About this role Are you passionate about innovating manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance processes, as well as team management? Are you looking for a work environment where you can tackle challenges, innovate, use cutting-edge tools, and collaborate with experts from various fields? Do you want to join a world-class company, an industry leader, and be proud to contribute to our projects and mission? Come join our team and share your passion with us!
The role we offer you: As a Senior Service Manager, Manufacturing Engineering, you will be responsible for driving the execution and evolution of configuration, manufacturing, assembly, and maintenance processes for CAE’s plants located in Saint-Laurent. Your team will consist of the department heads leading manufacturing engineering at CAE. You will have the opportunity to directly influence the future of technical processes within the plant, as well as the profitability of execution. You will report directly to the Director of Quality and Manufacturing Engineering.
Are you ready to take on the following tasks? Supervision: Supervise the achievements, budgets, execution, and improvement strategies of the following teams:
Product Configuration
CNC Programming
Jigs and Tooling
Prototyping Center
Assembly Methods
Equipment and Machine Maintenance
Eng Support (ANDON)
Responsibilities:
Implement processes such as assembly instructions, “TPM” maintenance plans, new tooling and jigs, etc., to maximize profitability, resilience, and predictability of our operations.
Collaborate with production managers, the planning and performance team, mechanical and electrical engineering, as well as the industrialization project office to drive product and process innovation.
Create and mentor the product configuration team to enable standardized manufacturing of our varied products, working closely with the product definition team, sales team, and hardware engineering team.
Establish a structure for monitoring and controlling the collective and individual objectives of the manufacturing engineering department.
Ensure the efficiency, resilience, and flexibility of the manufacturing engineering execution teams.
Integrate execution tools with the systems used by the planning and performance team.
Minimum Qualifications:
Engineering degree
Solid team management experience
Ability to quickly adapt to changes
Excellent communication skills in French and English
Strong decision-making leadership
Good technical knowledge to challenge existing processes and encourage continuous improvements
Experience in industrial and process innovation
Preferred Qualifications:
Good mastery of continuous improvement concepts
Good experience managing execution teams
Ability to understand technical details when necessary
Good budget and schedule management skills
A results-oriented philosophy
CAE offers:
Flexible and modern work environments
A collaborative workplace
A dynamic and innovative environment
Training and skills development opportunities
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At CAE, our mission is clear: to help make the world a safer place. For nearly 80 years, we’ve driven innovation in simulation, training, and mission readiness to support critical operations worldwide. By leveraging advanced technologies, we empower our customers to operate smarter, faster, and more sustainably. Join a purpose-driven organization where bold ideas are encouraged, collaboration drives progress, and your growth fuels our shared success.
CAE is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants, regardless of race, nationality, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability, neurodiversity, veteran status, age, or other characteristics protected by law. We encourage applicants who may not meet every qualification to apply. Reasonable accommodations are available—contact your recruiter or email CAECarrieres-Careers@cae.com if needed.
CAE thanks all applicants for their interest. However, only those whose background and experience match the requirements of the role will be contacted.
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About CAE
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and solutions to create a safer world.
As a technology company, we digitalize the physical world, deploying software-based simulation training and critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower pilots, cabin crew, airlines, and defence and security forces to perform at their best every day and when the stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we’re everywhere customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in approximately 250 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE represents more than 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight and mission simulators as well as training programs powered by digital technologies. We embed sustainability in everything we do. Today and tomorrow, we’ll make sure our customers are ready for the moments that matter.