Manager - Engineering Process, Intelligence & Continuous Improvement

Job Title: Manager, Engineering Process, Intelligence & Continuous Improvement 

Job Code: 46377 

Job Location: Onsite - Waterdown, On

Primary Responsibilities 

• Provide leadership, guidance and mentorship of an engaged, high performing engineering operations team


• Enable data-driven decision making across all of Engineering


• Partner with Engineering senior leadership to translate objectives into roadmaps for engineering infrastructure and tools


• Own the strategy, roadmap, implementation, operation, and continuous improvement of engineering platforms, including key areas such as:
  
  
  
  • AI Tools
    
    
    
    • Infrastructure and tools to support integration of AI technology into engineering processes that produce improvements to engineering efficiency
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • DevOps
    
    
    
    • Infrastructure and tools supporting efficient software and firmware delivery including Atlassian (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and CI/CD (Jenkins) services
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Engineering Applications
    
    
    
    • Infrastructure and tools supporting Configuration Management and other engineering-wide systems, such as Teamcenter
    
    
    
    
  
  
  • Engineering Reporting
    
    
    
    • Infrastructure and tools to deliver data, analytics and reporting that enables engineering-wide decision making, including the engineering labour database
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


• Establish good operating practices for the team including but not limited to:
  
  
  
  • Priority management
  
  
  • Project tracking
  
  
  • Code/design reviews
  
  
  • Application support
  
  
  
  


• Be responsible for project execution of all activities in their team throughout the entire project life cycle


• Actively contribute to infrastructure administration and tool development activities within their team where needed


• Develop positive working relationships across all engineering functions and Information Technology (IT)


• Partner with IT to align technology roadmaps, integrate enterprise platforms, and deliver solutions


• Develop and maintain productive relationships with technology vendors and service providers


• Provide metrics, reports and performance measures for your team’s results, including regular reporting to the Engineering Management Team.

Preferred Capabilities

• Experience leading multidisciplinary technical teams spanning DevOps, enterprise applications, and data analytics


• Experience integrating existing teams with newly established functions


• Experience managing strategic vendor relationships and influencing technology investment decisions.


• Experience with project management of complex software application development and roll-out


• Broad experience across software delivery platforms, engineering applications, and data analytics solutions, including but not limited to:
  
  
  
  • AI technologies applied to engineering and/or business processes
  
  
  • Source control and CI/CD applications such as Bitbucket and Jenkins
  
  
  • Business systems such as Teamcenter Unified, ERP-LN and MES
  
  
  • Business reporting solutions such as PowerBI and Grafana
  
  
  • Database solutions supporting data intelligence
  
  
  • Internal software-as-a-service application development and support
  
  
  
  


• Familiarity with industry best practices for software application development include source control management, Agile practices and Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) methodologies


• Passion and experience with making Continuous Improvement and DevOps an integral part of an engineering organization


• Experience establishing strong relationships with leaders across the organization to influence priorities, align stakeholders and drive results


• Experience assessing and hiring the best talent for your team

Desired Education and Experiences 

• University degree or College diploma in Information Technology, Computer Science or a related Engineering discipline.


• Bachelor’s Degree and minimum 9 years prior related experience. Graduate Degree with a minimum of 7 years of prior related experience. In lieu of a degree, minimum of 13 years of prior related experience.


• Preference for demonstrated experience in project or people leadership

*This posting is for a current vacancy.  In the province of Ontario, Canada, the pay range for this position will be $126500-$176500