Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement engineer

Position Number : mm3860e-006

Corporate presentation

Based in the Montreal city area

Our client, a company specialising in the development, design and manufacturing of sound-proof Powerlift partitions is presently searching for a Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement engineer.

Nature of position

Under the supervision of the Senior Vice President of Operations you will have as a mandate to ensure the development, the application and the management of the Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement Process using the usual continuous Improvement Techniques (5S, Kaizen, 6 sigma, SMED, JIT, etc.). In addition, you will participate in the management of different projects in the plant (addition or modification of new equipments). You will see to:

• Manage, develop and maintain the continuous improvement program using Lean Manufacturing tools;
• Plan, implement and optimize the manufacturing processes with the plant manager and the department’s supervisors (Purchasing, Human Resources, R & D and others);
• Realise the analysis of the unit cost and recommend the measures to ensure and maximize the cost savings;
• Realise an action plan on the measures to be implemented with specific targets to obtain;
• Act as a motivator and facilitator with the production and plant workers to ensure target’s aims;
• Participate in the development of a training process and train the operational workers;
• Realise the follow-up of the improvements made and compare with the targets;
• Animate the work teams and the feedback groups;
• Participate to the management of different investment projects (technical specifications, layouts, installations and modifications of equipment, etc.).

Required qualification

• Bachelor degree in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering or equivalent;
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience;
• Mastered the Lean Manufacturing tools;
• Good experience in project management, continuous improvement process and problem solving process;
• Functional bilingualism (English and French);
• Member of l'Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec;
• Experience in the manufacturing sector.

Salary and condition

Salary and conditions according to campany' policy and candidate's experience.