PMO Governance Specialist

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Requisition

Location:

Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

Date:
Oct 27, 2026

Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world.

At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. At ATS Industrial Automation, what we do matters - both to our customers and to their customers. With 1000 skilled employees around the world, we design, build and service mission-critical automated assembly and test solutions for mobility, nuclear and specialty automation.

Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget. Combined with our broad product portfolio, financial strength and global presence, we provide our customers with the best automation solutions wherever and whenever they need them.

• Pay Rate
  : $72,000 - $99,000 per annum
• Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account
• Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ’s and lunches, weekly treat day, etc.)
• Employee Development Programs

The PMO Governance Specialist is dedicated to governance within the Project Management Office, overseeing processes to ensure projects adhere to organizational standards, policies, and objectives. This role enforces project discipline, maintains transparency in project performance and ensures that projects deliver value in alignment with organizational goals. This role is also independent from the Finance team or any of the Project Execution teams.

It is meant as a checks-and-balances for independent and controlled verification of the correctness of the Estimate to & at Complete.

This role can be performed remotely
, with the expectation of maintaining strong collaboration and engagement with global teams and travelling to company sites as required to support key meetings, project reviews, stakeholder alignment, and business priorities.

Governance Framework and Maintenance

• Assist in defining and updating policies, procedures and templates to support standardization across projects and the IA business.
• Enforce document management policies, ensuring all project documentation is accurate, complete and properly stored according to regulatory or organizational requirements.
• Maintain quality control standards and procedures to sustain project deliverables at expected standards.

Compliance Monitoring and Auditing

• Conduct Monthly Project Reviews for every POC-based and Service project, for the Region/Business in conjunction with the individual project manager, Program Manager and Site Finance Leader, with Optional participants Site Leader, Regional/Business Leader, Operations Leader, HR Leader.
• Conduct regular field audits in both internal and external locations to ensure adherence to PMO guidelines, corporate policies and standards.
• Perform quality reviews to validate that projects meet governance criteria.
• Ensure changes to project scope, budget or timelines are controlled, documented and approved per the governance framework.
• Identify and report out on areas of non-compliance.
• Recommend corrective actions, and follow-up.
• Monitor processes for project risk and issue management, ensuring that projects proactively identify, access and mitigate risks while tracking resolutions.

Reporting and Metrics

• Assist in creating and maintaining governance-related dashboards and reports.
• Provide leadership with visibility into compliance status, project health and adherence to governance processes.
• Prepare detailed reports for…