Reporting to the VP, Operations, the Director, Manufacturing Engineering & Facilities leads how Trojan Technologies builds and improves its manufacturing across North America, Europe and APAC. The role owns manufacturing and process engineering (methods, standard work, routings and yield), facilities, and the multi-year manufacturing roadmap, and drives continuous improvement on the floor through VES.
Equally at home at the leadership table and on the shop floor, the Director partners closely with Operations, Product Engineering, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain and Finance.
Based in London, Ontario with global scope, the Director leads a team of about 20 across manufacturing engineering, process engineering and facilities.
This role will be onsite in London, ON and will require travel, both domestic and international for up to 25% of the time.
In this role, a typical day will look like:
Manufacturing & Process Engineering: how we build
- Own process design, standard work, work instructions, routings, standard times, tooling and test methods across mechanical, electrical and component assembly.
- Lead line development, layouts, cell design, line balancing and capacity planning to improve safety, quality, delivery and cost.
- Own process capability: PFMEA, control plans, error-proofing, first-pass yield, and implementation of engineering changes on the floor.
- Ensure the accuracy of manufacturing data, including routings, bills of material and standard times, as the foundation for planning, costing and capacity.
- Lead industrialization of new products with Product Engineering, applying DFM and DFA, and own manufacturing readiness through launch and ramp.
- Lead new line development and installations, with process, standard work and yield validated before handover.
Operational Excellence & VES: how we improve
- Build and deliver a manufacturing productivity pipeline across labour, material, capacity, quality and flow, meeting annual productivity commitments.
- Lead kaizen, standard work and structured problem solving with shop floor leaders, building improvement capability in operating teams.
- Deploy common manufacturing and VES standards across sites, including bringing acquired sites onto Trojan's engineering and VES standards.
Facilities & Manufacturing Strategy: how we will build
- Develop a 3 to 5 year manufacturing capability roadmap covering capacity, technology and infrastructure needs to support growth and new products.
- Lead make-versus-buy and insourcing assessments, and build the engineering foundation to scale capacity as the business grows.
- Build investment priorities and business cases for capital equipment, automation, facilities and process technology.
- Own the long-range infrastructure and maintenance strategy, aligning equipment, utilities and sustainability with business needs.
- Oversee facility planning, maintenance and capital projects for Canadian manufacturing sites, with full regulatory and environmental compliance.
Talent & Organizational Development
- Build a high-performing engineering and facilities team through performance management, succession planning and development of technical capability.
- Structure the team so that sustaining process work and project delivery both have clear owners and protected capacity.
The essential requirements of the job include:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering
- 10+ years in manufacturing engineering, operations or industrialization, including 5+ years leading leaders
- Proven success launching products and developing production lines, owning process design, validation and ramp
- Experience developing multi-year manufacturing strategies and delivering productivity pipelines
- Multi-site or international experience, including deploying standards at sites outside direct control
- Experience leading facilities and maintenance, including capital projects and major equipment installations
- Experience with make-versus-buy and insourcing decisions, and scaling manufacturing capacity for growth
- Ability to travel up to 25%, including international travel
- Lean and continuous improvement expertise
It would be nice if you also possess:
- Strong business acumen, with the ability to quantify opportunities and build compelling business cases
- DBS, TPS or similar operating system background an asset
- Background in assembly or engineered-to-order manufacturing preferred
We offer:
- Professional onboarding and training options
- Powerful team looking forward to working with you
- Career coaching and development opportunities
The below range reflects the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. An associate's position within the salary range will be based on several factors, including, but not limited to, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs.
The compensation range for this role is 155,000 - 180,000 CAD per year. This job is also eligible for bonus pay.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, and medical/dental/vision insurance to eligible employees.
Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.
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This position is for an existing role within our team.
