Engineering Manager

Joinimagine; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 107,000 - 235,000; Full time

Job summary

Dematic is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead project teams across material handling and automation initiatives. The role focuses on guiding engineers, managing budgets, and ensuring on-time delivery with quality and cost controls.

The ideal candidate has a strong leadership track record, CAD experience, and hands-on collaboration with sales, solution development, and customers. This full-time position requires travel and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of demonstrated Engineering Management and/or people leadership.
• Minimum 8 years of material handling and/or logistics automation experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide coaching and guidance to help ensure team member and project success.
• Ensure project targets are met for quality, on-time delivery, and cost; anticipate issues and address proactively.
• Provide regular reporting of project performance and status to management and peers.
• Maintain accurate monthly forecasting across assigned projects.
• Proactively manage direct project budgets and indirect department budgets.
• Attend project turnovers and assess projects for technical, cost, and schedule risks prior to execution team deployment.
• Look for opportunity to reduce project risks and develop awareness of customer expectations and demands.
• Participate in pre-sale technical reviews with Sales and Solution Development teams.
• Effectively recruit, on-board, and integrate new hires into the Project Engineering team.

Skills

Engineering management

People leadership

Project leadership

Communication skills

Education

BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

Tools

AutoCAD

Allen-Bradley PLCs

Job description

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We offer:

What We Offer:

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $75,000 - $165,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

What You Will Do In This Role:

• Provide coaching and guidance to help ensure team member and project success
• Ensure project targets are met for quality, on-time delivery, and cost. Anticipate issues and address proactively
• Provide regular reporting of project performance and status to management and peers
• Maintain accurate monthly forecasting across assigned projects
• Proactively manage direct project budgets and indirect department budgets
• Provide input to annual budget regarding staffing, indirect spending, etc
• Attend project turnovers and assess projects for technical, cost, and schedule risks prior to execution team deployment
• Make project staffing decisions based on team skills, project priorities, and customer visibility
• Maintain utilization for individual contributors and coordinate level-loading of team members
• Participate in pre-sale technical reviews with Sales and Solution Development teams
• Look for opportunity to reduce project risks and develop awareness of customer expectations and demands
• Analyzes and understands impact of decisions on business operations
• Appraise and recommend changes in current processes or procedures
• Effectively recruit, on-board, and integrate new hires into the Project Engineering

What We Are Looking For:

• BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field of engineering
• At least (5) years of demonstrated Engineering Management and/or people leadership
• At least (8) years of material handling and/or logistics automation industry or related experience preferred
• Ability to work individually and lead with minimal supervision in remote, office, and customer site environments
• Knowledge of CAD design software including AutoCAD is a plus
• Knowledge of PLCs including Allen-Bradley and/or Rockwell a plus.
• Ability to solve complex problems and recommend cost-effective solutions
• Proven communications skills, collaboration, flexibility, and willingness to lead and work as part of a team of solution-oriented professionals
• Demonstrated presentation skills, group facilitation, and ability to effectively interact with customers
• Excellent leadership, teamwork, influencing, and interpersonal skills
• Excellent organizational, analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and maintaining composure
• Travel approximately 10% to Customer or Dematic locations
• Positively represent the Engineering organization and Dematic with both internal and external Customers