Job Description

Our client is a well-established Canadian automation and industrial engineering organization with a long track record of delivering sophisticated, custom-engineered solutions to a blue-chip customer base. Known for tackling complex, high-value projects, the organization operates at scale, blending engineering depth, manufacturing capability, and disciplined project execution under one roof.
The culture is collaborative, inclusive, and performance-driven, with a strong emphasis on safety, accountability, and continuous improvement. This is an organization where experienced professionals are trusted to lead, influence outcomes, and make a measurable impact.
Compensation
Salary range: $85,000 to $135,000, commensurate with experience, scope, and technical depth. A competitive total rewards offering is provided, which may include profit-sharing, comprehensive health and dental coverage, retirement savings programs with employer matching, and professional development support.
The Opportunity
This is a senior-level in-house Project Manager role based in Barrie, Ontario, responsible for leading large, technically complex automation projects from early planning through final commissioning. These are high-visibility, multi-million-dollar initiatives that require strong commercial awareness, technical credibility, and the ability to bring diverse teams together around shared outcomes.
Reporting into senior project leadership, the successful candidate will act as the central point of coordination between engineering, manufacturing, skilled trades, procurement, customers, and executive stakeholders.
Position Description
The Project Manager will own the full project lifecycle, ensuring scope, schedule, cost, and quality expectations are met or exceeded.
Key areas of responsibility include:

• End-to-end leadership of automation projects, from initiation and detailed planning through build, installation coordination, and commissioning
• Financial stewardship of assigned projects, including forecasting, cost control, and regular performance reporting
• Acting as the primary point of contact for customers, leading progress reviews, updates, and issue resolution
• Development and management of project schedules, milestones, and resource plans
• Close collaboration with engineering, shop floor, automation, procurement, and operations teams to ensure alignment and execution
• Proactive identification and escalation of risks, constraints, and scope changes
• Oversight of project documentation including commercial records, correspondence, schedules, and requisitions
• Contribution to quotation development using internal costing and estimating tools
• Ensuring safety standards, housekeeping expectations, and company policies are upheld at all times

Travel is minimal, typically limited to occasional on-site check-ins, customer meetings tied to key milestones, or monitoring progress during installation or commissioning.
Experience

• Senior-level project management experience within automation, industrial machinery, manufacturing systems, or engineered-to-order environments
• Proven track record managing complex projects with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
• Comfortable balancing technical, commercial, and customer considerations in real time
• Experience operating in deadline-driven environments where priorities can shift

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering, technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Professional Engineer or Project Management Professional designation considered a strong asset
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel
• Strong technical foundation with the ability to engage credibly with engineers, trades, and customers
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal
• Highly organized with strong analytical and problem-solving capability
• Able to work independently while also motivating cross-functional teams
• Adaptable, detail-oriented, and comfortable navigating change

Education

• University degree in engineering, technology, or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience
• Professional Engineer or Project Management Professional designation considered a strong asset

Additional Information
Date Posted: January 12, 2026
Job Type: On-Site, Permanent, Full-Time
Industries: Metal Stamping and Machining
Job Categories: Manufacturing/Production/Operations
Manages Others: Yes
Required Travel: Minimal
Relocation Assistance: No
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Learn More About the Recruiter
John Barron, B.A.
With deep roots in both the United Kingdom and Canada, John brings a rare and powerful dual-market perspective that helps industry-leading companies find the best, right-fit talent for their very important hiring needs. Serving as a cornerstone of our UK recruitment practice, he has clients both across the pond and here in North America. While his experience spans several industries and sectors, he earnestly finds manufacturing to be a most exciting, promising and diverse sector and one in which he has found particular success, forging a strong reputation for recruiting excellence.
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