Job Description
Lead Advanced Manufacturing Innovation
Join a highly technical engineering environment
About Our Client
Our client is a well-established engineering and manufacturing organisation specialising in complex, custom-built industrial solutions. With decades of experience supporting a diverse range of technical industries, they have built a reputation for quality, innovation, and reliability. The company offers end-to-end project delivery, from concept and design through fabrication, installation, and commissioning. Their collaborative culture encourages continuous improvement and technical excellence across all functions. Investment in advanced manufacturing technologies and automation remains a key strategic focus. This is an organisation where engineers are empowered to make meaningful contributions and drive lasting operational improvements.
Job Description
- Lead the development and optimisation of manufacturing processes to improve efficiency, quality, cost, and throughput
- Act as the technical authority for welding processes, standards, and best practices
- Develop, qualify, and improve welding procedures across a variety of fabrication methods
- Drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) initiatives and provide manufacturing input during product development
- Design and implement tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing aids to support production excellence
- Support automation and robotic welding projects, including equipment selection and process development
- Analyse and resolve production challenges using structured root-cause problem-solving techniques
- Collaborate with engineering, quality, and operations teams to establish robust manufacturing standards
- Evaluate supplier capabilities and support make-versus-buy decisions
- Create and maintain work instructions, process documentation, and operating procedures
- Ensure manufacturing processes comply with safety, quality, and regulatory requirements
MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.
The Successful Applicant
- Bachelor's degree in Welding Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline
- Extensive experience within manufacturing, fabrication, welding, or welded assembly environments
- Strong understanding of engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and CAD/CAM systems
- Experience implementing automated or robotic welding solutions
- Proven ability to improve manufacturability through DFM principles and process optimisation
- Knowledge of multiple welding processes including SMAW, GMAW, GTAW, laser, and electron beam welding
- Experience working with materials such as carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminium, titanium, or high-nickel alloys
- Lean Manufacturing and continuous improvement experience
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to work effectively across engineering, production, quality, and supply chain teams
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary and performance-based incentives
- Comprehensive healthcare and wellbeing benefits
- Retirement savings programme
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Long-term career progression opportunities
- Exposure to advanced manufacturing technologies and automation projects
- Opportunity to work on highly engineered, technically challenging products
- Collaborative and supportive team environment
- Ongoing professional development and training opportunities
- The chance to make a significant impact on manufacturing performance and innovation
Job summary
Sector Engineering & Manufacturing Sub Sector Production, Manufacturing Industry Industrial / Manufacturing Where Rochester Contract Type PermanentNumbers & Facts
| Location | Rochester, New York |
| Job Type | Full-time |
| Industry | Staffing/Employment Agencies |
| Salary | $100,000–$140,000 Per Year |
| Company Size | 10,000 employees or more |
| Website | https://www.michaelpage.ca/ |
About Company
Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.
Our business was established in Canada in 2005 when we opened our Toronto office. Our role is to work with employers and job seekers to facilitate a successful match. This can range from advising a global company on a candidate sourcing strategy to helping a job seeker find their dream job.
In Canada, we focus on recruiting for the following areas:
Banking and financial services
Digital and e-commerce
Engineering and manufacturing
Finance and accounting
Human resources
Information technology
Marketing
Oil and gas
Procurement and supply chain
Property and construction
Sales
An Established Brand
The Group has established a leading presence in many of the key markets for professional recruitment around the world and has positioned itself in certain other markets, which offer the opportunity for future growth. Within its current largest markets, Michael Page has also built a regional presence, including in the UK, France and Australia. Consequently, the Michael Page brand is among the most widely recognized brands in the professional recruitment industry.
A Market Leader
The role of a recruitment consultancy is to act as an intermediary, identifying and sourcing suitably qualified candidates on behalf of its clients. Candidates are recruited either for permanent or contract positions (typically for a fixed term) or on a temporary basis. Within the overall recruitment industry, the market for professional recruitment services is a specialist sector which has developed more recently. Michael Page is widely recognized as leading the development of this market around the world.
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