Engineering Manager

CQ Search Group Ltd.; Oshawa; On-site; CAD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CQ Search Group Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Manager for a leading CPG manufacturing operation in Oshawa, Ontario.

This hands-on leadership role will oversee engineering, maintenance, reliability, and capital project initiatives across the facility. The successful candidate will bring 5+ years of leadership experience in packaging manufacturing, maintenance, and reliability, with a strong track record in capital projects and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• P.Eng. designation strongly preferred and considered a significant asset.
• Engineering degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive engineering, maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Strong experience within CPG, consumer products, packaging, or similar high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience leading maintenance and reliability programs.
• Strong track record managing capital projects from planning through implementation.
• Experience with automated manufacturing and packaging equipment.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience with engineering and/or maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of preventive/predictive maintenance, root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, and reliability engineering.
• Excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the site engineering and maintenance strategy, ensuring high equipment reliability, uptime, and operational performance.
• Provide leadership to engineering and maintenance teams, including coaching, development, performance management, and workforce planning.
• Oversee capital projects from concept and budgeting through installation, commissioning, and start-up.
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance and reliability programs.
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability, OEE, productivity, safety, quality, and cost.
• Partner closely with Production, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, and Finance to support plant objectives.
• Lead equipment upgrades, automation initiatives, facility improvements, and process optimization projects.
• Manage engineering budgets, capital expenditures, contractors, and external engineering partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, reduce downtime, and increase production capacity.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, engineering, and regulatory requirements.
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex equipment and manufacturing issues.
• Establish engineering standards, maintenance KPIs, reliability metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills

Maintenance leadership

Reliability engineering

Capital projects

Continuous improvement

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

P.Eng. designation preferred

Packaging Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

Electrical Engineering

Industrial Engineering

Job description

Salary: $130,000–$140,000 base + benefits/bonus

About the Opportunity

Our client is a leading CPG manufacturing company with a fast-paced, highly automated operation in Oshawa, Ontario. They are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead engineering, maintenance, reliability, and capital project initiatives across the facility.

This is a hands-on leadership role for an engineering professional with strong experience in packaging manufacturing, maintenance, reliability, capital projects, and continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the site engineering and maintenance strategy, ensuring high equipment reliability, uptime, and operational performance.
• Provide leadership to engineering and maintenance teams, including coaching, development, performance management, and workforce planning.
• Oversee capital projects from concept and budgeting through installation, commissioning, and start-up.
• Develop and execute preventive and predictive maintenance and reliability programs.
• Drive improvements in equipment reliability, OEE, productivity, safety, quality, and cost.
• Partner closely with Production, Quality, EHS, Supply Chain, and Finance to support plant objectives.
• Lead equipment upgrades, automation initiatives, facility improvements, and process optimization projects.
• Manage engineering budgets, capital expenditures, contractors, and external engineering partners.
• Identify opportunities to improve manufacturing processes, reduce downtime, and increase production capacity.
• Ensure compliance with applicable safety, environmental, engineering, and regulatory requirements.
• Support troubleshooting and root-cause analysis of complex equipment and manufacturing issues.
• Establish engineering standards, maintenance KPIs, reliability metrics, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• P.Eng. designation is strongly preferred and considered a significant asset.
• Engineering degree in Packaging Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 5+ years of progressive engineering, maintenance, reliability, or manufacturing leadership experience.
• Strong experience within CPG, consumer products, packaging, or similar high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Proven experience leading maintenance and reliability programs.
• Strong track record managing capital projects from planning through implementation.
• Experience with automated manufacturing and packaging equipment.
• Demonstrated people leadership experience with engineering and/or maintenance teams.
• Strong understanding of preventive/predictive maintenance, root-cause analysis, continuous improvement, and reliability engineering.
• Excellent communication, project management, and problem-solving skills.