Director of Engineering

ATS Automation • Souderton, PA

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About The Position

NCC Automated Systems is a Full-Service Automation Systems Integrator with over 35 years of experience. In addition to integrating some of the world’s best automation equipment solutions, we also offer in-house mechanical and electrical design and manufacturing. We can provide complete turnkey solutions, as well as equipment. In 2021, NCC Automated Systems joined ATS Automation, a publicly traded technology company (TSX: ATA) with facilities focused on Automation and Technology across a wide range of industry verticals.
As part of the Senior Leadership Team, this role is accountable for shaping and executing the engineering strategy for the business unit. The Director, Engineering will drive operational execution, people development, and continuous improvement initiatives to enable consistent project delivery and support long-term, sustainable growth of the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field preferred.
• 8+ years of engineering leadership experience.
• Strong leadership and resource planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Establishing, overseeing, and driving the strategic direction and execution of all engineering activities across the business, including leadership of systems, mechanical, controls, and product development engineering disciplines.
• Full accountability for project execution from post–purchase order through lifecycle delivery.
• Building a high-performing engineering organization, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement, and developing talent to support the long-term growth of the business.
• Strengthening engineering execution processes, resource planning, and delivery performance, ensuring consistency in meeting key project metrics such as on-time delivery (OTD), quality, and financial targets.
• Working closely with Operations, Project Management, Sales, Finance, and key customers to ensure alignment, proactively manage risks, and drive successful project outcomes.
• Advancing a culture of continuous improvement across engineering, including implementing structured processes, leveraging lean and problem-solving methodologies, and building scalable practices.
• Development of engineering talent and fostering a high-performance, accountable culture within the Engineering team.
• Driving continuous improvement in engineering execution, standardization, and efficiency.
• Delivery of all engineering scope for projects on time, within budget, and aligned to quality expectations (post–purchase order through lifecycle execution).
• Supporting customer satisfaction through consistent, reliable engineering execution and effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Ownership of engineering deliverables across all projects from post–purchase order through execution and lifecycle support.
• Ensure readiness and participation in project launch, alignment meetings, pre-build, and FAT activities.
• Lead engineering change management processes, including timely ECN review and approvals.
• Identify and proactively manage technical risks, ensuring mitigation plans are in place.
• Implement and maintain structured engineering processes to improve consistency, efficiency, and scalability.
• Drive adoption of lean problem-solving methodologies within engineering workflows (as applicable).
• Establish visual management and performance tracking mechanisms for engineering activities.
• Identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting engineering throughput and delivery.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director