Category: Kalmar

Facility: Operations / Assembly

Location:

Ottawa, KS, US

Manufacturing Engineer and Lean Manager

Kalmar is moving goods in critical supply chains around the world, with the vision to be the forerunner in sustainable material handling equipment and services.

Purpose of the position

To secure the best design of production layouts and processes that increase productivity, eliminate wastefulness and reduce costs while maintaining quality standards within an organization.

To lead the Plant Industrial engineering and be part of the plant management team. This role is responsible for all industrial engineering and lean activities on the Ottawa Kalmar facility, Industrial CapEx, Daily operations support, NPD, New technologies adaptation, site long term strategy plan, etc..

The objective of this role is to act as a Lean expert and to support the establishment of a problem solving and continuous improvement culture in the Ottawa Kalmar plant through the development of people and processes.

Main tasks and responsibilities

​​​​​​-Develops and secures execution of strategy for Assembly processes, Industry 4.0, Investments, Industrial footprint Lay-out, NPD, etc…

-Responsible for all Budget on industrial projects and CapEx plan for operations (Industrial expansion, processes improvements and new technology introduction).

-Secures IE team competence development and long-term structure and needs (coaching and development with ownership of Std process within IE).

-Collaborates with the technology organization to ensure manufacturing requirements and design-for-assembly are embedded in the strategic product and technology portfolio and new product development process

-Ensure best practices relating to Industrial Engineering process and technologies within the site are captured, shared and where applicable re-used to benefit the whole of Operations and the company.

-Strengthen focus on competitive Quality Delivery Cost deliverables in new product(model) and new processes development.

-Secure Facility and all other assembly equipment and tooling are always functional and optimized to support organization strategies.

-Securing all previous responsibilities is supporting lean philosophy.

-Coaching CI Activity (Kaizen, Problem solving, …) and the Culture change.

-Coordinate the development of the CI Road Maps for the Plant with the site Management Team.

-Develop the Lean mindset and knowledge through Continuous Improvement Activities

What you’ll need to succeed

Education

-A university degree in an Engineering discipline is required.

Experience

-A minimum of 10 years work experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably automotive or logistic working as Lean Coach

-Demonstrated subject matter expertise and successful transformation in Lean

-Experience of applying lean in non-manufacturing settings (NPD, Sales, etc) is a plus

Ideally, candidate will also have additional experience in other manufacturing roles

Competencies

Hands-on

Process & system thinker

Energy, drive, determination

Results focus

Good communicator (Within all levels in the organization)

Pragmatic

Proactive

Collaborator, team player

Has a critical eye

Seeks the facts through Gemba approach

Challenges the status quo

You will be part of

Kalmar currently employs more than 4,800 professionals worldwide. One of our most important values is: We do it together. We value team skills, as well as innovativeness, customer orientation, and a willingness to commit to continuous improvement. We work closely with our customers and partners - across language, cultural, and professional borders. We see diversity as a common strength and valuable resource for Kalmar’s future

Interested to join?

Please submit your resume/CV today!

Kalmar (Nasdaq Helsinki: KALMAR) offers a wide range of industry shaping heavy material handling equipment and services to ports and terminals, distribution centres, manufacturing and heavy logistics. Headquartered in Helsinki, Finland, Kalmar operates globally in over 120 countries and employs approximately 5,000 people. In 2023, the company's sales on a carve-out basis totalled approximately EUR 2.0 billion.

www.kalmarglobal.com