Industrial Engineer

Canon Production Printing GmbH & Co; Venlo; Hybride; EUR 56 000 - 81 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Hybrid working for a healthy work‑life

13th month bonus

Continuous training opportunities

Laptop and smartphone

Lease (e-)bike plan

Résumé du poste

Canon Production Printing, based in Venlo, NL, is seeking a driven engineer to advance Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement across our capital goods production lines. You will translate R&D innovations into scalable manufacturing processes while coordinating with German supply centres.

You will work in a hybrid setup, liaising with R&D and production teams to optimize assembly sequences, reduce lead times, and ensure high product quality in a dynamic high-tech environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor or Masters degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or comparable.
• About 3-7 years work experience in a relevant role within a production/assembly environment.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English. Profound knowledge of Dutch is highly advantageous.
• Permissioned to work in the Netherlands, no relocation needed.

Responsabilités

• Lead Lean Manufacturing improvements and agile approaches for capital goods across the value chain.
• Collaborate with R&D in The Netherlands and with supply centres in Germany to implement DFx and optimal assembly sequences.
• Design and implement improvements to existing assembly lines to shorten lead times and improve product quality.
• Translate innovations from R&D into full-scale lean manufacturing operations at production facilities.

Connaissances

Project management

Digital technologies / IT / AI

Process focus

English communication & presentation

Dutch language knowledge (advantageous

Experience in production/assembly

Formation

Bachelor or Master in Electrical/Mechanical or comparable

Description du poste

Accelerating end-to-end manufacturing processes for one of our flagship products!

Would you like to contribute to the development of a hightech 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!

What you’ll do
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.

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 centre 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 centres. 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, mixed model production concepts and ‘short time to market’.

In this position, based in Venlo, the Netherlands, you report directly to the Manufacturing Manager.

Who you’ll work with
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 industrialisation (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 an continuously improves the production line using lean principles.

What you bring
We are looking for someone ambitious and driven to achieve resultsts. You are decisive and with your outstanding interpersonal skills you gain acceptance and achieve successful delivery. Furthermore, you recognise yourself in the following job requirements:

• Bachelor or Masters degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or comparable
• About 3-7 years work experience in a relevant role within a production/assembly environment
• Strong affinity for IT, and excellent project management skills
• You have an affinity with digital technologies, IT and AI, and are curious about how these developments can contribute to engineering, manufacturing and process improvement
• 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

What You’ll Get From Us
We offer you a challenging job where you collaborate with interdisciplinary and cross‐functional teams throughout the value chain and the organisation, and deliver direct impact on the way we assembly and manufacture our products. A unique opportunity to enhance world class manufacturing for new products in which the rules have yet to be fully defined. Furthermore we challenge you to develop and enhance a performance driven mindset for a best in class organisation.

Besides a challenging working environment, scope for personal and professional development you will receive an interesting package of employment conditions;

• Acompetitive salary (range €5.000- €7.250 gross per month)
• 13th month bonus (8.6%) until end of 2026 paid either monthly or yearly. As of 1 January 2027 the 13th-month bonus will be discontinued, which means that as of that date the 13th-month bonus will be fully converted to the (scale) salary.
• Holiday allowance (8%)
• Commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work‑life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high‑tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high‑quality solutions that add colour to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei living and working together for the common good our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.
With our company values collaboration, innovation and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.
Further information about Canon Production Printing is available at cpp.canon .