{"id":3517250,"url":"https://alion.io/job/burn-welding-technician","title":"Welding Technician","company":{"id":4472010,"name":"BURN","domain":null,"url":"https://alion.io/company/burn-4","size_band":null,"is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":null,"truth_index":null},"role":"Field & Service","role_family":"Field & Service","seniority":null,"employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Nairobi, Kenya"],"countries":["KE"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":5500,"max_usd":13500,"period":"year","method":null,"sample_n":35458},"experience_years_min":null,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","employer_posted_date":null,"last_verified_at":"2026-10-22T00:00:00Z","board_verified":false,"closed_at":null,"days_open":11,"trust":{"level":"not_scored","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":11},"description":"Burn is looking for a Welding Technician who will be responsible for executing high-quality welding on stove components, ensuring accuracy, structural integrity, and adherence to production standards. The role also supports production efficiency by collaborating with engineering and operations teams, maintaining safety compliance, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.\n\nDuties and Responsibilities\n\nTop Ring Welding\n\nPerform top ring welding in accordance with approved drawings and specifications, ensuring proper alignment, dimensional accuracy, defined weld patterns, minimal distortion, and required post-weld finishing.\n\nMetal Frame Welding\n\nWeld institutional stove metal frames as per design drawings, ensuring squareness, flatness, structural integrity, proper joint preparation, and consistent weld quality.\n\nAutomation & Machine support\n\nDemonstrate a strong willingness to learn and support automated welding processes by assisting in machine commissioning, set up trials, and troubleshooting during ramp-up and production.\n\nCollaborate with engineering and maintenance teams to optimize welding parameters, fixtures, cycle times and ensure stable output, including changeovers and basic adjustments.\n\nTools, Equipment, Materials and Team Support\n\nOperate MIG, ARC or TIG welding equipment as applicable, using jigs, fxtures and gauges to ensure dimensional accuracy while handling raw materials and finished components carefully to prevent damage\n\nSupport training of casual team members, assist in the development and improvement of jigs and fixtures and supervise the team as required to ensure safe and efficient operations.\n\nOperations & Performance\n\nCoordinate with production, quality and engineering teams to address issues and report design, fit up or process concerns. Ensure dimensional accuracy, zero or minimal rework due to welding defects and timely completion of work in line with the production schedule.\n\nSafety and compliance\n\nOperate MIG, ARC or TIG welding equipment using approved procedures, fixtures, gauges and required PPE, while adhering to shop floor safety rules, welding safety standards, and electrical and fire safety requirements. Maintain a clean, organized work area and handle materials and components carefully to prevent damage.\n\nSkills and Experience\n\nMinimum of 2–4 years’ experience in welding or metal fabrication (preferably in a manufacturing setting)\n\nPrior experience in stove manufacturing, sheet metal work, or similar industries is an added advantage.\n\nProven hands-on experience with MIG, TIG, and ARC welding in a manufacturing or fabrication environment\n\nAbility to read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, and welding symbols accurately\n\nStrong understanding of welding techniques, metallurgy, and material properties (especially mild steel and stainless steel)\n\nExperience with jigs, fixtures, and gauges.\n\n Burn is looking for a Welding Technician who will be responsible for executing high-quality welding on stove components, ensuring accuracy, structural integrity, and adherence to production standards. The role also supports production efficiency by collaborating with engineering and operations teams, maintaining safety compliance, and contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.\n\nDuties and Responsibilities\n\nTop Ring Welding\n\nPerform top ring welding in accordance with approved drawings and specifications, ensuring proper alignment, dimensional accuracy, defined weld patterns, minimal distortion, and required post-weld finishing.\n\nMetal Frame Welding\n\nWeld institutional stove metal frames as per design drawings, ensuring squareness, flatness, structural integrity, proper joint preparation, and consistent weld quality.\n\nAutomation & Machine support\n\nDemonstrate a strong willingness to learn and support automated welding processes by assisting in machine commissioning, set up trials, and troubleshooting during ramp-up and production.\n\nCollaborate with engineering and maintenance teams to optimize welding parameters, fixtures, cycle times and ensure stable output, including changeovers and basic adjustments.