Technical Engineer

JFE Shoji Power Canada Inc.; Burlington; On-site; CAD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonuses

RRSP/Pension Plan

Dental Insurance

Medical Insurance

Vision Insurance

Salary increases per policy

Job summary

JFE Shoji Power Canada Inc. is seeking a Technical Engineer in Burlington, Ontario. The role reports to the Technical Director and focuses on reviewing, validating, and approving technical outputs to ensure manufacturability and alignment with client needs.

You will contribute to continuous improvement across value streams, provide troubleshooting on cutting lines and CMM systems, and mentor junior team members as part of a collaborative engineering team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• 5–8 years of experience in manufacturing or technical environment.
• Experience with design review and manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Review client drawings and specifications for accuracy and manufacturability.
• Verify client requirements and identify omissions or discrepancies.
• Ensure outputs align with manufacturing capabilities and costs.
• Support continuous improvement across value streams.
• Provide technical troubleshooting for programming on cutting lines.
• Mentor technical team members and assist in training.
• Coordinate authorized plant trials and verify requirements.

Skills

Design review

Manufacturing processes

Technical engineering

Troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology

Job description

Join Our Team: Technical Engineer!

TermsofEmployment: Full-time/Permanent

Location: Burlington,Ontario

Language: English

Vacancy: Pleasenotethatthispostingisforanexistingrole.

Benefits: Eligiblefordiscretionarybonusesand/orsalaryincreasesinaccordancewithcompanypolicy. Eligible for RRSP,PensionPlan,DentalInsurance,MedicalInsurance, and VisionInsurance.

Salary: $75,000 - $85,000 year(dependentonexperience)

About Us

JFE Shoji Power Canada (JSC) is an electrical steel products manufacturer located in Burlington, Ontario. As the largest producer of transformer cores in North America, JSC specializes in wound, amorphous, and step-lap cores for power generation and distribution equipment. Its electrical steel products and magnetic materials are also used in electric vehicle motors and charging station infrastructure, data centres, audio equipment, and other industrial applications.

Since 1972, JSC (formerly Cogent) has grown from a small niche manufacturer to an integral part of the North American electrical steel supply chain with multiple facilities and over 500 employees. JSC is dedicated to meeting the growing demand for electrical energy by providing strategic, innovative, and sustainable solutions to its clients.

What Sets Us Apart?

At JFE Shoji Power Canada, we are more than just a company—we are a community that embraces safety. We have a proactive safety attitude where every team member is empowered to care for each other and take responsibility for keeping everyone safe. By embodying the ICare principles, we ensure that safety is not just a priority but a core value of our culture. Each employee plays an essential role in shaping a workplace where safety is embedded in every action we take, and where incidents are prevented before they happen.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Technical Director, the Technical Engineer is responsible for independently reviewing, validating, and approving technical outputs to ensure accuracy, manufacturability, and alignment with client requirements and operational capabilities. This role serves as a key technical resource within the design review process, providing expertise, ensuring quality of execution, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives across value streams.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Independently interpret, review, and validate client design drawings and specifications to ensure accuracy, completeness, and manufacturability.
• Independently review client requirements/specifications and check for omissions and/or discrepancies.
• Review client design data and ensure that their requirements are adhered to in the most cost-effective manner, and that manufacturing capabilities are considered during the design review process.
• Review outputs from the vetting process for completeness and correctness prior to release to Operations.
• Collaborate with Operations in continuous improvement initiatives to improve the quality of the Technical outputs being released for production.
• Provide technical troubleshooting expertise related to programming issues on the cutting lines.
• Identify and resolve discrepancies, omissions, and risks within client requirements and design documentation.
• Ensure technical outputs are fully aligned with manufacturing capabilities and business objectives.
• Sign-off verification to approve and formally release Engineering Masters to ensure all design, manufacturing, and compliance requirements are satisfied prior to release to manufacturing.
• Sign-off verification to approve and formally release drawings.
• Accountable for the accuracy and completeness of technical outputs released to operations.
• Provide technical support and troubleshooting expertise for programming issues on cutting lines and CMM systems.
• Coordinate and validate Authorized Plant Trials (APTs), ensuring technical requirements are met.
• Maintain deep knowledge and understanding of JSC Best Practices, equipment capabilities, client specifications, and types of electrical steels.
• Keep abreast of developments/technology/trends in the industry.
• Provide backup technical support to other JSC value streams as required.
• Mentor and train Technical team members where appropriate.
• Active participation in continuous process improvement projects.
• Manage assigned technical projects to ensure scope, quality, and timelines are achieved.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Engineering Technology.
• 5–8 years of experience in manufacturing or technical environment.
• Experience with design review and manufacturing processes.