CAE

Senior Manager - Manufacturing Engineering

Montreal (St. Laurent) Full time

Our engineers are the technical visionaries behind our innovative solutions. Globally recognized for delivering cutting-edge systems, you’ll tackle complex challenges, collaborate across functions, and lead advancements that shape our industry. Supported by a culture of flexibility, growth, and innovation, join us to create a lasting legacy in safety and simulation.

                                                                                                         

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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About CAE

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.

       

Position Type                      

Regular

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