industrial engineer
About the company
Company Overview Our manufacturing facility in Tillsonburg, ON delivers safety critical steering linkage and suspension components to many of the world's best automotive manufacturers. Ford and Mercedes are our largest customers, with Stellantis business recently brought to the facility.
Your tasks
Summary We are seeking a dedicated Industrial Engineer to join our team in Tillsonburg. This role is vital in optimizing our manufacturing processes and ensuring the highest standards of quality and efficiency. As part of the Engineering team, you will contribute to our mission of delivering innovative industrial solutions. Responsibilities
- Conduct time studies and motion analysis on production operations to establish standard times, identify inefficiencies, and build operator instruction documentation
- Design and optimize factory layouts using CAD and simulation tools to minimize material travel distance, eliminate bottlenecks, and support production flow
- Lead Lean and Six Sigma improvement projects: define problems with data, root cause through structured analysis (fishbone, 5-why, DMAIC), implement countermeasures, and measure results
- Develop and maintain standard work documentation: work instructions, cycle time targets, line balancing charts, and operator certification materials
- Analyze production capacity: model current and future demand against resource constraints, identify capacity gaps, and develop expansion or efficiency-based solutions
- Support ergonomics reviews of workstations: identify lifting, reaching, and repetitive motion risk factors and redesign work setups to reduce injury exposure
- Provide routing and costing information for customer quotes
- Maintain plant capacity and utilization information
- Design and modify packaging to meet customer requirements, ensure protection of product during transit
- Control the approval and disposition process for surplus equipment
- Communicate updates for records of equipment in the plant
- Assist in the planning/estimating and introduction of manufacturing new processes, products and operations
Requirements
Qualifications
- Bachelor degree or Diploma in Industrial, Manufacturing or System Engineering
- Three to Five years? experience in the industrial engineering field preferred
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Strong communication skills in English
What we offer
Pay: $70,000.00-$85,000.00 per year
Other
Work Location: In person