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Engineering Manager

  • Mississauga, ON
  • On-site
  • Posted Sep 30, 2026
  • 1 position

$75,000–$165,000 / year

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Employment type
Full-time
Experience level
Senior · 5+ years
Minimum education
Bachelor’s degree
Posting language
English
Working hours
40 hours per week

Job summary

Lead and coach the Project Engineering team while ensuring projects meet quality, schedule, and cost targets. Manage project and department budgets, forecasts, staffing, risks, and performance reporting, and collaborate with Sales, Solution Development, management, and customers.

Job details

-- We offer: What We Offer: Career Development Competitive Compensation and Benefits Pay Transparency Global Opportunities Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer/ Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $75,000 - $165,000 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills. Tasks and Qualifications: What You Will Do In This Role: Provide coaching and guidance to help ensure team member and project success Ensure project targets are met for quality, on-time delivery, and cost. Anticipate issues and address proactively Provide regular reporting of project performance and status to management and peers Maintain accurate monthly forecasting across assigned projects Proactively manage direct project budgets and indirect department budgets Provide input to annual budget regarding staffing, indirect spending, etc Attend project turnovers and assess projects for technical, cost, and schedule risks prior to execution team deployment Make project staffing decisions based on team skills, project priorities, and customer visibility Maintain utilization for individual contributors and coordinate level-loading of team members Participate in pre-sale technical reviews with Sales and Solution Development teams Look for opportunity to reduce project risks and develop awareness of customer expectations and demands Analyzes and understands impact of decisions on business operations Appraise and recommend changes in current processes or procedures Effectively recruit, on-board, and integrate new hires into the Project Engineering What We Are Looking For: BS in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering or related field of engineering At least (5) years of demonstrated Engineering Management and/or people leadership At least (8) years of material handling and/or logistics automation industry or related experience preferred Ability to work individually and lead with minimal supervision in remote, office, and customer site environments Knowledge of CAD design software including AutoCAD is a plus Knowledge of PLCs including Allen-Bradley and/or Rockwell a plus. Ability to solve complex problems and recommend cost-effective solutions Proven communications skills, collaboration, flexibility, and willingness to lead and work as part of a team of solution-oriented professionals Demonstrated presentation skills, group facilitation, and ability to effectively interact with customers Excellent leadership, teamwork, influencing, and interpersonal skills Excellent organizational, analytical, reasoning, and problem-solving skills Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines, and maintaining composure Travel approximately 10% to Customer or Dematic locations Positively represent the Engineering organization and Dematic with both internal and external Customers

What you’ll do

Lead and coach the Project Engineering team while ensuring projects meet quality, schedule, and cost targets. Manage project and department budgets, forecasts, staffing, risks, and performance reporting, and collaborate with Sales, Solution Development, management, and customers.

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related engineering field is required, along with at least five years of engineering management or people leadership experience. At least eight years of material handling, logistics automation, or related experience is preferred; strong leadership, communication, analytical, and problem-solving skills are also sought.

Benefits

  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation
  • Benefits
  • Global Opportunities

Listed skills

  • Problem solving · Preferred
  • People leadership · Preferred
  • Risk Management · Preferred
  • Material Handling · Preferred
  • Project management · Preferred
  • AutoCAD · Preferred
  • Forecasting · Preferred

Other relevant skills

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  • Engineering Management
  • People Leadership
  • Project Management
  • Budget Management
  • Forecasting
  • Project Staffing
  • Risk Management
  • Material Handling
  • Logistics Automation
  • AutoCAD
  • Programmable Logic Controllers
  • Allen-Bradley
  • Rockwell
  • Problem-Solving
  • Customer Communication
  • Recruiting and Onboarding
  • Design Software
  • Composure
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Business Operations
  • Analytical Thinking
  • Ability To Meet Deadlines
  • Project Engineering
  • Solution-Oriented
  • Project Performance
  • Budgeting
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Management
  • Communication
  • Sales
  • Leadership
  • Interpersonal Communications
  • Problem Solving
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Presentations
  • Project Risk Management
  • Coaching
  • Software Technical Review
  • Teamwork

Job areas

  • Engineering
  • Management & Leadership
  • Logistics
  • Manufacturing
  • Engineering Manager
  • Engineering Manager (General)
  • Manufacturing Managers
  • Architectural and Engineering Managers

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