The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company’s unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®.

Sotera Health

Company is a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of millions of patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year. Across our 64 facilities worldwide, we have over 3,000 employees who are dedicated to safety and quality.

We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies. Nordion is seeking an Engineering Manager, Controls & Industrial Automation, who will provide strategic leadership and oversight for the electrical, control, and industrial automation systems that support production irradiator facilities. This role is accountable for ensuring that all control and automation systems operate safely, reliably, and in full compliance with regulatory and organizational standards.

The Controls & Industrial Automation Engineering Manager is a working manager role and will guide a team of engineers and specialists, setting priorities, managing resources, and driving continuous improvement across system design, development, implementation, and lifecycle support.

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This is a hardware- and systems-focused controls and industrial automation engineering role (PLCs, SCADA, and automation platforms) — it is not a software development position, and candidates from a pure software engineering background will not be considered. This position is a leadership role working closely with the other Engineering and Design teams, responsible for building team capability, establishing processes, coordinating cross‑functional efforts, and ensuring that projects are executed effectively. safety, PLC control, SCADA systems, and system integration . staffing, performance management, employee development and engagement, and succession planning. Manage external vendors, including contract management, external resources, and budgets Build and develop the Controls, Electrical, and Industrial Automation Engineering team, by establishing structure, talent strategy, performance expectations, and long‑term capability growth within Nordion Engage with customers to define the long‑term Controls and Industrial Automation Systems Roadmap, ensuring alignment with business needs, operational goals, and our innovation direction with customers to define the long‑term Controls System Roadmap, ensuring alignment with business needs, operational goals, and our innovation direction.





Partner with the Product Manager and Engineering leadership to shape product business cases and guide the innovation roadmap to support Nordion’s strategic objectives. Champion industrial automation initiatives that improve process efficiency, reliability, and safety across facilities Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and successfully Engineering degree, with P.Management experience: minimum 3 years managing Technicians and Controls Engineers (people management) Technical knowledge: at least 10 years combined experience post-graduation in controls engineering Leadership: at least 8 years of experience (combination of people, project, and indirect supervision) Allen Bradley/Rockwell PLCs (industrial automation platforms and system integration Knowledge about virtual machines, networking, and cybersecurity Project management & budgeting skills Coaching and development skills This role includes occasional overtime to meet project requirements Travel requirements (10-60 days international travel requiring valid Canadian passport) Training Required

Must complete all required training and certification as a Nuclear Energy Worker. Sterigenics is a leading global provider of outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and advanced applications markets.

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📌 Engineering Manager, Controls & Industrial Automation (Canada)
🏢 Sotera Health
📍 Canada