Engineering Manager ,SC Automation & Asset Management

Location: Brampton, ON

Time Type: Full time

Job Description

What you will do:

The Engineering Manager is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary engineering team delivering Materials Handling Automation and Robotics implementations across Supply Chain Distribution Centres. The role combines people leadership, technical accountability, and project delivery, working closely with Project Managers, Operations, IT, and external integrators to ensure solutions meet capacity, cost, schedule, safety, and quality objectives.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep Distribution Centre experience, structured project execution, and the ability to operate effectively in a complex, multi-project environment.

• Lead, coach, and develop Engineers, Team Leads, and Analysts across automation and engineering disciplines

• Establish and maintain a structured engineering and project delivery methodology aligned to enterprise standards

• Provide technical leadership for Materials Handling Automation and Robotics implementations, including system definition, specification, and integration

• Coordinate automation systems, material handling equipment, and building interfaces across multiple concurrent Distribution Centre projects

• Partner with Project Managers to develop project plans, including scope definition, milestones, resourcing, and dependencies

• Support delivery execution by managing engineering tasks, risks, constraints, and change control

• Assist in preparing project budgets, cost estimates, and tracking performance against plan

• Collaborate with Operations, IT, and business stakeholders to translate functional requirements into robust, scalable automation solutions

• Proactively identify delivery risks and lead mitigation and contingency planning

• Ensure solutions align with safety, maintainability, operational readiness, and long-term asset lifecycle considerations

• Prepare and deliver clear, executive-level updates and technical presentations to senior leadership and stakeholders

• Foster strong cross-functional communication and collaboration across Supply Chain, IT, Facilities, and external partners

What you bring:

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng) or equivalent experience in Industrial, Mechanical, Electrical, or related engineering discipline

• Significant Supply Chain Distribution Centre experience, including exposure to medium to large-scale automated operations

• Demonstrated experience delivering Materials Handling Automation and Robotics solutions (e.g., conveyance, sortation, ASRS, GTP, AGVs/AMRs, pallet handling systems)

• Minimum 5+ years managing engineering teams and/or complex automation projects in a distribution or industrial environment

• PMP designation or equivalent project management accreditation strongly preferred

• Strong understanding of automation system lifecycle from concept through design, build, integration, commissioning, and handover

• Experience working in matrix organizations with multiple internal and external stakeholders

• Proven ability to develop cost‑benefit analyses, business cases, and executive-level presentations

• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to translate technical complexity into clear business outcomes

• High tolerance for ambiguity and change in fast‑paced transformation environments

• Strong organizational, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills

• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently while maintaining delivery quality and team engagement

Leadership Attributes

• Structured, outcome-focused delivery mindset

• Strong people leader with a coaching and development orientation

• Comfortable operating at both strategic and detailed technical levels

• Proactive, accountable, and decisive in addressing risks and issues

• Collaborative leader who builds trust across functions and partners

We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:

Career growth opportunities and product discounts

Broadband Salary Range: 79,000.00 - 131,000.00 CAD Annual

Our typical hiring range is between 110,000.00 - 120,000.00 CAD per annum. Salary decisions are also dependent on other factors such as your experience, job-related knowledge, skills and competencies, market location, industry benchmarks, internal equity and other role-specific requirements

This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.

We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.

About Us

Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, 1,700 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.

Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging 

We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.

Accommodations  

We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.