Senior Manufacturing Engineer Jobs

SLACAN Industries Inc. is Canada's largest designer and manufacturer of Poleline Hardware, which includes a full line of Transmission and Distribution products. We service the OEM market including the agricultural, mining and other industries. Our in-house processes include forgings, hot / cold stampings and weldments.

Our Company is growing and we are currently looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join the team!

Why Work at Slacan?

• Employee Family Assistance Program
• Opportunities for career development
• Bi-monthly Company Newsletter
• 3 weeks vacation to start
• Employee events throughout the year (i.e. food truck days, ice cream days, Slacan giveaways)
• Group RRSP (5% Company Contribution and 4% matching)
• Excellent company paid benefit and wellness package

Position Summary

• To provide technical support for the following shop floor processes & equipment:Hot Forging (hammers, upsetters, benders, presses), machining & assembly, robotics (Fanuc, ABB), welding.
• Prime responsibility for implementation of new & modified manufacturing process on the shop floor including specification, design, installation, commissioning and ongoing daily support with a heavy focus on automation.
• To identify and execute shop floor improvements on existing lines resulting in significant improvements to output and/or costs.

Responsibilities

• Support plant level departments (manufacturing, quality, maintenance) to meet plant goals
• Methodical analysis & implementation of cost improvement projects
• Other duties as assigned
• Maintain proper documentation during the execution of projects to support ISO requirements
• Champion new automation projects
• Daily support of the shop floor for forging, machining, assembly, welding, heat treat, shearing, threading
• Perform studies and reviews on various projects as required

Knowledge and Experience

• Proven experience in continuous improvement projects is a must
• Engineering Degree or Engineering Technologist Diploma with minimum 5 years of hands-on manufacturing / process engineering shop floor experience
• Self-starter with a strong bias for action is required
• Good working knowledge of 3D CAD software (Solidworks) is an advantage
• Experience in forging, shearing, induction heating, robotics, threading, machining, welding & heat treating is considered a significant advantage
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• ISO / IATF exposure is considered an advantage