\n\nTools, Equipment, Materials and Team Support\n\nOperate MIG, ARC or TIG welding equipment as applicable, using jigs, fxtures and gauges to ensure dimensional accuracy while handling raw materials and finished components carefully to prevent damage\n\nSupport training of casual team members, assist in the development and improvement of jigs and fixtures and supervise the team as required to ensure safe and efficient operations.\n\nOperations & Performance\n\nCoordinate with production, quality and engineering teams to address issues and report design, fit up or process concerns. Ensure dimensional accuracy, zero or minimal rework due to welding defects and timely completion of work in line with the production schedule.\n\nSafety and compliance\n\nOperate MIG, ARC or TIG welding equipment using approved procedures, fixtures, gauges and required PPE, while adhering to shop floor safety rules, welding safety standards, and electrical and fire safety requirements. Maintain a clean, organized work area and handle materials and components carefully to prevent damage.\n\nSkills and Experience\n\nMinimum of 2–4 years’ experience in welding or metal fabrication (preferably in a manufacturing setting)\n\nPrior experience in stove manufacturing, sheet metal work, or similar industries is an added advantage.\n\nProven hands-on experience with MIG, TIG, and ARC welding in a manufacturing or fabrication environment\n\nAbility to read and interpret technical drawings, blueprints, and welding symbols accurately\n\nStrong understanding of welding techniques, metallurgy, and material properties (especially mild steel and stainless steel)\n\nExperience with jigs, fixtures, and gauges.","description_format":"text","description_chars":5803,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":null,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":null,"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":[],"hiring_locations":[],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Natural Resources"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-10-30T10:39:24Z"}],"visa":[],"liveness":{"score":78,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.865,"p_room":0.9,"age_days":11,"expected_fill_days":24,"reasons":["seen:11","velocity","win:mid"],"computed_at":"2026-11-02T06:13:15Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/burn-welding-technician","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/burn-welding-technician.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-11-02T20:57:12Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","about":"Alion is a live layer of people, companies and AI agents: who they are, whether they are real and active right now, what they do and how to work with them, readable by people and by agents and paid per call.","catalog":"https://alion.io/catalog.json","usage":{"tier":"crawler_verified","counted_by":"address","units_charged":1,"used_today":29310,"day_limit":null,"remaining_today":null,"minute_limit":300,"resets_at":"2026-11-03T00:00:00Z"}},"offers":[{"id":"company.slices","title":"One company in depth, by slice","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002,"plus_per_slice":{"credits":0.05,"usd":0.005}},"unit":"per company, plus each slice with data","note":"the employer in depth","call":{"mcp_tool":"get_company","arguments":{"id":4472010},"rest":"https://alion.io/mcp/rest/get_company?id=4472010"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.slices&for=job%2Fburn-welding-technician"},{"id":"market.stats","title":"A market slice: pay, demand and time to fill","status":"live","price":{"credits":1,"usd":0.1},"unit":"per slice","note":"pay, demand and time to fill for this role and place","call":{"mcp_tool":"market_stats"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=market.stats&for=job%2Fburn-welding-technician"},{"id":"job.search","title":"Open jobs by role, technology, place, pay and visa","status":"live","price":{"credits":0.02,"usd":0.002},"unit":"per posting in a list","note":"similar open postings","call":{"mcp_tool":"search_jobs"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=job.search&for=job%2Fburn-welding-technician"},{"id":"company.verify","title":"Is this company real and active right now","status":"pilot","price":null,"unit":"per company","request":{"url":"https://alion.io/catalog/request","method":"POST","body":"{\"offer\": \"company.verify\", \"for\": \"job/burn-welding-technician\", \"note\": \"what you need it for\"}"},"human":"https://alion.io/catalog?offer=company.verify&for=job%2Fburn-welding-technician"}],"agent":{"mcp":"https://alion.io/mcp/jobs","mcp_open":"https://alion.io/mcp/open","next":[{"tool":"get_job","arguments":{"id":3517250}},{"tool":"search_jobs","arguments":{"company":4472010,"detail":"compact"}},{"tool":"match_people","arguments":{"job_id":3517250},"note":"people open to offers who fit this vacancy"}],"note":"The same data through MCP tools: https://alion.io/mcp/open needs no sign-in (compact searches, postings, people); https://alion.io/mcp with an Alion account has everything. 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