Continous Imrovement Engineer
- Calgary, AB, Canada
Full-time
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- Job type
- Full-time
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- Experience
- Minimum 3 years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
Position Description
The Continuous Improvement Engineer will play a critical role in driving operational excellence across manufacturing and service operations. This position focuses on identifying inefficiencies, implementing Lean methodologies, and supporting strategic initiatives that enhance productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction. The ideal candidate is a proactive problem-solver with strong analytical skills and experience in process optimization within manufacturing.
Key Responsibilities
- Analyze and improve operational processes to enhance throughput, reduce waste, and optimize resources utilization.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective action initiatives for production and logistics issues.
- Support the deployment of Lean, Six Sigma, and continuous improvement methodologies.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Facilities, IT, Logistics, and Operations to implement scalable solutions.
- Develop and maintain standard work, process documentation, and training materials.
- Utilize data analytics tools to monitor performance metrics and identify improvement opportunities.
- Participate in new equipment installations, layout planning, and capacity modeling.
- Ensure compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
- Other job duties as assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering or a related field.
- Minimum 3 years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment.
- Proficiency in process mapping, time studies, and data analysis.
- Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma principles.
- Strong communication and project coordination skills.
- Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Proficiency in Microsoft office package tools including Power Apps and Power Bi
More about this job
Responsibilities
Analyze and improve manufacturing and service processes to increase throughput, reduce waste, optimize resources, and address production or logistics issues. Support Lean and Six Sigma initiatives, collaborate across functions, maintain process documentation, analyze performance data, and contribute to equipment installations, layout planning, and capacity modeling while ensuring compliance with safety, environmental, and quality standards.
Requirements
Requires a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field, and at least three years of experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment. Candidates should have proficiency in process mapping, time studies, and data analysis; working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma; strong communication and project coordination skills; and proficiency with Microsoft Office, including Power Apps and Power BI.
Skills
- Process Optimization
- Root Cause Analysis
- Corrective Action
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Process Mapping
- Time Studies
- Data Analysis
- Operational Excellence
- Project Coordination
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Standard Work Documentation
- Performance Metrics
- Capacity Modeling
- Microsoft Power Apps
- Microsoft Power BI
Benefits
- Paid Vacation
- Short-Term Disability
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
Visa sponsorship
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Categories
- Engineering
- Manufacturing
- Management & Leadership
- Data & Analytics
- Logistics
Keywords
- Continuous Improvement
- Manufacturing
- Service Operations
- Operational Excellence
- Process Optimization
- Throughput
- Waste Reduction
- Resource Utilization
- Root Cause Analysis
- Corrective Action
- Lean Manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- Process Mapping
- Time Studies
- Data Analysis
- Process Documentation
- Standard Work
- Training Materials
- Performance Metrics
- Facilities
- Information Technology
- Logistics
- Operations
- Equipment Installation
- Layout Planning
- Capacity Modeling
- Safety Standards
- Environmental Standards
- Quality Standards
- Microsoft Power Apps