Engineering Manager - Custom Castings

Nordstern-Group-of-Companie; Winnipeg; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hiring bonus

Competitive salary

4-day workweek (weekday shifts)

Off-shift premiums

RRSP matching benefits

Training and career advancement

Safety gear reimbursement

Social committee activities

Job summary

Custom Castings is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the Design Engineering team and coordinate resources across the Nordstern Group of Companies.

You will drive new product development, tooling standards, and cross-functional collaboration with operations, quality, and sales, while managing workload in a dynamic manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Mechanical/Manufacturing or related engineering field.
• 7+ years of engineering experience in manufacturing.
• Experience leading engineering projects and mentoring staff.
• Strong design, tooling, and NPD understanding.
• customer-facing technical project experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Design Engineering team with clear direction and accountability.
• Prioritize engineering requests based on customer needs and capacity.
• Balance workload across the group and escalate as needed.
• Serve as primary engineering contact during NPD and production launches.
• Develop and maintain tooling design standards and best practices.
• Provide technical input for quotations, FAI, PPAP.
• Collaborate with Operations, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, and Sales.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Customer communication

Problem solving

Mechanical design

Mentoring/people leadership

Education

Mechanical/Manufacturing Engineering degree

Tools

3D CAD software

Engineering drawing

Job description

Custom Castingsis a member of theNordsternGroup of Companies, which also includes Protek Surface Technologies, Forte Tooling Technologies, and Sure Cast Aluminum Foundry. We are an integrated, single-source solutions provider delivering consistent, high-quality aluminum permanent mold castings to our customers.

We are currently seeking an experiencedEngineering Managerto lead our Design Engineering team and coordinate engineering resources across theNordsternGroup of Companies.

Why Join Custom Castings?

What makes us a Great Place to Work? Our people and our culture matter! We are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful workplace where values are recognized.We also offer a strong total rewards package, including:

• $2000 hiring bonus

• Competitive Salary

• 4-day workweek for weekday shifts and 3-day workweek for weekend shifts

• Off-shift premiums

• Paid lunch and coffee breaks

• Absent Time Paid hours

• Full benefits package including RRSP matching

• Comprehensive training program

• Opportunities for career advancement

• Work boots and Safety Glasses reimbursement

• Continuous Improvement culture with employee rewards

• Active Social Committee

Key Responsibilities:

Engineering Team Coordination

• Actively manage and lead the Design Engineering team with clear expectations, accountability, and technical support.

• Control the intake and prioritization of engineering requests across the Group based on customer needs, business impact, urgency, and available capacity.

• Balance workload across the shared engineering resource pool and resolve competing priorities while serving as the primary escalation point for day-to-day Design Engineering matters.

New Product Development & Customer Coordination

• Act as the primary engineering contact for external customers during new product development, frominitialdesign review through production launch.

• Maintain clear communication with customers on project status, technical issues, risks, and required decisions.

Tooling Design Systems & Standards

• Develop andmaintaintooling design standards, review processes, and engineering best practices.

• Incorporate lessons learned from tooling trials and production performance into future designs.

• Drive improvement toward first-shot success, with fewer tooling revisions and launch delays.

Manufacturing & Technical Support

• Lead or support structured problem-solving where engineering input isrequired.

• Support quotation, FAI, PPAP, and other technical activities requiring engineering input.

Cross-Functional & Business Support

• Work closely with Operations, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, Sales, and senior leadership across the Group.

• Identifytechnical risks, resource constraints, and priority conflicts early and ensureappropriate actionis taken.

• Provide visibility on engineering workload, priorities, project status, and significant risks.

What You Bring:

• Post-secondary education in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline.

• 7+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, includingdemonstratedexperience leading projects, coordinating technical work, and/or mentoring engineering staff.

• Previousexperience leading, supervising, or mentoring engineering professionals is strongly preferred.

• Demonstrated experience in mechanical design, tooling, manufacturing processes, new product development, and customer-facing technical projects.

• Foundry, aluminum casting, machining, tooling, or related manufacturing experience would be considered an asset.

• Strong people leadership, coaching, and team development skills.

• Strong project management, prioritization, and organizational capability.

• Strong customer communication and cross-functional collaboration skills.

• Strong mechanical design and manufacturing knowledge.

• Familiar with 3D CAD modelling and engineering drawing generation.

• Practical, hands-on problem-solving capability.

• Ability to balance customer requirements, technical needs, manufacturability, cost, and timing.

• Exposure to casting simulation or solidification software is considered an asset.

Work Environment:

• Combination of office and manufacturing-floor work.

• Regular interaction with foundry, tooling, machining, finishing, assembly, maintenance, and other manufacturing environments across the Group.

• Exposure to industrial machinery, elevated temperatures, and molten-metal processes.