Sika Looking for Project Engineer at Brantford, Ontario, Canada Full Time

Sika Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Sika Group. The company develops and manufactures special construction products for the building and civil engineering sectors, which include concrete repair, protection and structural reinforcement, sealing and bonding, waterproofing, concrete admixtures and additives (ready-mixed concrete, precast concrete, shotcrete, etc.), industrial, commercial and institutional flooring and roofing systems. Sika Canada is also active in the home improvement and consumer solutions market with a range of specific products. The Industrial Products Division develops sealing, bonding and protection solutions for the railway, automotive, truck, industrial body and other OEM markets, windshield replacement, shipbuilding, appliances and equipment, fenestration, etc. Sika Canada has regional offices and industrial sites in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia and employs over 450 people in Canada. The company is ISO 9001 – 14001 certified and a member of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).

Job Description

Sika Canada is seeking a full-time Project Engineer to join our central team.

You bring a hard-working attitude and an eye for quality. You’re the type of person who is meticulous in everything you do and is driven to achieve the goals you set for yourself. Then this is the role for you!! (#WorkWithSika)

WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU?

• Competitive salary
• Competitive health and benefit plan
• Competitive matched retirement savings program
• The opportunity to join a continuously growing organization with focus on Diversity and Inclusion
• The opportunity to work with an industry leader in manufacturing

About The Job

Reporting to the National Engineering and Projects Manager, and collaborating closely with the Director of Area Operations (Ontario), you will manage major projects at the Brantford, Sudbury and Cambridge plants.

Essential Duties

• Lead projects and plans, determine and build schedule, detailed budget and installation and commissioning plans for accomplishing project goals, assess and manage risk and allocate available resources to various phases of each project.
• Execute, manage and coordinate activities of each project to ensure that goals or objectives of projects are accomplished within prescribed time frame and funding parameters.
• Manage stakeholder relations related to each project e.g. plant operations/maintenance team, R&D team, procurement and A/P team, project steering committee, external contractors and vendors, consultants/engineering firms, regulatory agencies and municipalities
• Be resourceful and have capability to define, develop and lead multidisciplinary projects with a strong business sense. The successful candidate will be actively working with a national team leading large-scale, multi-disciplinary projects, focusing on building and construction management, equipment installation, commissioning, acceptance testing and closing.
• Prepare project reports for management and other stakeholders and be open to changes and subsequently and modify project scope, schedule and/or budget as required.
• Oversee technical content of procedures and control programming for training when needed.
• Resolve technical issues and challenges that are identified during the design-engineering-installation-commissioning phase of a single piece of equipment, a full production line or even a complete manufacturing facility.
• Perform all other related tasks in accordance with Sika Canada Inc. health and safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Education: University degree in Engineering (civil, mechanical, industrial, or chemical) with experience in Project Managing (up to 5 M$)
• Knowledge of micro-computing and willing to learn more.
• Working knowledge of AutoCad and MS-Project and/or equivalent project management tool
• Follow Sika Canada Inc.’s training on all procedures applicable to his position (SMS, environment, health and safety).

Particular Requirements

• Demonstrable history of delivering projects on time and on budget
• 5 years of experience in leading/managing small-medium-large scale projects
• Professional Engineer of Ontario member
• Be a self-starter with a willingness to learn and accumulate experience.
• Excellent designing, planning, organizational, communication skills
• Proactive hands-on approach to problem solving with proven track-record of exercising critical thinking and good judgment.
• High sense of responsibility and ownership to ensure projects are taken from start to the finish line with minimum supervision / “handholding”.
• Be willing to travel when necessary, and work independently and remotely in offices when required. (For the first 3 years, office will be in Brantford with travelling of 10 to 15%)

Preferred Assets (“Good To Have”)

• Familiarity with regulatory compliance codes (OHSA, building code, Electrical and environmental code) and working with regulatory agencies and municipalities.

Additional Information

• Join the family of Sika AG, with over 33,200 employees and companies set up in over 100 countries, which provide ample of opportunities to grow.
• Many of our employees describe their working relationships at Sika as friendly, personable and sincere. We call this the “Sika Spirit”.
• For such a large company, we have a surprisingly flat hierarchy with direct decision-making processes and decentralized organizational units.
• We firmly believe that the diversity of our workforce is a key contributing factor to our success story.

Sika is committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals that apply. As an equal opportunity employer Sika will consider all qualified applicants without discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, or other protected characteristics.