Intermediate Machine Tool Builder & Integrator

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. With 1,000 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.

• Pay Rate: $30.77 – 42.31/hr
• Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus
• Stock Purchase Plan
• 3 Weeks Vacation
• Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account
• Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ’s and lunches, weekly treat day, etc.)
• Employee Development Programs

• Machine, fit and assemble component parts and precision tooling with a quality and timely focus in order to build special‑purpose machinery, robotic work cells and factory automation projects.
• Coordinate the activities, approved by the group leader/manager, of a team of Toolmakers and apprentices involved in the mechanical build, coordinating, bench assembly, floor assembly and integration of robotic work cells, mechanical assemblies and factory automation products to ensure that a quality product is built on time, safely and to budget.
• Set up and operate various machine tools, such as manual lathes and small mills, and apply knowledge of mechanisms, shop mathematics, metal properties, layout and machining procedures to support the assembly team with new work or rework.
• Must be able to run small to medium projects with low to medium complexity.

• Work with engineering team in concept development of small to medium projects with low to medium complexity and provide labour estimates for manager review.
• Work in a team environment with other mechanical assembly personnel as well as electricians, programmers and any other people or department required to complete the project to meet the customer’s requirements.
• Attend assigned Project Kick‑Off meetings (PKO), review scope of work, budget and schedule.
• Preview projects at customer site to gain knowledge for planning purposes (i.e. design, install, subcontractors).
• Attend assigned Project Execution Planning meeting (PEP). With the team and plan how you are going to execute your part of the project.
• Determine special tools required for assembly.
• Attend design reviews to critique mechanical design for functionality and robustness.
• Review drawing packages at the detail level for fit, function and manufacturability.
• Support the needs of the manufacturing department when questions arise.
• Execution of prototypes to ensure fit, function, and manufacturability.
• Ensure that all print updates are completed.
• Prioritize and track purchased parts and machined details by assembly in conjunction with Inventory Control.
• Proficient understanding of the tracking system.
• Record project status for weekly team meetings.
• Involved in bench assembly, completing any pre‑hosing and involving electrical to pre‑wire.
• Proceed with floor assembly according to floor plan layout, assembling the job in a safe and proper order according to procedures, providing the other departments with the tooling needed to accomplish their tasks according to the schedule.
• Advise designers of any design issues and collaborate with the team to resolve. Escalate unresolved issues as required.
• Must be able to support Senior Toolmakers as a right hand and be able to fill in temporarily in Senior Toolmakers absence.
• May be asked to lead a small team and push medium projects or program cell/station with low to medium…