Associate Engineering Manager Jobs in Sudbury, ON

Turn your engineering degree into a career that makes a real impact.

At Orica, you'll do more than start a job - you'll launch your career with a global leader in mining, technology, and innovation. From day one, you'll work on real projects, solve complex engineering challenges, and contribute to operations that help deliver the resources essential to modern life.

Our two-year Leadership Development Program is designed for ambitious engineers who want to accelerate their professional growth. Through hands-on experience, technical and operational rotations, leadership development, and mentoring from industry experts, you'll gain exposure to multiple areas of the business while building the skills needed to become a future leader.

Whether your passion lies in engineering, operations, technology, safety, project management, or innovation, you'll have the opportunity to explore diverse career paths, work alongside experienced professionals, and make a meaningful contribution from the very start.

Join a company that invests in your potential and gives you the opportunity to build a career - not just a role.

At Orica, it's the power of our people that leads change and shapes our futures.

Every day, all around the world, our people help mobilise vital resources essential to progress. Established in 1874, we have grown to become the world leader in mining and civil blasting with a diverse of team of more than 13,000 across the world. From the production and supply of explosives, blasting systems, mining chemicals and geotechnical monitoring to our cutting-edge digital solutions and comprehensive range of services, we sustainably mobilize the earth's resources.   

It's an exciting time to join us - we are shaping the future of mining through digital and automated technologies, embracing new ways of thinking, pioneering innovation, and reimagining the way we work.

We believe it's important for our graduates to explore. So, we'll give you real responsibilities from day one so you can learn, grow and develop with Orica. Discover a specialist role, a broad career-path, or even an unexpected future. We give you the tools and experience to flourish and shape your career, wherever you'd like to go.  This is a new position.

You will have your own personalized learning roadmap, to guide your experience and ensure your distinct potential is supported. 

The Orica Graduate Program is focused on developing graduates across our core business units such as:

   Mining Services
   Technical Services
   Safety
   Project Management 
   Supply Chain
   And possibly others!

Our graduates rotate through several technical on-site rotations.  These core rotations are designed to give you a solid foundation for your professional development and prepare you as you transition into your professional career.  Some example rotations include Field Operations, Technical Services, Manufacturing, Technology and Commercial. 

Degrees and Disciplines

Orica accepts graduates from a range of engineering disciplines including:

   Mining Engineering
   Chemical Engineering
    Geology or Geological Engineering
   Other Engineering degrees, as appropriate

Eligibility

• Be eligible to work in Canada with no sponsorship
• Be eligible to drive a motor vehicle in Canada 
• Be in your final year of your university undergraduate degree or have completed your degree within the last year
• Be willing to undergo a pre-employment background check, medical and drug screen 
• Be open to living and working anywhere in Canada 
• Be willing to relocate multiple times during your first two years for each rotation, likely in remote locations across Canada, based on business need
• Be willing to permanently live and working a remote location anywhere in Canada once the two-year rotation program ends, based on business need
• Be living in Canada and be able to attend selection stages in person, if required
• Bilingual English and French
• Open to a start date of June 2027

Projected careers after the graduate program: 

   Mining Services Leadership roles
   Operations
   Technical Services
   Safety
   Project Management 

Start Date

June 2027

As part of a truly global company, you will have the ability to grow and learn in a diverse, collaborative culture. We foster relationships and learning through connected global and local teams, promote flexible and diverse career paths and support the development of your knowledge and skills. 

You will be paid a competitive salary, learn from talented individuals across multiple disciplines and be able to thrive in a safe workplace within a collaborative culture. Ignite your career at a place where your distinct potential can find its home.

Compensation 

   $77,500 / year
   Eligible for annual short-term incentive plan
   Relocation Assistance (As needed)

Benefits
   Medical on the first day worked.   Basic module paid by the employer.  
   Dental on the first day worked.   Basic module paid by the employer.  
   Life, Disability and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance 
   Short and Long Term Disability 
   Retirement / Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP)
   Holidays - twelve nationally and/or provincially recognized holidays per calendar year
   Paid Time Off

Orica promotes and fosters a culture of inclusion and Equal Opportunity Employment everywhere we operate. We treat our people and applicants with fairness, dignity, and respect, getting the best of everyone's contributions. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, nationality, age, military or veteran, marital or disability status.

Orica is committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture where our people feel engaged, respected, and connected.

Our recruitment process uses AI to help screen applications and identify candidates with relevant qualifications. While AI assists with the review, all applications receive a human review by our recruiting team. Our goal is to ensure a swift, objective, and fair evaluation of all applicants. Candidates will be notified in more detail as they progress through the application stages. 

We have been made aware that some individuals have received scam emails which include false and invalid offers of employment from Orica.  Please note that Orica will not offer employment to any candidate without first undertaking a formal application and recruitment process.  All candidates are required to actively participate in the recruitment process applicable to the specific role and location where the role is based, prior to any offer of employment being made.