Manufacturing Engineer and LEAN Manager

4 weeks ago

Ottawa, United States Kalmar Full time

Kalmar keeps global trade moving. Our innovative solutions contribute to every fourth container movement in the world and help transform the future of cargo handling. We believe in collaboration, delivering on our promises and that people make the difference.


Purpose of Position:

To secure the best design of production layouts and processes that increase productivity, eliminate wastefulness and reduce costs while maintaining quality standards within an organization.

To lead the Plant Industrial engineering and be part of the plant management team. This role is responsible for all industrial engineering and lean activities on the Ottawa Kalmar facility, Industrial CapEx, Daily operations support, NPD, New technologies adaptation, site long term strategy plan, etc..

The objective of this role is to act as a Lean expert and to support the establishment of a problem solving and continuous improvement culture in the Ottawa Kalmar plant through the development of people and processes.


Key Accountabilities:

  • Develops and secures execution of strategy for Assembly processes, Industry 4.0, Investments, Industrial footprint Lay-out, NPD, etc…
  • Responsible for all Budget on industrial projects and CapEx plan for operations (Industrial expansion, processes improvements and new technology introduction).
  • Secures IE team competence development and long-term structure and needs (coaching and development with ownership of Std process within IE).
  • Collaborates with the technology organization to ensure manufacturing requirements and design-for-assembly are embedded in the strategic product and technology portfolio and new product development process
  • Ensure best practices relating to Industrial Engineering process and technologies within the site are captured, shared and where applicable re-used to benefit the whole of Operations and the company.
  • Strengthen focus on competitive Quality Delivery Cost deliverables in new product(model) and new processes development.
  • Secure Facility and all other assembly equipment and tooling are always functional and optimized to support organization strategies.
  • Securing all previous responsibilities is supporting lean philosophy.
  • Coaching CI Activity (Kaizen, Problem solving, …) and the Culture change.
  • Coordinate the development of the CI Road Maps for the Plant with the site Management Team.
  • Develop the Lean mindset and knowledge through Continuous Improvement Activities



Position Requirements:

Education

A university degree in an Engineering discipline is required.


Experience

A minimum of 10 years work experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive or logistic working as Lean Coach

Demonstrated subject matter expertise and successful transformation in Lean

Experience of applying lean in non-manufacturing settings (NPD, Sales, etc) is a plus

Ideally, candidate will also have additional experience in other manufacturing roles


Competencies

Hands-on

Process & system thinker

Energy, drive, determination

Results focus

Good communicator (Within all levels in the organization)

Pragmatic

Proactive

Collaborator, team player

Has a critical eye

Seeks the facts through Gemba approach

Challenges the status quo


Working together with:

Plant leadership team and all other functions within the site.


You will be part of:

Kalmar is part of a global organization with over 12,000 employees worldwide- We have a very talented and diverse workforce focused on equity & inclusion.

A team who is fully committed to strengthening our market leadership position by focusing on continuous improvement initiatives and innovation of our processes.


Interested in joining the Kalmar Team?

Please submit your resume/CV to be considered


Kalmar

Kalmar is the global leader in sustainable cargo handling for ports, terminals, distribution centres and heavy industry. With our extensive electric portfolio and global service network, we help our customers move towards safer, more eco-efficient and productive operations. Together, we develop innovative solutions that shape the future of our industry, improving our customers’ every move.

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