Industrial Systems Program & Performance Lead

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Lead industrial systems projects and programs, including scope, schedules, risks, execution, performance tracking, and regional rollout.
• Coordinate delivery with Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, IT, Procurement, Finance, and external providers.
• Assess workflows and requirements; identify modernization and automation opportunities; translate needs into functional specifications.
• Support solution testing, validation, training, user acceptance testing, change management, and post-implementation reviews.
• Build business cases, ROI assessments, dashboards, KPIs, and reporting to track adoption, reliability, costs, and investment outcomes.
• Coordinate vendor and commercial assessments, contracts, budgets, purchase orders, vendor performance, and invoice reconciliation.
• Follow health, safety, and environmental policies and promote safe work practices.

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or technical diploma.
• Approximately 5+ years of relevant experience in project delivery, industrial operations, business systems implementation, operational excellence, or technology-enabled process improvement.
• Strong analytical skills, Excel proficiency, and experience with business intelligence or reporting tools.
• Familiarity with industrial automation, operational technology, IoT, telematics, maintenance management systems, or plant production systems.
• Experience with Power BI, SQL, SAP, or comparable enterprise platforms.
• Experience with software implementation, requirements documentation, user acceptance testing, change management, and cross-functional delivery.
• Experience developing project plans, business cases, performance indicators, and executive-level communications.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills; ability to work independently and manage competing priorities.
• Willingness to travel to operating locations; stated travel requirement is 11–20%.

Preferred qualifications

• PMP, CAPM, Lean Six Sigma, or comparable project management/process improvement training is preferred.
• Engineering, Business, Operations Management, Information Systems, or a related field is preferred; equivalent relevant experience will be considered.
• Experience in construction materials, manufacturing, mining, logistics, or other asset-intensive industrial environments.

Workplace and safety

• The role requires an on-site presence across operational sites and travel to operating locations as needed.
• Employees must follow safety protocols and use approved personal protective equipment; respirator users must meet fit-test requirements.

Benefits

• Benefits include health and dental coverage, pension, RRSP and TFSA programs, employee and family assistance, well-being support, service awards, discounts, learning opportunities, and support for new parents.