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Mount Royal University; Calgary; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Benefits

Culture initiatives

Philanthropy focus

Job summary

Randstad Canada is recruiting for a hands‑on Manufacturing Engineer in the Calgary area to bridge product development, operations, and quality. This technical leadership role strengthens factory capability, optimizes production, drives value engineering, and ensures flawless product launches and sustaining execution.

The position is full‑time with responsibilities spanning NPI, sustaining engineering, root‑cause analysis, and supplier collaboration.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering required.
• 5–10+ years hands‑on manufacturing or sustaining engineering experience.
• Experience in commercial/architectural lighting or electromechanical environments preferred.
• Strong leadership, mentorship, and cross‑functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical reviews, mentor junior engineers, and manage engineering queue aligned with business priorities.
• Own manufacturing readiness for NPI from design through pilot builds and full production ramp‑up.
• Perform root cause analyses, containment plans, and permanent corrective actions for field or factory issues.
• Identify and implement cost‑reduction opportunities without sacrificing quality and aesthetics.
• Ensure design changes comply with certification bodies (UL/CSA/ETL) prior to implementation.

Skills

3D CAD

Tolerance analysis

DFM/DFA

Root cause analysis

Leadership

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Mechatronics Engineering (or equivalent)

Tools

ERP systems

BOM structures

Job description

Our growing, Calgary area client is an innovative designer and manufacturer of premium architectural-lighting solutions. They are seeking a hands-on, highly skilled Manufacturing Engineer to bridge the gap between product development, operations, and quality. In this technical leadership role, you will play a critical part in strengthening factory capability, optimizing production, driving value engineering, and ensuring flawless product launches and ongoing sustaining execution.

Full-time

Advantages

• Robust Company Culture initiatives
• Health and Dental Benefits
• Philanthropy focused

Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership & Mentorship: Manage the engineering queue against core business priorities. Lead technical reviews, mentor junior engineering colleagues, transfer legacy-product knowledge, and proactively elevate resource or technical risks.
• New Product Introduction (NPI): Own manufacturing readiness from early design stages through pilot builds and full production ramp‑up. Coordinate BOMs, routings, tooling, fixtures, assembly methods, inspection/test plans, and operator training to hit release gates.
• Sustaining Engineering & Root Cause Analysis: Lead technical assessments for released products, manage component obsolescence, and execute supplier modifications. Direct root‑cause analyses, containment plans, permanent corrective actions, and post‑implementation effectiveness checks for field or factory issues.
• Value Engineering (VAVE): Identify and implement cost‑reduction opportunities across components, materials, processes, tooling, and architectures without compromising quality, aesthetic standards, performance, or compliance. Validate savings with Finance.
• Design Verification & Compliance: Perform tolerance analyses, DFM/DFA reviews, prototyping, and testing across mechanical, thermal, optical, electrical, and control systems. Work with compliance owners and certification bodies (e.g., UL, CSA, ETL) prior to implementing design changes.
• Product Data Management (ECO/ECN): Maintain CAD models, technical drawings, specifications, ERP BOMs, assembly instructions, and incoming quality criteria. Enforce robust change control via ECO/ECN procedures, ensuring revision traceability and inventory transition management.
• Supplier Collaboration & Custom Feasibility: Work closely with vendors on component sourcing, tool design, and supplier quality issues. Assess feasibility, cost, lead time, and compliance impact for custom client modifications, releasing approved configurations to production.
• Technical Escalations & Returns (RMA Support): Provide expert technical analysis for complex field returns and customer escalations. Conduct failure analysis on returned products to identify trends and inform warranty determinations.

Technical Skills

• Proficiency with 3D CAD software, tolerance stack‑up analysis, and DFM/DFA principles.
• Demonstrated experience managing ERP systems, BOM structures, and ECO/ECN processes.
• Solid background in thermal, mechanical, optical, and electrical integration.
• Problem‑Solving & Leadership: Proven track record in structured root‑cause problem solving (e.g., 8D, 5 Whys), supplier development, and cross‑functional team leadership/mentoring

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Manufacturing, or Mechatronics Engineering (or equivalent).
• Professional Licensure: Appropriate APEGA registration (P.Eng. or eligible) required for independent engineering practice.
• Experience: Typically 5-10+ years of hands‑on experience in manufacturing or sustaining engineering within a product‑development environment.
• Industry Background: Strong preference for experience in commercial/architectural lighting, electrical fixtures, or similar electromechanical manufacturing environments.

Summary

If you would like to be considered for this opportunity please forward your resume via email to Kristy Weckl at [e-mail]

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity‑seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non‑binary/gender non‑conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.

Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity‑seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non‑binary/gender non‑conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.

Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to [e-mail] to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.