Project / Program Manager I

Aversan Inc.; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aversan Inc. in St-Laurent, Quebec, is seeking a Project/Program Manager to coordinate manufacturing and industrial logistics initiatives, ensuring health and safety rules are followed and risks are eliminated.

You will drive continuous improvement with Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, Design Thinking and Agile practices, manage budgets up to one million dollars, own the schedule, and collaborate with cross-functional resources. This on-site role is four days a week on-site with one remote day.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial.
• PMP/PMI-ACP certification (asset).
• Knowledge of logistics.
• Six Sigma Green Belt (asset).
• Lean manufacturing (5S) and project management are essential.
• Change management strategies in unionized environments and plant transformation experience are nice to have.

Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement using Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, Design Thinking and Agile concepts.
• Implement improvement projects from initiation to delivery and monitor progress.
• Assume responsibility for budgets up to 1 million dollars.
• Take ownership of project schedules.
• Invest in and replace obsolete machinery/equipment within manufacturing.
• Provide financial and technical justification for project definition and operation.
• Collaborate with resources across functions.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Project management

Strong communication

Six Sigma Green Belt (asset)

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field

Job description

Project/Program Manager

Aversan Inc. () is a trusted multi-service engineering and electronics manufacturing company. Aversan delivers leading-edge and reliable safety-critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace, defence, and space industries.

We are currently seeking a qualified Project/Program Manager to join our team. As an Industrial Project Manager / Continuous Improvement, you will use your project management skills to coordinate, plan, execute manufacturing and/or industrial logistics projects ensuring that health and safety rules are respected and that risks are eliminated.

Location:

St-Laurent, Quebec

Job Type:

On-site 4 days a week and 1 day remote

Responsibilities

• Promote a culture of continuous improvement by relying on problem-solving techniques as well as Kaizen, Six Sigma, Lean, Design Thinking and Agile concepts.


• Implement improvement-projects, define and monitor the evolution of your projects from initiation to delivery.


• Assume responsibility for the budget for large-scale projects of up to 1 million dollars.


• Take responsibility for the schedule.


• Be responsible for investing in and replacing obsolete machinery/equipment within manufacturing.


• Provide financial (Business) and technical justification for the definition and operation of the project.


• Work with resources.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or a related field.


• Minimum of 5 years of experience in industrial.


• Project management PMP, PMI-ACP certification (asset)


• Knowledge of logistics.


• Activities Six Sigma Certification Green Belt (asset)


• Top 3 must have skills: Lean manufacturing: 5S, Project Management and strong communication skills.


• Top 3 Nice to have skills: Knowledge of change, Management strategies already evolved in a unionized environment and experience in a plant transformation: improvement projects.