Engineering Manager - Custom Castings

Actively manage and lead the Design Engineering team with clear expectations, accountability, and technical support. 

Control the intake and prioritization of engineering requests across the Group based on customer needs, business impact, urgency, and available capacity. 

Balance workload across the shared engineering resource pool and resolve competing priorities while serving as the primary escalation point for day-to-day Design Engineering matters. 

Act as the primary engineering contact for external customers during new product development, from initial design review through production launch. 

Maintain clear communication with customers on project status, technical issues, risks, and required decisions. 

Develop and maintain tooling design standards, review processes, and engineering best practices. 

Incorporate lessons learned from tooling trials and production performance into future designs. 

Drive improvement toward first-shot success, with fewer tooling revisions and launch delays. 

Lead or support structured problem-solving where engineering input is required. 

Support quotation, FAI, PPAP, and other technical activities requiring engineering input. 

Work closely with Operations, Quality, Tooling, Maintenance, Sales, and senior leadership across the Group. 

Identify technical risks, resource constraints, and priority conflicts early and ensure appropriate action is taken. 

Provide visibility on engineering workload, priorities, project status, and significant risks. 
 

Post-secondary education in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Engineering Technology, or a related discipline. 

7+ years of engineering experience in a manufacturing environment, including demonstrated experience leading projects, coordinating technical work, and/or mentoring engineering staff. 

Previous experience leading, supervising, or mentoring engineering professionals is strongly preferred. 

Demonstrated experience in mechanical design, tooling, manufacturing processes, new product development, and customer-facing technical projects. 

Foundry, aluminum casting, machining, tooling, or related manufacturing experience would be considered an asset. 

Strong people leadership, coaching, and team development skills. 

Strong project management, prioritization, and organizational capability. 

Strong customer communication and cross-functional collaboration skills. 

Strong mechanical design and manufacturing knowledge. 

Familiar with 3D CAD modelling and engineering drawing generation. 

Practical, hands-on problem-solving capability. 

Ability to balance customer requirements, technical needs, manufacturability, cost, and timing. 

Exposure to casting simulation or solidification software is considered an asset. 
 

Combination of office and manufacturing-floor work. 

Regular interaction with foundry, tooling, machining, finishing, assembly, maintenance, and other manufacturing environments across the Group. 

Exposure to industrial machinery, elevated temperatures, and molten-metal processes.