Assembly Manager in Cambridge

Join our globally growing team at ATS Industrial Automation where we create complex automation solutions at the highest level that sustainably impact lives around the world. At ATS, a publicly traded global company with a proud 40-year history, we help drive the future with our factory-wide automation solutions. Our customers are leaders in their industries and rely on us to deliver what we promise - on time and on budget.

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay Rate: $112,000 - $154,000
• Eligible for Annual Incentive Bonus
• Stock Purchase Plan
• 3 Weeks Vacation
• Health Care Benefits + $600 Health Care Spending Account
• Employee Engagement Events (Employee BBQ’s and lunches, weekly snack day, etc.)
• Employee Development Programs

Role Overview

Assembly Manager leads a cross-functional team of exceptional skilled trades professionals in the execution of complex, custom automation projects within a fast-paced, project-based manufacturing environment. This role is accountable for ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget, while driving team performance, operational discipline, and continuous improvement across assembly operations. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring active presence on the production floor, strong engagement with project teams, and ownership of both people and project outcomes.

Specific Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a multi-layer team structure, guiding group leaders and skilled trades teams to successfully execute complex automation builds.
• Drive project execution excellence, ensuring all assembly activities align to defined schedules, resource plans, and budget targets.
• Own delivery performance, ensuring projects meet critical KPIs including budget adherence and schedule commitments.
• Partner with Project Managers and cross-functional stakeholders to plan, prioritize, and execute assembly activities across multiple projects.
• Champion a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement, leveraging the team’s technical expertise to solve problems efficiently.
• Maintain a strong floor presence, actively supporting teams during build, integration, and debug phases to remove barriers and drive progress.
• Lead build planning and execution, ensuring group leaders have clear direction, realistic plans, and support to meet project milestones.
• Ensure high-quality standards by proactively identifying design or manufacturing issues and collaborating with Engineering to resolve them early.
• Drive safe and efficient operations, embedding health & safety as a daily leadership behavior and operational priority.
• Oversee resource planning and workload balancing, optimizing labor utilization and minimizing overtime while maintaining productivity.
• Provide clear and consistent performance feedback, coaching, and development to team members and group leaders.
• Act as a central point of coordination across departments, ensuring alignment between assembly, fabrication, electrical, controls, and project teams.
• Support successful system integration, debug, and customer acceptance, ensuring equipment meets functional, safety, and performance requirements.
• Lead installation and commissioning readiness, ensuring efficient tear-down, shipping, and reassembly at customer sites.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including manufacturing processes, safety practices, and operational efficiency.

Project Execution & Operational Leadership

• Track and manage project schedules, build plans, and resource allocation within a project-based environment.
• Collaborate with group leaders to develop, maintain, and adjust build plans as project needs evolve.
• Monitor progress and proactively resolve execution challenges impacting schedule or budget.
• Provide regular project status visibility and reporting to leadership.

HSE

• Conduct regular safety walks and safety discussions with team members.
• Maintain an active leadership presence on the production floor, reinforcing safe work practices daily.
• Ensure all work is performed in full compliance with ATS safety standards, procedures, and legislative requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement in health and safety performance, identifying risks and implementing corrective actions.
• Lead by example, embedding safety as a core operational priority and team expectation.

Qualifications

Education: Combination of technical diploma, trade certification, or equivalent experience considered. A Certificate of Qualification as an Electrician, Machinist or Tool and Die Maker is an asset.

Experience: Minimum 5+ years of supervisory experience in manufacturing, production, or technical environments. Minimum 10+ years of experience in automation or manufacturing. Experience leading skilled trades teams in a project-based environment strongly preferred. Previous experience organizing and leading skilled trades to assemble and deliver industrial equipment or automation preferred.

Health & Safety Requirements:

• Demonstrate leadership in Health, Safety and Environment compliance.
• Hold team members accountable for health, safety and environmental compliance as part of the annual performance review process.
• Ensure that the requirements of the health, safety and environment management system are implemented and maintained.
• Carry out hazard assessments, inspections, and audits as required by legislative framework and/or corporate requirements.
• Implement appropriate corrective measures for unsafe conditions and unsafe acts.
• Ensure that appropriate equipment, materials and protective devices are provided and maintained in safe condition.
• Attend HSE Due Diligence for Management training sessions.

Why should you join ATS Industrial Automation?

Be a part of an engaged, empowered and innovative global workforce. We offer a robust total rewards package- Competitive starting salaries, comprehensive health and dental benefits, overtime pay, employee bonus, RSP matching, Employee Share Purchase Program. We provide awesome work perks such as treat days, gourmet coffee and beverages, subsidised breakfast and lunches in our cafeteria, employee referral bonuses and lots more. We are intentional about your professional growth and development through internal career opportunities and our educational reimbursement program.

The Compensation offered will be based on the local job market and may vary depending on factors such as the job-related knowledge, skills, experience of the selected candidate, as well as other objective business considerations. Subject to these considerations, the total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, such as an annual cash incentive in addition to a full range of medical, retirement, and/or other benefits. Details of these benefit plans will be provided when the selected job candidate receives an offer of employment.

This role represents an existing vacancy within the organization. ATS is in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disability Act (AODA), 2005 and will, upon request, assist those who may require specific accommodations due to personal disability. We would ask those who require assistance to notify our offices as soon as possible if accommodation is necessary.

If you're excited about this role, but do not meet all the qualifications listed above, you are still encouraged to apply.