Are you are in a position where you feel that your entrepreneurial spirit isn’t being heard or rewarded? Do you have a wealth of experience in your area of business to move to partner level within the next couple of years? Are you looking to be part of an already successful company that you encourage you to help grow their business with your industry network of professional contacts? If you are an expert in your field then we would like to speak to you.
Our client is a Canadian consulting engineering firm with an excellent reputation offering services with a high level of expertise, notably in the Energy and Mining & Metals sectors. We require an experienced Mechanical Engineer willing to lead and develop a group focused on power production. This high profile professional should be established and recognized for technical skills and deep knowledge of the power production sector.
We are seeking a seasoned engineer to Head the Mechanical Engineering department; This is a professional opportunity, for someone willing to meet new challenges, to directly contribute to the company’s growth and development in western Canada.
With over 700 employees across Canada with offices in BC, Newfoundland, Ontario and Quebec. The current opening is for the Vancouver office which is located downtown.
Frequently obtaining the accreditation as one of Aon Hewitt's best employers in Canada, and is among Canada’s 50 Best Managed Companies.
Description:
Your role as a Lead Mechanical Engineer will be to participate in the development of our client’s energy sector focused services in projects from front-end studies to delivery. Your deep experience will allow you to orient and support technological choices and propose solutions from planning through field implementation. You will also be responsible for ensuring the quality of professional services provided and maintaining good working relationships with clients.
Skills:
Our Vancouver office is growing, so a successful candidate should be:
- A skilled entrepreneur
- Proactive, take initiative and have creative and innovative problem-solving skills
- Able to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity
- Responsible for and interested in career growth and development
- Strongly interested in building a power production expertise team recognized both externally and within the organization
- Some of the activities required in this role are to:
- Participate in small to major design projects
- Provide engineering services and consulting work to the design of new project as well as refurbishment of existing power plants
- Establish preliminary design, client needs analysis, reports and count sheets, etc.
- Write technical specifications for supplies or equipment
- Assign and review the work of projects team involving intermediate, junior and support staff
Requirements:
- A Mechanical Engineering Bachelor’s degree (minimum)
- At least 15 years of experience with thorough knowledge of at least one power production technology such as hydroelectric processes and major equipment and coal or gas power
- Leadership and team-building experience
- Excellent communication skills with high competency in English (both verbal and written)
- Valid driver’s license from a Canadian province and the ability to travel
- Professional Engineer with membership in APEGBC
This position is crucial to the development of the company and requires BC’s top experts in their field with a drive for team success to lead the BC region from good to excellent.
Our client is committed to respect the principles of employment equity for women, Aboriginal people, cultural communities and the visible minority.
