Industrial Engineer

About the Company

Accelerating end-to-end manufacturing processes for one of our flagship products! Would you like to contribute to the development of a high-tech product, that's radically changing the world of printing? Would you like to get more involved with Lean Manufacturing and Continuous improvement? Then this might be the next step you are looking for!

About the Role

Your job as Industrial Engineer We are right in the middle of one of the greatest periods of change in the world of printing. Developing and manufacturing products with new innovations and technologies allowing people to print more customized with the reliability and quality of traditional mass print production.

Responsibilities

• The complexity, speed of innovations and time to market in combination with lean manufacturing concepts challenge you to improve and solve problems (hardly) never before encountered.
• You successfully translate innovations and technologies created by our R&D pioneers in The Netherlands, to successful and full-scale lean manufacturing operation at our production facilities.
• This involves implementing frequent and (still) ongoing design changes in an existing assembly line.
• In an early phase of development you are in close contact with R&D in order to implement Design for Assembly solutions and in order to incorporate Optimal Assembly Sequence and Superconcurrent Engineering as early as possible in the design of the new engines.
• Your inspiring personality and strong communication skills enable you to build and maintain relationships with your counterparts at the innovation centers and you liaise and engage with counterparts at the supply center in Germany as well.
• As a subject matter expert you make sure we grow and enhance our agile approach for capital goods by advanced Lean Manufacturing improvements throughout the full value chain.
• Effective and efficient manufacturing methods and processes are crucial in your operation resulting in a cost effective and accelerated production at our supply centers.
• Furthermore you make use of your strong analytical skills and pragmatic process mindset to identify and implement improvement opportunities in current assembly lines ensuring outstanding product quality, optimal flow, short assembly lead times and 'short time to market'.
• In this position, based in Venlo, the Netherlands, you report directly to the Manufacturing Manager.
• The department Manufacturing is responsible for the manufacturing and in time delivery of 'best-in-class' high mix low volume Canon Production Printing products within the Canon Organization.
• Challenges within the Manufacturing organization are enhancing the Lean philosophy, improving and growing the industrialization (methods) for high mix - low volume products.
• Industrial engineering is the spider in the web who reviews and influences the design well before start of production and who also designs and continuously improves the production line using lean principles.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Masters degree, preferably in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering or comparable
• About 3-7 years work experience in a relevant role within a production/assembly environment

Required Skills

• Strong affinity for IT, and excellent project management skills. Siemens TCUA experience is a nice benefit
• Strong process focus
• Ambitious and driven to achieve results, decisive
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English. Profound knowledge of Dutch is highly advantageous
• Permissioned to work in the Netherlands, no relocation needed