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