Continuous Improvement Specialist

3 weeks ago

PointeClaire Quebec HV, Montréal, Canada Andritz Hydro Canada inc. Full time

Summary of the role

We are seeking a Continuous Improvement Specialist to join our team, based in the Andritz office in Pointe-Claire, with occasional visits to our project sites and manufacturing facilities. The Continuous Improvement Specialist will serve as a change agent, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and driving actions across various levels of the organization to ensure added value and the effectiveness of implemented processes and tools.

What will you do?

Responsibilities:

• Act as a change agent and challenge the status quo persistently.
• Identify improvement opportunities, develop, and manage improvement plans, and lead improvement initiatives with business champions and process owners.
• Develop a continuous improvement training program in collaboration with process owners and HR and provide training and coaching to employees on lean and continuous improvement methodologies to execute improvement projects.
• Drive the implementation of innovative and creative ideas, methods, and process improvements. Prioritize and lead continuous improvement projects using lean six sigma methodology and tools.
• Analyze data using statistical data analysis methods.
• Promote operational excellence and a culture of continuous improvement.
• Conduct problem-solving, root cause analysis, Gemba Walks, KAIZEN events, and workshops.
• Facilitate and guide the development of PFMEA and DFMEA.
• Review and monitor RCAs, corrective and preventive actions from various sources (audits, root cause analyses, customer, and employee feedback, etc.).
• Develop and analyze key performance indicators to monitor and track the impact and benefits of improvements in support of the company's objectives.
• Conduct process maturity assessments and audits.
• Implement and develop necessary procedures, flow charts, templates in compliance with the Andritz Hydro Management System.
• Drive lessons learned processes and project postmortem activities.

Why do you fit the profile?

 Qualifications:

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or equivalent with continuous improvement experience.
  • Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in a similar role.
  • Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification.
  • Strong proficiency in both French and English, both oral and written.
  • Ability to travel to sites and facilities for short periods.

 Skills and Knowledge:

  • Excellent interpersonal skills, including persistence, resilience, teamwork, time management, self-discipline, and autonomy.
  • Strong soft skills such as leadership, communication, analytical skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving.
  • Good understanding and working knowledge of problem-solving, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools (DMAIC, Lean 6 Sigma, Kaizen, 8D, etc.).
  • Good understanding of the cost of poor-quality concept and familiarity with capturing them.
  • Good understanding of statistical data analysis (ANOVA, DOE, Regression, capability analysis, etc.).
  • Good understanding of project business and construction site quality, health/safety concerns, and their technical aspects.
  • Familiarity with facilitating and developing PFMEA and DFMEA.

 Computer Literacy:

  • Strong working knowledge of MS Office (Visio, PBI, MS Power Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint).
  • Strong working knowledge of statistical analysis software (Minitab, etc.).
  • Familiarity with non-conformance management in SAP or equivalent ERP systems.

 Assets:

  • PMP certification is an asset.
  • ISO 9001 auditor is an asset.

What do we offer ?
• Life, disability, dental and extended health insurance;
• Pension plan;
• Hybrid work mode;
• Profit sharing program;
• Employee assistance program;
• Employee individualized training and career plan.

Did you know?
Andritz Hydro is:
• Over 170 years of experience in turbine design
• Over 471,000 MW of installed and upgraded capacity
• Over 32,000 turbine units delivered

• Over 125 years in electrical engineering
• 65 representative offices worldwide

• More than 7000 employees worldwide including 310 in Quebec

• Over 50 Compact Hydro units per year

• A complete range of designs up to 800 MW

• 20 manufacturing sites worldwide

• 10 test beds worldwide

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