Project Coordinator, Engineering
Job location: Onsite-Bradford & Markham, ON
Employment type: Full Time Permanent Employment
Hours: 40 Hours per week
Compensation : $62,000 - $67,000 annually to start

A little about us

Aurora is proud to be a global leader in the cannabis industry. With a smart strategy, unmatched talent and focus on our long-term success, we believe we have a bright future.   
At Aurora, we’re passionate about helping patients improve their lives through high-quality premium medical cannabis under brands they can trust and rely on. Our products, available across Canada, Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, include leading brands like Pedanios, IndiMed, San Raf, Tasty’s, Whistler, Greybeard and CraftPlant.  
 
Our diverse team works passionately across various roles, from manufacturing to corporate positions, and many more, united by our purpose: Opening the World to Cannabis. Enabled by science and empowered by people, we care for patients and consumers. We collaborate globally, embrace change with courage, stay agile, and treat everyone with compassion. We live our values daily, making a meaningful impact on patients, consumers, communities, and our A-Team. 

Job summary

A Project Coordinator in Engineering plays a vital role in supporting project management activities within the engineering department. This position involves coordinating project tasks, facilitating communication among team members, and assisting in the planning and execution of engineering projects to ensure timely and efficient completion.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

Project Coordination:
•    Assist in planning and organizing engineering projects, ensuring alignment with project objectives and timelines.
•    Coordinate project activities, including scheduling meetings, preparing agendas, and documenting meeting minutes.
Communication Facilitation:
•    Act as a liaison between project teams, stakeholders, and engineering staff, ensuring clear and effective communication.
•    Distribute project-related information, updates, and documentation to relevant team members.
Documentation and Reporting:
•    Maintain project documentation, including project plans, schedules, budget and progress reports.
•    Prepare regular status reports, highlighting project milestones, progress, and potential issues for management review.
Resource Management Support:
•    Assist in resource allocation and tracking, coordinating equipment, materials, and manpower as per project needs.
•    Support in monitoring project budgets and expenditures, reporting variances and discrepancies as necessary.
Quality Assurance Support:
•    Assist in quality control activities, ensuring adherence to engineering and GMP standards, ensure proper procedures and regulatory requirements are met.
•    Coordinate inspections, commissioning tests, and equipment and facility validations
Accountabilities:
•    Support in the coordination and organization of engineering projects to achieve defined objectives, timelines and budgets.
•    Execution of all project-related documentation including but not limited to status reports, financial forecasting and RAID logs
•    Assistance in resource management and quality assurance efforts to ensure project success.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:

•    Understanding of project management methodologies and tools used in engineering project coordination.
•    Strong organizational and multitasking abilities to manage various project-related tasks simultaneously.
•    Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate effective collaboration among team members.
•    Proficiency in project documentation, report preparation, and utilization of project management software.

Education & Experience:

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Science, or a related field.
•    P. Eng/EIT is an asset
•    2-5 years of experience in project coordination or a similar role, preferably in a manufacturing or technical environment
•    Familiarity with engineering principles, terminology, and project management practices.
•    Familiar with Fire code, building code is an asset
•    Proficiency in using project management software and Microsoft Office applications.

Why you’ll love working at Aurora
Our people are at the heart of everything we do here at Aurora, and we take pride in fostering an inclusive space that inspires our team to love where they work! From rewarding career opportunities to flexible work environments to team activities, we go above and beyond to prioritize your success and here’s how we do it…  
 

• Flexibility: you will enjoy a flexible work environment that is the perfect blend of work and fun! With flexible working hours to compressed work weeks to paid sick and vacation time, you will be empowered to achieve work-life balance.
• Total rewards: we will motivate you to go above and beyond with a competitive salary or hourly wage (with shift premiums), stock options, an RRSP program, annual bonuses, and a health and personal care spending account for you to use for gym memberships, ski passes or staycations.
• Benefits: we will foster your health and wellness (and your dependents) with our employee benefits package including, employer-paid health and dentalcare premiums, life insurance and LTD policies and a medical cannabis coverage program, designed exclusively for our A-Team, that will provide you with $1500 of coverage each year (because we truly believe cannabis is the best medicine). 
• Life-long learning: we’re lifelong learners here at Aurora and will invest in your professional development throughout all aspects of your career! You will have access to a tuition assistance program, virtual learning activities and annual performance reviews, to ensure you are provided with the toolkit and support you need to succeed.
• Perks: we love to celebrate our people by providing corporate perks including employee discounts, perkopolis memberships, company SWAG, paid volunteer time, modern technology and snacks and beverages at all our office locations.

• Team: we are a diverse and global team of cannabis enthusiasts, energetic innovators, fitness gurus, caring parents, foodies and more, with a collective passion to nurture an inclusive environment that helps you grow and provide people better days with medical cannabis.

Next Steps

Apply today by submitting your resume through our website. You can expect your application to be reviewed by our Talent Acquisition Team and not an AI software/system.  The we will contact you if we see a fit via email.

Think you’re the ideal candidate but you don’t meet all the requirements? Apply anyways. We would love to review your application to see if you’re the right fit or find you an alternative opportunity.  Not the role for you? Share this posting with your network while subscribing to our Talent Community to learn more about upcoming opportunities (if you are an Aurora employee, take advantage of the employee referral program by sharing this posting with someone in your network! If they are the successful candidate, you may be eligible for a bonus!). 

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging and Accessibility

At Aurora, we are proud to foster and celebrate a diverse community of professionals! We take pride in nurturing an inclusive culture that empowers our people to be their authentic selves, celebrate their differences and love where they work.

Our diverse community combined with our inclusive culture, is what sets us apart in the industry and equips our A-Team with superpowers – and this is why, we encourage all candidates to apply for job opportunities regardless of race, national origin, colour, religion, age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital and family status, disability, or any other identifying characteristic.

We value the unique skills and experience each person brings to Aurora and are committed to creating and maintaining an accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Human Resources team know by contacting us at hr.services@auroramj.com