Continuous Improvement Specialist

• Act as a change agent and challenge the status quo persistently;
• Identify improvement opportunities, develop, and manage improvement plans, and lead improvement initiatives with business champions and process owners;
• Develop a continuous improvement training program in collaboration with process owners and HR and provide training and coaching to employees on lean and continuous improvement methodologies to execute improvement projects;
• Drive the implementation of innovative and creative ideas, methods, and process improvements. Prioritize and lead continuous improvement projects using lean six sigma methodology and tools;
• Analyze data using statistical data analysis methods;
• Promote operational excellence and a culture of continuous improvement;
• Conduct problem-solving, root cause analysis, Gemba Walks, KAIZEN events, and workshops;
• Facilitate and guide the development of PFMEA and DFMEA;
• Review and monitor RCAs, corrective and preventive actions from various sources (audits, root cause analyses, customer, and employee feedback, etc.);
• Develop and analyze key performance indicators to monitor and track the impact and benefits of improvements in support of the company's objectives;
• Conduct process maturity assessments and audits;
• Implement and develop necessary procedures, flow charts, templates in compliance with the Andritz Hydro Management System;
• Drive lessons learned processes and project postmortem activities.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical/industrial engineering or equivalent with continuous improvement experience;
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in a similar role;
• Lean Six Sigma Green/Black Belt certification;
• Strong proficiency in both French and English, both oral and written;
• Ability to travel to sites and facilities for short periods.

• Excellent interpersonal skills, including persistence, resilience, teamwork, time management, self-discipline, and autonomy;
• Strong soft skills such as leadership, communication, analytical skills, critical thinking, and problem-solving;
• Good understanding and working knowledge of problem-solving, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement tools (DMAIC, Lean 6 Sigma, Kaizen, 8D, etc.);
• Good understanding of the cost of poor-quality concept and familiarity with capturing them;
• Good understanding of statistical data analysis (ANOVA, DOE, Regression, capability analysis, etc.);
• Good understanding of project business and construction site quality, health/safety concerns, and their technical aspects.
• Familiarity with facilitating and developing PFMEA and DFMEA.

• Strong working knowledge of MS Office (Visio, PBI, MS Power Suite, Excel, Word, PowerPoint);
• Strong working knowledge of statistical analysis software (Minitab, etc.);
• Familiarity with non-conformance management in SAP or equivalent ERP systems.

• PMP certification is an asset.;
• ISO 9001 auditor is an asset.

• Life, disability, dental and extended health insurance;
• Pension plan;
• Hybrid work mode;
• Performance share plan;
• Employee assistance program;
• Employee individualized training and career plan.

• Over 185 years of experience in turbine design
• Over 489,000 MW of installed and upgraded capacity
• Over 33 200 turbine units delivered

• Over 135 years in electrical engineering
• 65 representative offices worldwide

• More than 6100 employees worldwide including more than 600 in Canada

• Over 50 Compact Hydro units per year

• A complete range of designs up to 800 MW

• 20 manufacturing sites worldwide

• 20% of all turbines in operation worldwide

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