OPISystems Inc. helps ensure the planet’s food supply with leading-edge grain management solutions that enable growers to protect and optimize the value of stored grain by reducing spoilage, reducing energy consumption and optimizing time to market.

We have an immediate full-time opportunity for a Senior Project Manager to provide accurate, timely, and professional oversight for technical and non-technical projects at OPIsystems. The Project Manager will use best practices to provide visibility and tracking to the PMO and senior management, as it relates to scope, schedule, cost, and resource allocation.

Responsibilities:

1. Manage Technical and Non-Technical projects using a combination of Agile and Traditional techniques and tools to:

• • Provide visibility into capital projects at OPIsystems to the appropriate stakeholders
  • Provide scope, schedule, and cost estimates and ongoing tracking
  • Coordinating internal and external resources to ensure project deliverables are being met
  • Provide timely updates to project stakeholders and ensure key decisions are being made
  • Use OPI resources for domain knowledge (Product, Market, and Customer) to drive project deliverables
  • Model accountability for project teams

2. Manage Technical and Non-Technical projects using a combination of Agile and Traditional techniques and tools to:

• • Assessing the resource requirements (people, capital) for all outstanding projects
  • Tracking and reporting resource allocation toward capital projects on a monthly basis
  • Reporting resource requirements or shortages to the necessary project sponsor

3. New Product Introduction (NPI):

• • Assisting the executive team with collecting requirements and strategic outcomes for projects
  • Completing ROI analysis for new and existing projects
  • Creating a robust project and risk management plan covering development, testing, certification, and production

Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (Manufacturing, Mechanical or Electrical Engineering)
• PMI Certification a MAJOR bonus (CAPM, PMP or other related)
• Demonstrable experience in delivering technical projects on time and within budget
• 5-10 years’ experience in project management
• Experience in electronic product design and manufacturing products, including New Product Introductions (NPI) and re-design projects

OPI is seeking a proactive and savvy marketing professional who is passionate about technology and wants to impact the future of agriculture through technology.

From day one, the marketing coordinator will contribute to existing marketing programs, while assisting with the development of new initiatives aligned with company and brand goals. The ideal candidate will have prior experience with a wide range of marketing functions, including communications, advertising, branding, digital marketing, and social media. The marketing coordinator must be an organized multitasker -able to handle many diverse projects at once and meet tight deadlines. The candidate is a self-starter open to remote work with occasional travel. 

Responsibilities:

Work closely with Account Team, Product Teams, Channel Partners and Agencies:

1. 1. Collaborate with the account team to ensure all promotional and branding requirements are available to promote OPI with our dealers and at tradeshows and to execute sales strategies.

   2. Supports account team by providing sales data, market trends, forecasts, account analyses, and new product information.

   3. Collaborate with the Product Team to ensure accurate and consistent messaging of our product line is being communicated. And assist with new product materials that are being created, help with translation and design when necessary.

   4. Engage and directly interact with our channel partners. Ensure all updated marketing and branding resources and collateral are available to our channel partners/dealers and are updated across their respective websites and social media platforms.

   5. Manage and maintain working relationships with marketing agencies, media contractors and other promotional vendors to ensure timely delivery of quality content.

Assist in creation and execution of marketing campaigns and initiatives:

1. 1. Setup, monitor, and report tracking systems for marketing campaigns and online activities.

   2. Monitor budgets by comparing and analyzing actual results with plans and forecasts.

   3. Research and resize content based on advertising requirements and guidelines.

   4. Conduct market research to identify marketing opportunities and negotiate media coverage.

   5. Be involved and proactive in the campaign creation process and support the marketing and design teams by coordinating and collating content.

   6. Traffic all advertising efforts to appropriate channels.

   7. Tracks sales data, maintains promotional materials inventory, plans meetings and trade shows, maintains databases, and prepares report.

Design creative and original content for OPI’s social media and other online forums:

1. 1. Organize and streamline service offerings into user-friendly concepts.

   2. Simplify complex technical data into a user-friendly format such as graphs, charts and other visual aids for clients and management.

   3. Always be up to date with OPI’s competitors to maintain competitive advantage in terms of content and to feed back to other internal teams.

Support in maintaining and strengthening OPI’s overall brand and staying ahead of competition:

1. 1. Create, maintain, and strengthen the organization’s overall brand through all media avenues.

   2. Ensure brand messaging is consistent through internal and external communications.

   3. Maintain strict confidentiality of sensitive information.

   4. Research competitive products by identifying and evaluating product characteristics, market share, pricing, and advertising; maintaining research databases.

   5. Updates job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading trade publications.

Daily Tasks:

1. 1. Assisting Marketing Manager in the development and execution of all marketing and advertising strategies.

   2. Liaising with internal and external teams to coordinate and supervise marketing activities. Compiling and analyzing data to accurately report impact and outcomes of marketing activities.

   3. Observing competitors’ marketing campaigns and their impact and keeping up-to-date with marketing trends and requirements to ensure all marketing strategies comply with the latest practices and standards.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• • Post-secondary education in marketing, advertising, or communications.

  • Past work experience as a marketing coordinator or similar role.

  • Knowledge of traditional and digital marketing, content marketing, and social media marketing.

  • Experience with research using data analytics software.

  • Excellent writing, communication, and presentation skills.

  • Being proficient in Microsoft Office Suite and Adobe Products.

  • Familiarity with content management systems (CMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) tools like HubSpot.

  • Working knowledge of HTML and design and email software.

  • Experience working with budgets and forecasting.

  • A self-starter who is open to remote work with occasional travel.

OPI has an exciting opportunity in our production team. The successful candidate will join our team as a Manual Assembler/Extrusion machine operator of our cables. This position provides entry level on-the-job training of plastic over cable extrusion technologies and does not require any extrusion machine operation experience.

The Manual Assembler/Extruder Operator sets up and operates an extrusion machine in accordance with established procedures and guidelines and customer requirements. Reads and interprets blueprints and diagrams to select position and secure machinery. Adjust machine settings to complete tasks accurately, according to specifications and in a timely fashion.

The Manual Assembler/Extruder Operator is responsible for the following:

Responsibilities:

Extruding Cables:

1. 1. Reel extruded products into rolls.
   2. Specify lengths and weights of rolls.
   3. Synchronize speed of extrusion.
   4. Locate defects on extruded products.
   5. Adjust controls as necessary.
   6. Install, connect, test, and adjust equipment.
   7. Clean tools.
   8. Remove excel, entangled, or completed filaments from machines.
   9. Activate and adjust extruding machines.

Cable Cutting and Terminations:

1. 1. Cut lengths based on production schedule.
   2. Terminate cable ends.

Continuous Improvement:

1. 1. Explore and recommend safety improvements.
   2. Explore and recommend quality improvements.
   3. Explore and recommend efficiency improvements.
   4. Explore and recommend cost improvements.

Cross-Training:

1. 1. Cross-train in all aspects of the business.
   2. Train others on extrusion and cable cutting/terminations.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• • High School Diploma.
  • Safety first mindset.
  • Strong mechanical aptitude.
  • Intermediate computer skills (data entry, documentation).
  • Attention to detail.
  • Desire to learn and improve work environment.
  • Position requires individual to be capable of lifting 50lbs

Work Environment:

• • This role also requires a “proof of vaccination record/QR code”.
  • Plastics moulding environment.
  • Manual and power tools environment.
  • First Shift 6AM-2:30PM.