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About the Role
LAPORTE is a consulting engineering firm providing high-value engineering services to the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, industrial biotechnology, and industrial manufacturing sectors. We offer a stimulating environment where autonomy, collaboration and professional growth are at the heart of our daily work, valuing work-life balance while encouraging efficiency and creativity.
Responsibilities
- Play a key role in project management by ensuring planning, cost and schedule control, as well as the design, programming, and commissioning of automated systems.
- Define customer needs.
- Design automated systems and select equipment (controls, instrumentation, motor controls, control panel design, etc.).
- Program PLCs and user interfaces.
- Participate in system testing and commissioning.
- Manage factory automation projects: planning, supervision, change control, and reporting on budget, schedule, and resources, manufacturers, and contractors.
- Prepare specifications, plans, and estimates.
- Collaborate with the interdisciplinary project team.
- Follow up with equipment suppliers.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in automated production engineering (APE), electrical engineering, or equivalent.
- Member of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO).
- 10-12 years’ experience in the field of industrial automation.
- Knowledge of Allen Bradley, Rockwell, and Siemens products.
- Experience in the food and/or pharmaceutical industry (an asset).
- Occasional visits to clients in the Greater Toronto Area.
- Strong leadership, relationship management, organizational planning and project management skills, in addition to technical knowledge.
- Entrepreneurial mindset and desire for business development.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment in methods, techniques and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.
- Ability to influence clients, suppliers and peers into adopting "best practices" in the engineering field.
- Excellent communication skills - verbal, written, listening and interpersonal with the ability to transfer knowledge to others.
- Capability to engage and energize others to reach their fullest potential and performance.
- Flexibility to travel to external manufacturing sites as needed.
Skills
- Allen Bradley
- Rockwell
- Siemens
- Project Management
- Leadership
- Relationship Management
- Organizational Planning
- Technical Knowledge
- Business Development
- Independent Judgment
- Communication Skills
- Interpersonal Skills
- Knowledge Transfer
Location
- Toronto, ON
- London, ON
Work Type
- Hybrid work mode
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
- 10-12 years’ experience in the field of industrial automation
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in automated production engineering (APE), electrical engineering, or equivalent.
- Member of Professional Engineers Ontario (PEO)
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary commensurate with experience and industry standards
Benefits
- Comprehensive group health insurance coverage from day one (medical, dental, vision, childcare)
- Employer-contributed RRSP plan at 4%
- Professional reimbursement fees covered by the company
- Mentorship programs, training, cross-department opportunities
- 3 weeks of regular vacation with 1 week of paid vacation during the Christmas holidays
- 1 week of Personal/Sick leave
- Public transport and telephone reimbursement
About the Company
- LAPORTE is a consulting engineering firm providing high-value engineering services to the pharmaceutical, food and beverage, industrial biotechnology, and industrial manufacturing sectors, with 30 offices across North America and Europe and more than 520 dedicated employees.
- We are an independent company wholly owned by 45 of our principal engineers.
- We believe in a flexible working environment that values work-life balance while encouraging efficiency and creativity on a daily basis.
- Discover an employer who takes care of its greatest asset: its employees!
- A work environment that encourages empowerment and professional growth.
- A diverse, flexible, and non-conformist work environment that values equity, work-life balance, and promotes efficiency in daily tasks with enormous growth opportunities.
- Lunch & Learn sessions, team retreats, outdoor activities, family get-togethers, and workshops.