Are you a highly motivated, team player, who wants the opportunity to challenge yourself? Innovative Automation encourages anyone who answered yes to the above question to apply today!
About Innovative:
Located in Barrie, Ontario, Innovative Automation designs and delivers advanced custom automation solutions for global manufacturers, including Fortune 500 companies. At Innovative, we lead globally, industry-wide, and locally—with passion and pride. We foster a culture where collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement are part of everyday work, and where people are supported to grow both technically and professionally.
At Innovative Automation, we:
- Invest in employee growth through training, development, and advancement opportunities
- Encourage a “work hard, play hard” environment
- Support community involvement and team connection through events and fundraisers
- Value safety, family, and well-being alongside performance and quality
What we offer:
- Employer Matched RRSP (Registered Retirement Savings Program)
- Flex-time Policy (flexible start and end times)
- Extended Healthcare, Dental, Vision, Paramedical, EFAP Benefits
- Healthcare Spending Account
- Employee Events
- Educational Assistance Programs
- Professional Dues Reimbursement
- Costco Membership Reimbursement
- Safety Boots and Safety Glasses Allowance
Job Opportunity:
As a Project Manager you will be responsible to oversee projects from start to completion at Innovative Automation. The Project manager is responsible for customer relationship management and project related activities from supervising tasks, communicating effectively with customers, stakeholders, monitoring budgets and ensure that every aspect of the project is completed on time within scope. The project manager must also be able to foresee potential risks and drive for solutions to mitigate or eliminate those.
What you’ll do:
- Stakeholder Management
- Effectively lead and communicate with their teams as well as stakeholders throughout the entire lifecycle of a project.
- Project budget management, performance monitoring and forecasting
- Project status updating (ERP and various reports)
- Escalation to management for project support
- Project Requirements Management
- Scope baseline and management
- Scheduling management (Microsoft Project & Excel)
- Change management
- Project Risk Management
- Transitioning risk management items identified in quotation/project execution through the project lifecycle.
- Customer Management
- Customer advocacy
- Signoffs, Design Reviews, Buyoff events, and project closeout
- Installation phase management
- Resource Management
- Determining resource requirements
- Working with Group Leaders on team staffing decisions
- Guiding project team members on priorities, scope management etc.
- Project Issues Log management
- Monitoring project team during installation phase / field reporting
- Other duties
- Adheres to IAI’s ISO9000 quality policy and procedures.
- Utilizes IAI Quotation and Customer Project for Quotation (RFQ) to understand client requirements, determine project direction and required projects features.
- Coordinates Project/Service/Warranty Support on site at Customer location.
- Negotiate with contractors & suppliers on delivery and/or cost of required purchased goods and services.
- Management of received customer parts. Communicate to Customer requirements for parts, then record what is received. Coordinate return or discard or Customer Parts at completion of project.
- SR & ED
- Manage process for documentation & allocation of resource for SR & ED related activities.
- Work with 3rd party for preparation of written SR & ED reports by project
- Work with Logistics Coordinator and Shipping Department to arrange shipping documentation for outgoing equipment shipments.
- Occasional travel as required globally.
What you’ll need:
- Diploma in Engineering (or Engineering Degree) or Equivalent Specialized Experience
- Certified as a PMP or willing to pursue certification as a PMP.
- Proficient in Microsoft Office: Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Project
- Skills are required to perform multiple, technical tasks with a need to periodically upgrade skills to meet changing job conditions.
- 5-10 years relevant experience required
For more information, visit our website at www.innovativeautomation.com.
If you require any accommodation during our recruitment process, please let us know.
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Skills Required
- Diploma in Engineering, an Engineering Degree, or equivalent specialized experience
- Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) or willing to pursue PMP certification
- Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and Microsoft Project
- Ability to perform multiple technical tasks and periodically upgrade skills to meet changing job conditions
- 5–10 years of relevant experience
What We Do
Innovative Automation Inc. is a Canadian custom machine builder and factory automation partner based in Barrie, Ontario. The company specializes in designing, engineering, building, and integrating production-ready automation systems for global manufacturers, particularly in the automotive, consumer goods, and medical device sectors, helping them optimize production processes and improve throughput, quality, and reliability.
