Job Title: Fabrication Engineer
Organisation: Soleil Power
Duty Station: Wakiso, Uganda
About Organisation:
Soleil Power is East Africa’s first diversified, production-scale lithium-ion battery assembly plant, headquartered and manufactured in Kampala, Uganda. Founded in 2022 by a veteran solar engineering firm, the company designs and builds advanced energy storage systems (ESS) and electric vehicle (EV) battery packs tailored for the African continent..
Job Summary: The Fabrication Engineer will be responsible for leading and supporting fabrication activities for metal components, enclosures, battery cases, cabinets, mounting structures, and related fabricated products. The role requires hands-on experience with CNC fabrication machinery, including press brakes and laser cutters, as well as practical welding knowledge and the ability to guide a small team of fabrication technicians. This is a practical engineering role requiring both technical execution and day-to-day supervision of fabrication work.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead and participate in cutting, bending, welding, drilling, grinding, finishing, and assembly of metal components.
- Operate and supervise the use of fabrication equipment, including CNC press brake, CNC fiber laser cutter, welding machines, grinders, drill press, pressfit machine and other workshop tools.
- Create, edit, and interpret engineering drawings, CAD files, bend drawings, flat patterns, and fabrication specifications.
- Ensure fabricated parts meet dimensional, structural, and finishing requirements.
CNC Machine Operation and Programming Support
- Set up and operate CNC fabrication machines, especially press brake and laser cutting equipment.
- Prepare or review machine parameters, including bend angles, bend allowance, tooling selection, cutting parameters, nesting, and material settings.
- Troubleshoot basic machine operation issues and coordinate with maintenance or manufacturer’s technical support where required.
- Ensure CNC machines are operated safely, correctly, and efficiently by trained personnel.
Welding and Metal Joining
- Apply and supervise appropriate welding techniques for mild steel, stainless steel, aluminum, and other relevant materials where applicable.
- Ensure weld quality, strength, alignment, and appearance meet product requirements.
- Identify and correct common welding defects such as poor penetration, distortion, porosity, undercutting, and misalignment
- Guide technicians on correct welding preparation, fit-up, clamping, heat control, grinding, and finishing.
Team Supervision
- Supervise a small team of fabrication technicians and allocate daily work assignments.
- Provide hands-on technical guidance, coaching, and quality oversight to fabrication staff.
- Monitor technician performance, workmanship, safety discipline, and productivity.
- Support training of junior technicians in machine operation, welding, measurement, drawing interpretation, and workshop safety.
- Coordinate with the Production Supervisor to ensure fabrication work aligns with production schedules and priorities.
Quality Control and Inspection
- Inspect fabricated components against drawings, tolerances, fitment requirements, and quality standards.
- Identify fabrication defects and ensure corrective action before parts move to assembly, powder coating, or final production.
- Maintain accurate records of nonconformities, rework, scrap, and quality issues where required.
- Work with Engineering and Production to improve designs for manufacturability, strength, accuracy, and ease of assembly.
Equipment Care and Maintenance
- Ensure fabrication equipment is cleaned, maintained, and used in accordance with maintenance plans and operating procedures.
- Conduct basic preventive maintenance checks on CNC machines, welding equipment, air compressors, hand tools, and workshop equipment.
- Report equipment malfunctions, tooling damage, abnormal machine behavior, or maintenance needs promptly.
- Maintain proper organization of tools, consumables, welding accessories, fixtures, dies, lenses, nozzles, and machine spares.
- Support safe storage and handling of metal sheets, profiles, welding gases, consumables, and fabricated parts.
Production Coordination and Continuous Improvement
- Coordinate with Engineering, Production, Assembly, and Quality teams to resolve fabrication-related issues.
- Support prototype fabrication, product improvement, and design validation activities.
- Recommend process improvements to improve quality, reduce waste, improve repeatability, and increase workshop efficiency.
- Help develop standard fabrication procedures, machine settings, jigs, fixtures, templates, and work instructions.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
Required
- Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Welding and Fabrication, or a related technical field, or equivalent in working experience.
- Minimum of 5 years of practical fabrication experience.
- Hands-on experience operating CNC fabrication equipment, especially press brake and laser cutting machines.
- Experience with CAD/CAM workflows, flat pattern preparation, nesting software, and CNC programming.
- Strong practical knowledge of welding techniques and metal fabrication processes.
- Experience with mild steel sheet metal parts and fabrication.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, fabrication drawings, dimensions, tolerances, and technical specifications.
- Ability to work with CAD software, specifically including Solid works.
- Experience supervising or guiding technicians, apprentices, or workshop staff.
- Strong understanding of workshop safety and fabrication quality control.
Preferred
- Experience with battery enclosures, electrical cabinets, sheet metal fabrication, industrial frames, or precision metal products.
- Experience with stainless steel and aluminum fabrication.
- Basic knowledge of powder coating preparation, surface finishing, and enclosure assembly.
- Familiarity with ISO 9001 quality systems or structured production environments.
- CNC press brake and laser cutter setup and operation.
- Welding, cutting, bending, drilling, grinding, and finishing.
- Sheet metal layout and fabrication.
- Reading engineering drawings and CAD outputs.
- Measuring, inspection, and dimensional verification.
- Machine setup, tooling selection, and basic troubleshooting.
- Fabrication process planning and workflow organization.
- Basic equipment maintenance and fault reporting.
Soft Skills
- Strong attention to detail and quality.
- Practical problem-solving ability.
- Ability to supervise and train junior technicians.
- Good communication with production and engineering teams.
- Ability to work under production deadlines.
- Strong safety discipline.
- Hands-on leadership style.
- High work ethic and accountability.
Physical Requirements
- Ability to stand for extended periods in a workshop environment.
- Ability to lift and move metal materials and fabricated parts safely.
- Manual dexterity and precision when using tools and machines.
- Ability to work around fabrication noise, heat, sparks, fumes, and machinery while using appropriate PPE.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and Interested applicants should send their updated CVs via Email to: mercy@soleilpower.ug
Deadline: 16th July 2026
NB: Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted.
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Level of Education: bachelor degree
Work Hours: 8
Experience in Months:60