Victoria (Saanichton), BC – Onsite role(full time at our Victoria (Saanichton), BC site, with about 10% travel to other AML sites) The AML StoryWe've come a long way. AML has 52 years of experience designing and building oceanographic instrumentation and we have clocked consistent year-on-year growth of greater than 15%. We have customers on all seven continents. We have a 70+ person team of employees that care deeply about customer outcomes.

- Going to the ends of the earth to make our customers successful; To drive the success of Union Park's marine technology thesis. AML is the operating foundation of that thesis, and our focus is on growing the core business while carefully extending our solution set via acquisition.

How We

OperateAt AML, we do things a bit differently. If you are familiar with these concepts - or they are of interest to you - then you might be a fit for AML.

What You

InheritA manufacturing site with assembly, QC, material handling, shipping and ops engineering teams, led by supervisors who report to you. A VP of Operations who sets the direction, and a Manufacturing Excellence Manager who helps with standards. Your MissionYou will get booked orders built and recognized as fast as the site can do it, safely and to quality. You will run the site like clockwork, with supervisors who know where they stand and a team that gets a bit better every quarter.

Accelerates Recognition of Booked IGP: Is booked IGP getting recognized as fast as the site can do it?

Owns Site Health & Safety: Does everyone go home safe?

Owns Manufacturing Quality: Are manufacturing quality problems written up and pushed until they're dealt with?





Owns Site Manufacturing Efficiency: Is the site getting more done with the same people, equipment and building? Is the site getting a bit better every quarter?

Owns Inventory Accuracy: Can we trust our digital inventory levels? Makes hiring decisions for site ops roles using the scorecards. Turns the volume plan into headcount, shifts and cross‑training. Runs the site huddle and weekly review.

Represents the site at the VP Ops weekly. Puts company standards in place at the site with the Mfg Excellence Manager and shares what works. Keeps the floor, equipment and building fit to run, with the Ops Engineer.

Hosts customer, ISO and safety audits with Quality and closes the findings. Finds what slows production down and removes it fast.

Holds the Line: Won't cut corners on safety or quality to make the quarter.

Experience: 8+ years in manufacturing, including 3+ years managing supervisors over a team of 15+ people across more than one area (for example assembly, QC and shipping). Hands‑on use of Lean, Six Sigma or TQM tools to improve a manufacturing operation. Small batch, precision electromechanical or instrument manufacturing preferred.

People Leadership: Has run regular performance reviews, hired against scorecards and dealt with low performers. Based at the site, with some travel to other sites (about 10%).

Certifications: Lean / Six Sigma Green Belt, or safety committee training. Multi-site: Has worked across several sites using shared standards.

Integration: Has brought an acquired site onto a common way of working.

Posted Compensation

RangeTotal cash compensation (base + bonus, CAD, full-time): $100,000 – $125,000

📌 Site Operations Manager - Victoria (Winnipeg)
🏢 AML Oceanographic
📍 Winnipeg