Engineering Manager

Are you a decisive engineering leader who can solve complex technical challenges while building and developing a high-performing team? Do you thrive in fast-paced environments where mechanical design, manufacturing, automation, and project execution must work together to deliver practical solutions?

Join Advanced Material Handling, a leader in conveyor and material handling solutions. We're seeking an Engineering Manager to provide technical direction, lead and develop a small but growing multidisciplinary engineering team, and drive innovation across design, manufacturing, automation, and project delivery. This role reports directly to the COO.

Leadership with Impact:
Take ownership of a small but growing multidisciplinary engineering team, set clear direction, strengthen engineering standards, and develop future technical leaders.

High-Value Technical Work:
Apply your expertise in conveyors, chains, sprockets, shafts, and drive components to deliver practical, cost-effective solutions for diverse industries.

Cross-Functional Influence:
Work directly with sales, operations, and clients to ensure technical excellence while balancing business needs.

Continuous Improvement and Innovation:
Maximize engineering effectiveness by improving design methods, standardizing workflows, strengthening DFMA practices, and advancing automation and product-development initiatives.

• Provide clear technical direction and inspire strong performance across the engineering team.
• Make timely, well-informed decisions that resolve technical and project challenges.
• Deliver reliable, cost-effective, and manufacturable designs that meet client expectations.
• Strengthen collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, and operations.
• Drive a culture of safety, compliance, and professional integrity.

• Lead, mentor, and develop a multidisciplinary engineering team supporting mechanical design, controls, automation, and project execution.
• Set priorities and guide technical decision-making in dynamic project environments.
• Review and approve engineering calculations, Solid Works models, equipment layouts, manufacturing drawings, and designs for conveyors, drive components, and integrated automation systems.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory standards, client requirements, and internal quality benchmarks.
• Allocate resources across multiple simultaneous projects and resolve conflicts in scope or timelines.
• Partner with operations to deliver designs optimized for cost, safety, and manufacturability.
• Champion lean practices, DFMA principles, and product improvement initiatives.
• Establish and maintain Solid Works and PDM standards, including modelling practices, drawing templates, design libraries, revision control, release workflows, and engineering change discipline.
• Support R&D, new product development, and the practical adoption of automation, robotics, controls, and other emerging technologies that improve safety, productivity, quality, and equipment performance.
• Represent engineering in client meetings, technical discussions, and stakeholder reviews.

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 10 years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a leadership or senior technical role.
• Eligible for registration as a P.Eng. with Engineers and Geoscientists British Columbia; an active P.Eng. designation is considered an asset.
• Deep technical knowledge of conveyors, chain, sprockets, shafts, and drive components.
• Proven ability to make decisive, high-impact engineering decisions under pressure.
• Strong problem-solving and conflict resolution skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management abilities.
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