Job Title: Electrical Engineering Manager - Hardware
Location: Cambridge, ON | On-site
Job Type: Full-time
Benefits: RRSP, health/dental/vision package, reimbursement for tuition and professional dues, paid vacation, personal days, and sick days
Get to Know Us:
Eclipse Automation, part of Accenture, delivers cutting-edge custom automated manufacturing solutions across multiple industries. We combine advanced automation expertise with Accenture’s digital transformation capabilities to create smart, efficient, and sustainable manufacturing systems. Our global network includes facilities in Canada, the United States, Germany, Hungary, Switzerland, and Malaysia, ensuring regional expertise and global strength.
The Position:
The Electrical Engineering Manager - Hardware is responsible for providing leadership and coordination of electrical engineering department functions and costing. The incumbent will develop and implement electrical engineering policies and procedures while working directly with Controls, Applications, Project Management, Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing teams to ensure profitability goals are met on budget while delivering the Eclipse Vision and the Eclipse Entrepreneurial Culture.
What You’ll Be Doing:
• Ensure contractual commitments are clearly understood and that project teams are collaborating across the organization effectively to deliver the best possible project outcomes
• Direct, organize and coordinate Electrical Engineering - Hardware staff
• Develop and coordinate electrical designs within the Electrical Engineering team
• Intentional about process by building clear concepts and identifying super users to support adoption and continuity
• Assist Engineering teams with implementation and maintenance of Electrical Engineering procedures and standards
• Ensure all project designs are reviewed and approved appropriately prior to releasing drawings to manufacturing
• Respond to CARs and NCRs issued to the department in a prompt fashion
• Oversee the function of Electrical Engineering - Hardware within the technology center
• Develop and manage the Electrical Engineering budget effectively to ensure funds are allocated properly and to maintain department profitability
• Regularly monitor Electrical Engineering performance against overall business goals to ensure consistent alignment
• Under the direction of senior leadership, establish and implement short- and long-term departmental goals and objectives that support overall corporate objectives, monitoring regularly using KPIs to ensure they are being met
• Understand the business needs and prioritize efforts and strategy accordingly
• Work directly with Human Resources to determine hiring needs for the department and create a strategic hiring plan, ensuring the department is continuously staffed appropriately with proper skillsets in advance of high volume project work
• Conduct interviews as needed for direct reporting hires to ensure proper skillsets are being met
Travel:
• Expectation of travel up to 20% of time could be anticipated, however may be exceeded in exceptional circumstances to meet project needs
What We’re Looking For:
• Has successfully completed either a University Degree or College Diploma in Electrical Engineering / Robotics Automation Technology
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in the custom automation industry and has previously held a supervisory role
• Knowledge of advanced electrical hardware’s concepts
• Demonstrated experience with EPLAN including document preparation, submission, and coordination throughout the application lifecycle
• Demonstrated experience with design reviews, risk assessments, and quality assurance processes
• Understanding of project lifecycle management, change control, and configuration management
• Ability to participate in and facilitate group meetings
• Ability to motivate teams to produce quality materials within tight timeframes and simultaneously manage several projects
What We Offer:
• Reimbursement for tuition and professional dues
• Three weeks of vacation and five paid personal days (to start)
• RRSP matching program
• Free snack program
Why Join Us:
Here at Eclipse Automation, creation and innovation are at our core, and our culture reflects that. Fast-paced and continuously fostering growth, we encourage the entrepreneurial spirit that our teams embody, and leverage each of their strengths to do better for our people, our clients, and our communities.
Our teams are made up of innovators, thinkers, and doers, with the know-how and expertise to exceed expectations, and the relentless spirit to create and reinvent. Our people are what enable us to live up to our name – to eclipse all others, inspiring and creating outcomes that change the world.
Eclipse Automation is committed to creating an accessible and inclusive work environment. It is our policy to recruit and select applicants solely on the basis of their qualifications. We are an equal opportunity employer that hires talent regardless of age, race, creed, colour, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other status or condition protected by applicable law.
Eclipse Automation encourages applications from all qualified candidates. Those in need of accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process should notify eca_hresources@eclipseautomation.com. Any information received that relates to accommodation needs of a candidate will be addressed in a confidential manner.
