Head of Department – Applications Full Time

What We Offer

At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are.

Group Summary

Magna is an innovative leader in the development and manufacturing of high quality complete seating systems. Our solution includes seating structures, mechanisms and hardware, as well as foam and trim products for global automotive, heavy truck and bus industries. Our capabilities include market and consumer research; full concept development; design and engineering capabilities; testing, validation and world-class manufacturing. Our award-winning seating solutions are developed from consumer research, finding the ease of operation to be comfortable, convenient and connected.

Job Responsibilities

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Manage the product development process for compliance to government standards, customer requirements and specifications, engineering and manufacturing principles, and company standards to achieve profitability and craftsmanship expectations. Knowledge of government and OEM specifications in area of expertise
• Manage timely product releases and engineering changes that adhere to program schedules. Oversees design studies and engineering changes for communization and standardization.
• Participate in program review management meetings with Customer, Internal reviews.
• Communication with the customer and suppliers and within the company to ensure timely and effective completion of engineering commitments as well as changes in direction.
• Assure high productivity while maintaining reasonable expectations of the engineering team.
• Monitor metrics that demonstrate the effectiveness of the engineering release. Proficient with design processes and release methods.
• Document Lessons learnt, provide the information to other team members to deploy the same across other engineering programs by updating engineering best practices, guidelines DFMEA and other engineering tools.
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to successfully coordinate and complete multiple tasks within and across departments to meet established and changing deadlines.
• Recruit, coach and counsel employees for success, conducts performance reviews and assists employees with career development planning and training. Provide direction and support to Co-ops/Interns/Apprentices as required.
• Ensure adherence to company, departmental and health and safety systems and policies to meet legislative requirements.

Qualification & Experience

• 20+ Year experience
• Diploma / BE in Mechanical / Production / Automobile Engineering.

Awareness, Unity, Empowerment

At Magna, we believe that a diverse workforce is critical to our success. That’s why we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We hire on the basis of experience and qualifications, and in consideration of job requirements, regardless of, in particular, color, ancestry, religion, gender, origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability or gender identity. Magna takes the privacy of your personal information seriously. We discourage you from sending applications via email or traditional mail to comply with GDPR requirements and your local Data Privacy Law.

Notice Regarding The Use Of AI

As part of our commitment to a fair, consistent, and efficient recruitment process, we may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in the initial screening of applications submitted through our Workday system.

These tools help identify qualifications and experience that align with the role requirements. Please note that AI is used solely to support our recruiters. Final decisions are always made by the hiring manager and the hiring team.

Importantly, no applicant data is shared externally through these AI tools. All information remains securely within our systems and is handled in accordance with our privacy and data protection policies.

If you have any questions or concerns about this process, feel free to contact our Talent Attraction team.

Worker Type

Regular / Permanent

Group

Magna Seating