Director, Continuous Improvement

As Director, Continuous Improvement, you will be responsible for providing leadership to the Continuous Improvement (CI) Department at Davie to develop a strong culture of continuous improvement across the organization which includes a culture of ensuring the profitability of CI projects. More specifically, you will:
Implement and promote a Lean culture and continuous improvement mindset through effective training, mentoring, and coaching delivered by Davie’s CI team.

• Collaborate with senior management to identify and prioritize strategic initiatives that drive significant and measurable improvements across the business and oversee their implementation.

• Establish and maintain the CI organizational structure and governance framework, ensuring the participation of relevant stakeholders in identifying and prioritizing strategic initiatives, as well as supporting their execution.

• Working closely with the Finance Department, develop and monitor COPQ and ROI for all CI related projects.

• Support organizational process mapping in coordination with the QA department,

• Work closely with the Production Engineering Department to ensure product specifications can be achieved efficiently and recommend changes to specifications or standards based on identified quality issues or improvement opportunities.

• Align the organization’s CI culture and activities with strategic objectives, including supporting software selection processes and leading major corporate change initiatives.

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in an engineering discipline, or a quality certification (or equivalent combination of qualifications and experience).

• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience leading CI projects and people.

• Experience in shipyards, including both ship repair and shipbuilding (an asset).

• Lean/Six Sigma training or certification.