Senior Industrial Engineer

Flexsis is a major player in recruitment in Switzerland, offering extensive expertise
Senior Industrial Engineer (M/F)
Flexsis is a major player in recruitment in Switzerland, offering extensive expertise and complete national coverage (French-speaking Switzerland, in Ticino or in German-speaking Switzerland).
Senior Industrial Engineer (M/F)
Company Description
Our client is supporting a French-speaking Swiss industrial company (machine construction / heavy equipment) in the transformation of its production site: layout rationalization, make/buy decisions, and the associated multi-year investment plan. The setup is based on co-construction workshops with the production teams, conducted in two parallel flows in September, under a tight schedule (budget milestone in October).
Job Description
Your task will be to assist the mission director in facilitating the workshops: taking charge of one of the two flows, challenging layouts and physical flows with engineers/workshop managers and business experts, emerging and prioritizing quantifiable investment options, within a provided common methodological framework (scoping / opening / closing process, prepared supports) to arrive at 3 levels of scenarios.
We are looking for someone to manage a 2nd flow in parallel. A flow simply consists of 2 to 4 themes corresponding to workshop sequences (2 to 4 depending on the themes) that will follow the same progression logic (example themes: painting, break-in, assembly, etc.)
Profile sought
Profile sought.
Industrial Engineer (or equivalent) with 10-15 years and more of operational experience in production "” plants, flows, methods; a background as a manager or workshop manager is a plus. Experienced profiles at the end of their career or semi-retired are welcome, the client wishes to have someone with added value.
Knowledge of field optimization tools: Lean or Six Sigma, VSM, flow diagrams, sizing of industrial layouts.
Credibility and ease with field teams: ability to listen, challenge without imposing, and make a group converge in 3 hours of meeting.
Fluent French imperative (workshops in French).
Terms. Approximately 8 to 12 days in September 2026, possibly until early Oct/mid-Oct (3h sessions + reports, up to 2 to 4 sessions per week + convergence session between themes), on site less than 50 km from lausanne, accessible by transport, start week of 8 September but ideally meet together the week of 31 August. jpid04764d1jm jpit0936jm jpiy26jm