Who we need:
We are hiring a Director of Engineering - Manufacturing to lead, scale, and shape the global direction of engineering across a distributed organization spanning North America and offshore teams. You will oversee Development, Detailing, and Engineering functions, ensuring alignment between global strategy and regional execution. You will be accountable for establishing best-in-class engineering standards, systems, governance models, and processes that improve speed, cost, quality, and scalability.
This is a highly visible leadership role within a fast-moving product development environment. We are looking for a hands-on engineering leader who thrives in agile manufacturing environments and can balance technical depth with strong people leadership, operational discipline, and executive presence.
What's in it for you:
- Ownership. This is an opportunity to lead and grow an engineering function that is actively taking shape. Leveraging your leadership to unite and inspire teams across the organization, you will drive modernization initiatives across engineering systems, automation, AI-enabled technologies, and operational workflows - playing a key role in shaping the future of engineering
- Impact. The work we do and the products we build are critical to helping our clients engage with their buyers and create great experiences. As the Director of Engineering, you will play a key role in delivering value and driving success for the company, its employees and our end customers. You will have the opportunity to influence engineering strategy across multiple regions, strengthen leadership capability within the team, and build scalable engineering practices that support Array's continued growth.
You will:
- Lead, develop and mentor all direct reports. You will conduct performance management cycles with clear expectations, structured feedback, and individualized development plans, while building a strong leadership bench through succession planning and coaching future managers and technical leaders. You will bring a visible, hands-on leadership style that fosters accountability, engagement, collaboration, and strong cross-functional relationships across the business.
- Work collaboratively across teams. Working directly with the Creative Design Department, Project Managers, Manufacturing Engineering, and the Production Teams, you will establish expectations and deliverables on assigned projects, manage the overall schedule of deliverables for the entire team and direct and oversee all phases of engineering development. You will also partner with Commercial Operations, Estimating, and Prototyping teams, ensuring clear accountability across functions and alignment of engineering outputs to business priorities.
- Nurture a growth mindset. You will foster a culture of innovative thinking and creative exploration, balanced with a commitment to practicality and delivering solutions that align with the project's objectives.
- Develop a long-term strategic and visionary direction for the engineering department. You will implement initiatives aimed at enhancing the cost-effectiveness of engineering operations while upholding quality standards. This includes:
- Establishing global engineering standards, governance models, and best practices
- Driving enterprise-wide engineering excellence initiatives (cost, speed-to-market, quality)
- Leading engineering systems and digital transformation efforts
- Embedding VA/VE (Value Analysis / Value Engineering) discipline into engineering development practices
- Prioritize continuous improvement. You will interact with other departments to ensure client deadlines are met and make recommendations to improve process methods, team performance, and the quality of work. You will lead structured process optimization initiatives across tools, workflows, and engineering systems to improve efficiency and scalability.
- Uphold company policies and enforce safety regulations. This includes ensuring 5S standards for the department are being met, and corrective actions are identified; all work is conducted per the Occupational Health & Safety Act & Regulations and the health, safety, and environmental policies, procedures, and policies of Array Canada.
You have:
- The technical knowledge. You have a Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Design, or similar background and well-grounded experience using SolidWorks, AutoCAD, and Adobe Creative Suite. You bring strong technical depth across manufacturing engineering environments, including plastics, metals, and assemblies. You have advanced SolidWorks expertise, including hands-on experience with PDM Vault for data governance and version control, SolidWorks Manage for workflow and change management, and DriveWorks or similar design automation tools. You are comfortable leveraging AI-enabled engineering technologies to improve design efficiency, automation, and decision-making. In addition, you have a strong understanding of ERP systems and their integration with engineering data, BOMs, and downstream manufacturing processes, along with experience using PMO and project management systems to track engineering deliverables and project data.
- The leadership skills. You are an effective and credible leader who can build and nurture strong relationships across all levels of an organization. You have demonstrated success leading distributed global teams and managing outsourced engineering partners while fostering collaboration, accountability, and alignment across functions. You are skilled at creating performance-driven cultures with clear expectations and measurable outcomes, and you bring an enterprise-wide mindset that enables you to influence cross-functional leaders and drive business objectives through engineering excellence. You bring strong executive presence, communication skills, and the ability to effectively engage technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
- The project management experience. You have experience managing multiple simultaneous projects of moderate to high complexity within fast-paced engineering and manufacturing environments. You can confidently lead technical design, planning, prioritization, and execution while maintaining strong organizational discipline under compressed timelines.
- The flexibility. You have a valid passport and are willing and able to travel intermittently both domestically and internationally. This role is highly collaborative and requires a strong onsite presence at our Toronto-area office.
Compensation:
The salary range for this role is $175,000 - $200,000 CAD annually. Compensation is thoughtfully determined based on your experience, skill set, and alignment with our internal compensation framework. We're always happy to answer questions about compensation throughout the hiring process.
What you can expect from the interview process:
- A virtual interview with a Talent Advisor discussing your interest in the role, the team's culture and your experience. The conversation will be recorded using BrightHire, an AI-powered video interview tool. More details will be shared when you are invited to interview.
- A virtual technical interview with members of the Engineering leadership team focused on your technical experience and alignment with the requirements of the role.
- A DISC Assessment to support leadership and team-fit discussions.
- A one-hour in-person interview with the VP, Commercial Operations and a member of the HR team focused on leadership approach, cultural fit and team alignment. This stage will also include a 30-minute plant tour.
- A one-hour in-person or virtual interview with the SVP, Operations focusing on overall fit and experience
- A meet and greet with the CEO for the final candidate.
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