Senior Manager - Manufacturing Engineering

CAE•Montreal, QC

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Our engineers are the technical visionaries behind our innovative solutions. Globally recognized for delivering cutting-edge systems, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate across functions, and lead advancements that shape our industry. Supported by a culture of flexibility, growth, and innovation, join us to create a lasting legacy in safety and simulation. This role is for individuals passionate about innovating manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance processes, as well as team management, seeking a work environment to tackle challenges, innovate, use cutting-edge tools, and collaborate with experts. As a Senior Service Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, you will be responsible for driving the execution and evolution of configuration, manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance processes for CAE’s plants located in Saint-Laurent. Your team will consist of department heads leading manufacturing engineering at CAE. You will have the opportunity to directly influence the future of technical processes within the plant, as well as the profitability of execution, reporting directly to the Director of Quality and Manufacturing Engineering. CAE's mission is to help make the world a safer place, driving innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness for nearly 80 years. The company leverages advanced technologies to empower customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably, encouraging bold ideas and collaboration.

Requirements

Engineering degree
Solid team management experience
Ability to quickly adapt to changes
Excellent communication skills in French and English
Strong decision-making leadership
Good technical knowledge to challenge existing processes and encourage continuous improvements
Experience in industrial and process innovation

Nice To Haves

Good mastery of continuous improvement concepts
Good experience managing execution teams
Ability to understand technical details when necessary
Good budget and schedule management skills
A results-oriented philosophy

Responsibilities

Supervise the achievements, budgets, execution, and improvement strategies of the following teams: Product Configuration, CNC Programming, Jigs and Tooling, Prototyping Center, Assembly Methods, Equipment and Machine Maintenance, Eng Support (ANDON)
Implement processes such as assembly instructions, “TPM” maintenance plans, new tooling and jigs, etc., to maximize profitability, resilience, and predictability of our operations
Collaborate with production managers, the planning and performance team, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as the industrialization project office to drive product and process innovation
Create and mentor the product configuration team to enable standardized manufacturing of our varied products, working closely with the product definition team, sales team, and hardware engineering team
Establish a structure for monitoring and controlling the collective and individual objectives of the manufacturing engineering department
Ensure the efficiency, resilience, and flexibility of the manufacturing engineering execution teams
Integrate execution tools with the systems used by the planning and performance team