Director of Corporate Engineering

Join Our Team at Jamieson Wellness Inc.

Inspiring Better Lives Every Day.

Position Title: Director of Corporate Engineering

Department: Operations

Job Type: Full-Time

Reports To: Vice President of Manufacturing

Number of Openings: 1

Vacancy Type: Newly created

Who We Are

We are Canada’s leading health and wellness company, driven by our purpose of Inspiring Better Lives Every Day.

Established in 1922, we are Canada’s #1 consumer health brand, proudly inspiring better lives for over 100 years. With our Jamieson, youtheory, Progressive, Smart Solutions, and Iron Vegan brands, we’re growing globally and reaching more people every day.

Our commitment to quality, innovation, integrity, inclusion and sustainability has earned us a strong reputation worldwide, and our world‑class manufacturing and certification standards continue to set us apart in the industry.

What You’ll Do

As a key member of the [Department] team, you’ll help shape health and wellness outcomes for people around the world.

Here’s what you can expect in your role:

Overall Responsibilities

The Director of Corporate Engineering is responsible for establishing and leading a centralized engineering function that defines technical standards, governs capital and sustainability projects, and builds scalable engineering capability across all Jamieson sites. This role ensures that engineering, reliability, maintenance, and sustainability initiatives are aligned with business strategy, deliver measurable value, and support safe, reliable, and compliant operations. The Director partners closely with Manufacturing, M+R Leaders, CI, and Sustainability teams to enable growth while maintaining operational stability.

• Establish and lead the Corporate Engineering function across all Jamieson sites.
• Define, own, and govern engineering KPIs, standards, technical strategy, and performance reporting
• Evaluate and oversee complex technical projects across enterprise, ensuring scalability, reliability, and alignment and governance with industry best practices
• Owns Network Manufacturing Strategy and maintains capacity models
• Leads engineering input to capacity planning, including equipment capability, utilities, labor constraints, and expansion readiness to support growth and demand forecasts
• Maintains business wide CAPEX budget, report and tracking and budget building for AOP and LRP process
• Partner with production to support expansion, new equipment, and new sites
• Preserves disciplined project execution using stage‑gates, FAT/SAT, and stabilization
• Ensure effective handover of projects to Operations and Maintenance
• Build and execute a multi‑year engineering resourcing and capability plan
• Manage and develop a team of engineers and a Technical Project Lead
• Provide technical leadership and escalation support to site M+R Leaders
• Ensure safety, compliance, and sustainability‑by‑design in all projects
• Oversee engineering input into reliability, maintainability, and lifecycle cost decisions
• Drive standardization while enabling site‑level execution flexibility
• Balance high level strategic planning with operational oversight necessary for execution, ensuring large scale engineering initiatives are executed with excellence.
• Support energy and carbon reduction initiatives without reliability regression
• Collaborate with Supply Chain and MRO on standard parts and vendor strategies

What You Bring

You're a mix of curious, collaborative, and purpose‑driven — and ready to grow in a team that lives its values.

Your experience and perspective might include:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or related); master’s degree preferred
• 10+ years of progressive engineering experience in GPM, manufacturing, fulfillment, or industrial environments, including multi‑site exposure
• Possess deep technical expertise combined with strategic vision, capable of guiding transformational technical initiatives that span multiple divisions.
• Strong understanding of capital project execution, automation, utilities, and energy systems
• Strong working knowledge of smart manufacturing, industrial controls, automation platforms, and data systems (PLC/HMI, SCADA, IOT, historians, DAQ tools)
• Proficiency with engineering and project tools (AutoCAD, Revit, Solidworks, EPLAN or equivalent, MS Project/Smartsheet, Minitab or similar analytics tools)
• Solid grasp of safety, regulatory, and GMP requirements in regulated manufacturing environments
• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and decision‑making skills