Location: Mississauga, Ontario | On-site
A global manufacturing organization is seeking an experienced Senior Manager - Engineering Manager to lead technical engineering activities, customer-facing initiatives, and program execution within a complex global manufacturing environment.
This position requires a strong engineering leader who can work effectively across global, cross-functional teams, communicate confidently with customers and internal stakeholders, and drive programs from technical development through execution.
Job Duties:
- Provide leadership across engineering, technical customer engagement, and program execution.
- Lead and coordinate engineering activities supporting customer programs and manufacturing initiatives.
- Serve as a key technical interface with customers, ensuring requirements, priorities, risks, and program expectations are clearly understood.
- Work closely with global, cross-functional teams across engineering, manufacturing, operations, quality, commercial, and program functions.
- Drive program schedules, deliverables, technical milestones, and issue resolution.
- Support technical decision-making and ensure programs remain aligned with customer requirements and business objectives.
- Communicate effectively across different functions, cultures, and geographic regions.
- Use Microsoft Excel and Microsoft Project to support program planning, tracking, reporting, and execution.
Requirements:
- Engineering degree or equivalent technical education.
- Proven engineering leadership experience within a manufacturing environment.
- Strong experience working within a global manufacturing organization and with international, cross-functional teams.
- Demonstrated customer-facing technical leadership experience.
- Strong program or project execution experience within a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively with customers, technical teams, and senior stakeholders.
- Strong organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.
- Ability to work on-site in Mississauga, Ontario.
- Ability and willingness to travel approximately 25% globally, primarily to the United States.
Preferred
- Experience working with teams or operations in China.
- Chinese language skills are an asset but are not required.
- Experience supporting complex, multinational manufacturing programs.
Work Arrangement
This is an on-site position in Mississauga, Ontario. Candidates should be comfortable working in a highly collaborative environment and partnering regularly with colleagues and customers across multiple regions and time zones.
