- Salary
- C$78k – C$90k/yr
- Location
- Burlington, Ontario, CA
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Manager
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Source
- BetterTeam
Description
Job Title: CWP Technical Project Manager.
Department: CWP Engineering.
Reports to: Welded Products Manager.
Location: Metal Business Unit.
Pay Rule: Salary.
Job Summary:
This position supports the Welded Products Manager by leading engineering project planning, technical coordination, execution, tracking, and closeout for Custom Welded Products projects. The role works with engineering, production, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and customers to complete project milestones, technical deliverables, validation activities, and controlled documentation effectively and on time.
This position supports the Welded Products Manager by leading engineering project planning, technical coordination, execution, tracking, and closeout for Custom Welded Products projects. The role works with engineering, production, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and customers to complete project milestones, technical deliverables, validation activities, and controlled documentation effectively and on time.
Final technical approval remains with the appropriate engineering, quality, or functional authority, while this role coordinates inputs, tracks decisions, and ensures required approvals are completed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Partner with the Welded Products Manager to define project priorities, scope, deliverables, timelines, resource needs, and execution plans that support production readiness, customer requirements, and business unit priorities.
- Lead cross-functional engineering project execution for custom welded assemblies, burst plugs, and related pressure relief products from concept review through design release, validation, production readiness, and documentation completion.
- Maintain project plans, milestone schedules, action item trackers, risk analyses, meeting notes, and decision logs to support accountability, visibility, and timely follow-up.
- Coordinate technical inputs, drawing reviews, test requirements, supplier information, customer feedback, and internal approvals with the appropriate technical or functional owners.
- Facilitate completion and controlled release of APQP, validation, manufacturing, and customer-required project documentation.
- Coordinate welding-related project activities, including qualification timing, test scheduling, certification scope, and customer or standard-specific requirements, with qualified technical personnel.
- Lead project review meetings, communicate status, document decisions, follow up on actions, identify barriers, and escalate unresolved issues as appropriate.
- Identify and escalate quality, safety, customer impact, schedule, supplier capability, requirement clarity, and workload risks with objective evidence, recommended next steps, clear ownership, and appropriate urgency.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Engineering, Engineering Technology, Project Management, Manufacturing, Operations, or a closely related discipline.
- Project management training, PMP, CAPM, or equivalent certification is preferred. Equivalent experience leading cross-functional engineering, product development, or manufacturing projects will also be considered.
- Demonstrated ability to manage engineering project scope, schedules, priorities, risks, stakeholder communication, follow-up, decision support, and closeout activities in a technical manufacturing environment.
- Ability to understand and coordinate technical information, including engineering drawings, customer specifications, manufacturing requirements, inspection records, test results, and controlled documentation.
- Knowledge of pressure relief products, rupture disks, pressure boundary components, custom welded assemblies, and manufacturing processes is strongly preferred.
- Familiarity with welding processes, welding qualifications, or applicable pressure equipment standards is considered an asset.
- Proficiency in Microsoft 365 applications is required; experience with Microsoft Planner, Excel-based tracking tools, CAD systems, APQP, engineering change control, or ERP systems is considered an asset.
- Minimum 3 to 5 years of experience in engineering project coordination, engineering project management, product development, manufacturing, pressure equipment, or a technical industrial environment is preferred.
About ZOOK:
ZOOK is committed to finding pressure relief solutions for our customers that maximize our customers’ productivity and performance while keeping their people safe. ZOOK is a global market leader with over 90 years of manufacturing expertise of high quality metal & graphite rupture disks and other pressure relief products. ZOOK has global locations in the USA, United Kingdom, Canada and Malaysia, with state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Canada and the USA. We are dedicated to investing heavily in the latest technology and production to stay competitive in the marketplace, and are able to offer comprehensive solutions to the selection and sizing of products best suited for each customer application.
ZOOK is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing employment accommodation in accordance with applicable legislation. If you require an accommodation to apply or are contacted for an assessment process, please advise us if you require accommodation.
Our Values:
Safety, Health and the Environment:
At ZOOK, the health and safety of each individual is of primary importance. ZOOK is committed to practices that generate safe workplace actions, conditions and procedures, and we continually work to develop and maintain a safe and healthy operating environment. ZOOK is a responsible corporate citizen, protecting and conserving the natural environment. We comply with all accepted environmental standards, meeting and often exceeding applicable regulatory and legal requirements. We are continually improving our environmental performance, working to minimize the creation of solid and liquid waste and eliminating other practices that could have a harmful effect on the environment.
Our Culture:
Diversity and Inclusion:
ZOOK is committed to creating and maintaining an environment in which all employees are treated with respect and differences are highly valued. At ZOOK we work to foster an inclusive environment that provides equal opportunity to our employees, customers, suppliers and the community. By creating a company culture that is free of harassment or discriminatory treatment of any form, every employee can have the opportunity to contribute fully to our business success.
Our Team:
We are a customer-oriented people with a drive to meet customer requirement and exceed expectations every time; whether through on-time delivery, efficient and courteous customer service, or superior quality and reliable products; while maintaining our commitment to continual improvement of the Quality Management System.
Why Join Us?
Employee Benefits and Retirement Savings:
ZOOK offers a comprehensive employee benefits package to support employees’ health, and well-being. Eligible employees have access to the company’s group benefits program, subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan.
In addition, ZOOK offers a Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP) with employer matching contributions to help employees build their retirement savings and plan for their financial future. Eligibility, contribution limits, and matching arrangements are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plan.
Further details regarding benefits coverage and RRSP participation will be provided during onboarding.
ZOOK is committed to integrating sustainability into all aspects of the company.
Our sustainability initiatives include:
- Use recyclable materials for product packaging.
- Share with customers our concerns for environmental sustainability.
- Recycle paper and office waste.
- Asks vendors to reduce unnecessary packaging whenever possible.
- Emphasize sustainability, preservation, renovation and reuse as key elements in responsible development.
- Monitor and measure on a regular basis the short and long-term environmental impact of operations.
- Use energy-efficient fixtures where possible.
- Track and compare energy performance.
- Use energy efficient appliances: light bulbs, refrigerators and computers.
- Use windows that open for seasonal cooling.
- Use programmable thermostats and other controls to reduce heating and cooling costs in unoccupied guest rooms.
- Use nontoxic cleaning products when available.
- Limit or eliminate Styrofoam food and beverage containers.
- Use cloth towels and napkins.
- Minimize use of disposable items.
- Use paper products (brochures, etc.) made from recycled paper as much as possible.
- Avoid aerosols containing CFC or HCFC.
- Work with suppliers to ensure their products and services reflect our ethics.
- Work with other organizations to share information and techniques to protect the health and vitality of our natural resources and heritage.
- Implement state of the art drinking water purification system.
Skills
ExcelCustomer ServiceERPProject ManagementPMP