Chemical / Mechanical Engineer

Hood Packaging Corporation•Montreal, QC

About The Position

Reporting to the Operations Manager, the Engineering & Continuous Improvement Coordinator is responsible for coordinating the technical group of processes. In support of process engineers, he follows and supports capital requests for process optimization. In collaboration with the Operations Manager, he establishes the needs and direction of the processes for the short and medium term in order to achieve objectives. He will instill a culture of continuous improvement using different methodologies by working closely with the process team.

Requirements

Management and technical know-how

Responsibilities

Coordination of the technical process team.
Ensure a high technical level of competency, by providing training and continuous improvement tools to the operations group.
Support the Operations Manager in achieving performance indicators for the various processes through statistical process control processes, through the implementation of continuous improvement methods.
Analyze performance and determine their capacity.
Participate in daily production meetings.
Identify recurring problem that leads to quality non-conformities and production losses.
Investigate and provide solutions following the identification of these problems.
Review the validity of NCR reports and provide support if required.
Identify opportunities to improve productivity in terms of start-up times and production speed.
Make time and motion studies.
Set up and execute reject reduction projects.
Support the organization with the introduction of new processes.
Participate in reviews of new technologies.
Establish the new critical parameters to be evaluated.
Improve the performance of existing products by proposing and supporting changes in manufacturing processes in order to reduce production costs.
Research new trends in the industry.
Develop links and identify the best suppliers of flexographic products in order to have access to the best technologies in our industry.
Make recommendations relating to equipment modifications and investments.
Revision of the CAPEX of the various projects.
Follow up on the new products in the different departments and discuss the problems encountered.
Support the organization with continuous improvement initiatives.
Perform capacity analyzes.