Manager - Engineering Process, Intelligence & Continuous Improvement

Job description

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