Global Manager, Mechanical Design Manufacturing Solutions

Location:

Cambridge, ON, CA, N3H 4R7

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
  : $124,000 - $170,500
• 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

• Assess workload, update, and forecast labor loading, assign staff to engineering projects and oversee the completion of drawings according to specific deadlines and project schedules.
• Review project schedules and ensure detailed design plans match schedule and budget requirements on a timely basis to ensure the mechanical automation engineering portion of projects are completed on time and take corrective action, coordinating with other departments as required.
• Provide engineering expertise for projects progressing through the manufacturing and system installation stages to overcome and correct problems and technical difficulties.
• Critique and approve all respective design work under their charge.
• Conduct/oversee employee performance evaluations recommend salary adjustments, and initiate personnel actions such as promotions, transfers, discharges, and disciplinary measures for staff reporting to him/her.
• Encourage and mentor direct employees to ensure that departmental morale and efficiency are maintained at the highest level. Conduct regular 1:1 with Group leads and direct reports
• Support employee training by analyzing needs on an annual basis using the training matrix
• Based on business goals and annual growth, establish resource requirements skills and organizational needs that will sustain adequate capacity and leadership within the department.
• Coach team members on ABM processes, A3s, RCAs, cost benefit analysis, process development
• Lead daily team meetings
• When required, travel to support Mechanical Designers in IA’s Global Operation
• Prioritize resources to ensure all work is achieved. Work closely with Engineering Group Leads to ensure resources are properly deployed.
• Deploy Visual Management tools for Engineering Team (i.e., Control Board)
• Develop & deploy Team KPIs (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Productivity, Cost, and Employee Engagement)
• Measure departmental KPI results and rework and develop improvement plans where required.
• Set objectives on a yearly basis that align with business unit objectives and track progress throughout the year on those objectives.
• Provide engineering expertise for projects progressing through the manufacturing and system installation stages to overcome and correct problems and technical difficulties.
• Provide technical support to the Applications and Sales departments when quoting new business.
• Interview and select applicants on their technical qualifications and suitability for positions in the department when hiring new personnel.
• Support the…