Industrial Engineer

Job Description

Industrial Engineer role focuses on supporting nuclear fabrication operations across facilities in the Cambridge and Brantford areas. You will play a key role in optimizing production processes, improving facility layouts, and enhancing overall system health and efficiency. The position combines manufacturing engineering expertise, data-driven analysis, and hands‑on involvement with fabrication equipment and facility modifications to ensure high levels of productivity and reliability.

Job Title: Industrial Engineer

Industrial Engineer role focuses on supporting nuclear fabrication operations across facilities in the Cambridge and Brantford areas. You will play a key role in optimizing production processes, improving facility layouts, and enhancing overall system health and efficiency. The position combines manufacturing engineering expertise, data-driven analysis, and hands‑on involvement with fabrication equipment and facility modifications to ensure high levels of productivity and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Develop accurate fabrication duration estimates by analyzing material takeoffs, design specifications, geometry, and equipment capabilities to support effective project planning and scheduling.
• Identify and drive process improvements through capacity and utilization analysis, shop floor layout optimization, and the application of lean manufacturing principles.
• Analyze production workflows by evaluating takt time, cycle time, and resource requirements to enhance efficiency, support jig design, and improve shop floor ergonomics.
• Assess and define maintenance strategies and capital improvement needs for key fabrication equipment, including cranes, sub‑arc welders, and plasma cutting systems.
• Partner with equipment vendors and service providers to plan and execute preventative and corrective maintenance programs for critical fabrication and facility systems.
• Perform root cause analysis on production performance metrics and implement corrective actions to improve operational reliability, throughput, and output quality.
• Monitor the health of manufacturing systems and facilities, identifying opportunities to modify and upgrade equipment, utilities, and layouts to support evolving fabrication requirements.
• Lead and support facility modifications, including moving equipment, adding new production lines, and implementing changes to gas lines, power lines, and other utilities.
• Review and interpret production and efficiency data to fine‑tune processes, reduce bottlenecks, and optimize production times across multiple fabrication projects.
• Make informed, data‑driven decisions on process and facility changes rather than deferring critical decisions to others, ensuring timely and effective implementation of improvements.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, operations, and maintenance teams to ensure that process improvements and facility changes are practical, safe, and aligned with production goals.
• Support nuclear fabrication projects by applying specialized industrial and manufacturing engineering practices tailored to the unique requirements of this environment.

Essential Skills

• Industrial engineering experience with a strong focus on manufacturing environments.
• Manufacturing engineering degree or equivalent education in a related engineering discipline.
• Professional engineering designation, with the ability to act as a Professional Engineer in relevant jurisdictions.
• Demonstrated experience with data analysis to improve efficiencies, production times, and overall process performance.
• Hands‑on experience in manufacturing engineering, including time studies and workflow analysis.
• Proficiency in lean manufacturing and Lean Six Sigma methodologies, including continuous improvement and process improvement techniques.
• Experience working with cranes and other heavy fabrication equipment in a production environment.
• Experience in facility modification, including planning and executing changes to equipment layouts, utilities, and production lines.
• Ability to obtain and maintain required security clearances, including OPG or similar clearance and export controls compliance.
• Strong decision‑making skills, with the ability to make sound, data‑driven decisions and take ownership of outcomes.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Nuclear fabrication experience, which is extremely highly desired and considered a strong asset for this role.
• Experience with utilities and facility infrastructure, including gas lines, power lines, and related systems supporting manufacturing operations.
• Familiarity with sub‑arc welders, plasma cutting systems, and other specialized fabrication equipment.
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