What will you do? We are seeking a highly capable Logistics & Production Engineering Specialist with expertise in material-flow in a production environment. You will ensure stable, efficient, and safe production operations while driving material readiness, flow optimization, and continuous improvement. This role is central to achieving operational excellence, reducing waste, and ensuring seamless coordination between production, logistics, planning, and warehouse teams.
Responsibilities: Logistics & Material Flow - Ensure full material availability and uninterrupted flow to production lines.
- Implement and sustain Kanban, FIFO, supermarkets, and optimized line-side inventory systems.
- Improve inbound material handling, line feeding, WIP control, and finished goods flows.
- Support high inventory accuracy: cycle counts, discrepancy root causes, and excess/obsolete reduction.
- Align closely with planning to synchronize material readiness with production schedules.
- Define packaging, labeling, and internal transport requirements that support safe, efficient flow.
- Recommend warehouse layout improvements to increase accessibility and reduce handling time.
- Use data (shortages, KPIs, route performance) to identify bottlenecks and optimize internal logistics.
- Ensure compliance with all safety requirements for material handling and storage.
Production Engineering- Provide daily shop-floor support to meet safety, quality, delivery, and productivity targets.
- Develop, maintain, and improve standardized work, SOPs, work instructions, and routings.
- Lead structured problem solving (5 Why, Ishikawa, 8D) and implement corrective / preventive actions.
- Support new product introductions (NPIs), engineering changes, and production transfers.
- Optimize processes by reducing cycle times, balancing labor, and improving equipment utilization.
- Collaborate with quality, maintenance, and production teams to prevent defects, downtime, and rework.
- Support tooling, fixture design feedback, equipment qualification, and process validation activities.
- Contribute to capacity planning, line readiness, and resource allocation.
What will you need to succeed? - Bachelor's degree in industrial or mechanical engineering.
- 5-10 years experience in logistics in a production engineering environment.
- Solid understanding of logistics, material planning, and inventory management.
- Strong shop-floor experience improving processes and solving operational issues.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems (SAP, Oracle, Teamcenter, or equivalent).
- Strong analytical and structured problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and cross-functional teamwork abilities.
Compensation: Salary is commensurate with experience, and ranges between $ 76,000 CAD - $ 100,000 CAD, excluding bonus and benefits. In addition to base salary, this role includes eligibility for an annual discretionary bonus of 10% of base salary, based on Company performance metrics.
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