Manufacturing Engineer

Department :
Engineering

Reports to :
Senior Manager, Engineering

Location :
New Westminster

ARC’One, our manufacturing facility, located in New Westminster, accounts for approximately 10% of our global production and employs over 600 people.

Our proximity to the Design Center and the hands‑on craftsmanship mindset make us a unique and exciting place to work. ARC’One is our laboratory. We experiment, we test, and we produce our new products all under the hustling and bustling production environment. This is where products physically come to life.

As a Manufacturing Engineer, you plan, design, control, and improve manufacturing processes, materials, and workspace layouts to ensure timely, efficient, accurate, and cost‑effective production with superb quality.

Under the supervision of Senior Manager, Engineering, you’ll partner with a team of Manufacturing Engineers as well as Technical Developers. You will also collaborate extensively and cross‑functionally with the Quality and Production team.

• Lead manufacturing engineering initiatives that align with the company’s Factory of the Future strategy, focusing on productivity/scalability.
• Design workstation attachments, establish best layouts, best methods, and execute plans into bulk production.
• Identify possible automations/new templates in current sewing operations and develop automated solutions to improve performance in quality and productivity.
• Work with machine suppliers and integrators on trialing new methods and automations to improve quality and productivity of current manufacturing processes.
• Identify future machinery/operator requirements based on the production plan and forward information to relevant managers/departments to ensure adequate resources.
• Monitor and analyse current methods in production by carrying out time‑study methods such as activity sampling/motion‑time analysis on identified operators, employing the best methods to continuously enhance productivity while ensuring optimum utility of available resources.
• Study new products for feasibility and influence development by applying Design for Manufacturing (DFM) methodology including establishing optimal manufacturing methods, creating templates, tooling and fixtures and partnering with our in‑house machine shop to ease manual operations.
• Collaborate with Production Management to sustain and improve production KPIs through execution of Continuous Improvement initiatives and process redesign implementations.
• Design and execute experiments for Root Cause Analysis, Engineering Change Request (ECR), systematic production challenges and implement solutions to achieve performance metrics and partner with Quality Engineers to deep‑dive into opportunities to improve finished‑goods quality through process design.

• You have a bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
• You have 1+ years of experience working in a fast‑paced manufacturing environment with an emphasis on industrial engineering, NPI, manufacturing process design, and tooling and fixture design.
• You have 1+ years of experience working in an apparel or outdoor equipment manufacturing facility with sound knowledge of garment or equipment construction.
• You have experience collaborating in a highly cross‑functional role and leading teams through execution.
• You master continuous improvement and are recognized for facilitating change; you have experience in 6S, Lean manufacturing, machine automation and project management.
• You are an effective communicator and can work cross‑functionally with multiple stakeholders with competing priorities.
• You can embrace ambiguity, remain flexible, and initiate action. Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills are required.
• You build relationships, balance autonomy and collaboration, and handle difficult situations with tact and professionalism.

Salary

Annual range: CAD $82,000 – $102,000. Individual pay is determined based on job‑related skills, relevant experience, education and/or training. The upper end is for candidates with demonstrated expertise above job requirements or exceptional transferable experience. The base pay does not…