Technical Project Manager

ZOOK Enterprises; Burlington; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

ZOOK Enterprises in Canada seeks a CWP Technical Project Manager to lead engineering project planning, coordination, execution, tracking, and closeout for custom welded products. You will work with engineering, production, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and customers to meet milestones, deliverables, validation activities, and controlled documentation.

Final approvals come from engineering, quality, or functional authority while you coordinate inputs, track decisions, and ensure required

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related discipline.
• PM training or equivalent; CAPM/PMP preferred.
• Experience managing cross-functional engineering projects in manufacturing.
• Ability to read engineering drawings, specs and controlled docs.

Responsibilities

• Define project priorities, scope, deliverables, timelines, resources and execution plans.
• Lead cross-functional engineering project execution from concept to release and readiness.
• Maintain project plans, milestones, action trackers, risks, meeting notes and decisions logs.
• Coordinate technical inputs, drawings, test requirements, supplier info and customer feedback with owners.
• Facilitate APQP, validation, manufacturing readiness and documentation release.
• Coordinate welding-related project activities, tests, certifications, and customer specs.
• Lead project review meetings, report status, decisions, and actions.
• Identify risks with evidence and propose next steps with ownership and urgency.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder communication

Technical coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Microsoft Planner

Excel tracking tools

CAD systems

APQP

Engineering change control

ERP systems

Job description

Job Title: CWP Technical Project Manager.

Department: CWP Engineering.

Reports to: Welded Products Manager

Location: Metal Business Unit

Pay Rule: Salary.

Job Summary

This position supports the Welded Products Manager by leading engineering project planning, technical coordination, execution, tracking, and closeout for Custom Welded Products projects. The role works with engineering, production, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and customers to complete project milestones, technical deliverables, validation activities, and controlled documentation effectively and on time.

Final technical approval remains with the appropriate engineering, quality, or functional authority, while this role coordinates inputs, tracks decisions, and ensures required approvals are completed.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with the Welded Products Manager to define project priorities, scope, deliverables, timelines, resource needs, and execution plans that support production readiness, customer requirements, and business unit priorities.
• Lead cross-functional engineering project execution for custom welded assemblies, burst plugs, and related pressure relief products from concept review through design release, validation, production readiness, and documentation completion.
• Maintain project plans, milestone schedules, action item trackers, risk analyses, meeting notes, and decision logs to support accountability, visibility, and timely follow-up.
• Coordinate technical inputs, drawing reviews, test requirements, supplier information, customer feedback, and internal approvals with the appropriate technical or functional owners.
• Facilitate completion and controlled release of APQP, validation, manufacturing, and customer-required project documentation.
• Coordinate welding-related project activities, including qualification timing, test scheduling, certification scope, and customer or standard-specific requirements, with qualified technical personnel.
• Lead project review meetings, communicate status, document decisions, follow up on actions, identify barriers, and escalated unresolved issues as appropriate.
• Identify and escalated quality, safety, customer impact, schedule, supplier capability, requirement clarity, and workload risks with objective evidence, recommended next steps, clear ownership, and appropriate urgency.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or diploma in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, Manufacturing, Operations, or a closely related discipline.
• Project management training, PMP, CAPM, or equivalent certification is preferred. Equivalent experience leading cross-functional engineering, product development, or manufacturing projects will also be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to manage engineering project scope, schedules, priorities, risks, stakeholder communication, follow-up, decision support, and closeout activities in a technical manufacturing environment.
• Ability to understand and coordinate technical information, including engineering drawings, customer specifications, manufacturing requirements, inspection records, test results, and controlled documentation.
• Knowledge of pressure relief products, rupture disks, pressure boundary components, custom welded assemblies, and manufacturing processes is strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with welding processes, welding qualifications, or applicable pressure equipment standards is considered an asset.
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications is required; experience with Microsoft Planner, Excel-based tracking tools, CAD systems, APQP, engineering change control, or ERP systems is considered an asset.
• Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in engineering project coordination, engineering project management, product development, manufacturing, pressure equipment, or a technical industrial environment is preferred.