Industrial Engineer

Accelerating end-to-end manufacturing processes for one of our flagship products!

Would you like to contribute to the development of a high-tech product that’s radically changing the world of printing? Would you like to get more involved with Lean Manufacturing and Continuous improvement? Then this might be the next step you are looking for!

What you’ll do

We are right in the middle of one of the greatest periods of change in the world of printing. Developing and manufacturing products with new innovations and technologies allows people to print more customized with the reliability and quality of traditional mass print production. The complexity, speed of innovations, and time to market, in combination with lean manufacturing concepts, challenge you to improve and solve problems hardly ever encountered before.

You will successfully translate innovations and technologies created by our R&D pioneers in The Netherlands to successful and full-scale lean manufacturing operations at our production facilities. This involves implementing frequent and ongoing design changes in an existing assembly line. In an early phase of development, you are in close contact with R&D to implement Design for Assembly solutions and to incorporate Optimal Assembly Sequence and Superconcurrent Engineering as early as possible in the design of the new engines.

Your inspiring personality and strong communication skills enable you to build and maintain relationships with your counterparts at the innovation centers, and you liaise and engage with counterparts at the supply center in Germany as well. As a subject matter expert, you ensure we grow and enhance our agile approach for capital goods by advancing Lean Manufacturing improvements throughout the full value chain. Effective and efficient manufacturing methods and processes are crucial in your operation, resulting in cost-effective and accelerated production at our supply centers.

Furthermore, you will use your strong analytical skills and pragmatic process mindset to identify and implement improvement opportunities in current assembly lines, ensuring outstanding product quality, optimal flow, short assembly lead times, mixed model production concepts, and a short time to market.

This position is based in Venlo, the Netherlands, and you will report directly to the Manufacturing Manager.

Who you’ll work with

Manufacturing is responsible for the manufacturing and on-time delivery of best-in-class high mix, low volume Canon Production Printing products within the Canon Organization. Challenges within the Manufacturing organization include enhancing the Lean philosophy and improving and growing the industrialization methods for high mix – low volume products. Industrial engineering is the spider in the web, reviewing and influencing the design well before the start of production and continuously improving the production line using lean principles.

What you bring

• Bachelor or Master’s degree, preferably in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or comparable
• About 3-7 years of work experience in a relevant role within a production/assembly environment
• Strong affinity for IT and excellent project management skills
• Strong process focus
• Ambitious and driven to achieve results, decisive
• Excellent communication and presentation skills in English; profound knowledge of Dutch is highly advantageous
• Permission to work in the Netherlands; no relocation needed

What You’ll Get From Us

We offer you a challenging job where you collaborate with interdisciplinary and cross-functional teams throughout the value chain and the organization, delivering direct impact on the way we assemble and manufacture our products. This is a unique opportunity to enhance world-class manufacturing for new products in which the rules have yet to be fully defined. Furthermore, we challenge you to develop and enhance a performance-driven mindset for a best-in-class organization.

Besides a challenging working environment and scope for personal and professional development, you will receive an interesting package of employment conditions:

• A competitive salary (range €4.300- €6.180 gross per month)
• 38 vacation days
• Extra 13th month pay (8.6%), holiday allowance (8%), and commuting allowance
• Hybrid working for a healthy work-life balance
• A huge range of training and professional development opportunities
• A laptop and smartphone
• An interesting lease (e-)bike plan

What do we stand for?

We develop and manufacture high-tech printing products and workflow software for the commercial printing market as part of Canon, a global leader in imaging technologies. With around 3,300 employees across three continents and our headquarters in Venlo, the Netherlands, we innovate to create high-quality solutions that add color to the world. Guided by the philosophy of Kyosei—living and working together for the common good—our culture is built on openness, collegiality, trust, and stability. We empower our people to grow, take initiative, and make an impact.

With our company values of collaboration, innovation, and ownership, we strive to bring out the best in each other, expand boundaries, and feel empowered to take ownership of our work.