S Continuous Improvement Coordinator

Hood Packaging Corporation; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Hood Packaging Corporation is seeking an Engineering & Continuous Improvement Coordinator to lead the technical process team and collaborate with process engineers. The role involves supporting capital requests for process optimization and helping establish short- and medium-term process directions with a strong emphasis on continuous improvement.

You will work closely with the Operations Manager to drive performance indicators, identify productivity opportunities, and implement new processes or

Qualifications

• Ability to coordinate a technical process team and support process engineers.
• Experience in continuous improvement with focus on process optimization.
• Ability to analyze performance and implement CAPEX-related changes.
• Review NCR reports and support corrective actions as needed.
• Implement time and motion studies to improve productivity.
• Research industry trends to identify new technologies and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the technical process team and ensure competency through training and tools.
• Support capital requests for process optimization and review CAPEX implications.
• Collaborate with Operations Manager to set short- and medium-term process direction.
• Participate in daily production meetings and identify quality non-conformities and losses.
• Propose improvements to reduce costs and improve start-up times and production speed.
• Follow up on new products and participate in reviews of new technologies.

Skills

Team coordination

Training & coaching

Statistical process control

Process optimization

Time and motion studies

Capex awareness

Industry trend research

Job description

Bilingual Engineering & Continuous Improv Coordinator

Job Description

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.

Management and technical know-how

• 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.

Production support

• 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.

Processes

• 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.