Mechanical Engineering Manager

Role overview

Market and proposal leadership

• Develop and expand key markets, engage clients, support key account management, and manage an opportunity pipeline.
• Lead proposal development, strategic planning, market growth, and alignment with client expectations and internal quality standards.

Project and technical leadership

• Act as project manager, discipline lead, or design engineer; oversee technical quality and timely, accurate project delivery.
• Lead or participate in peer reviews, uphold internal standards and industry practices, and improve design quality and documentation.
• Promote engineering innovation, new technologies, materials, methodologies, and forward-thinking design.

Team and national collaboration

• Mentor and coach engineers and designers; recruit and onboard team members, conduct performance reviews, and facilitate training.
• Develop future leaders through coaching and delegation, and ensure quality and consistency across deliverables.
• Collaborate across Canadian mechanical teams, share best practices, harmonize standards, and contribute to national forums and scalable solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent relevant experience.
• Typically 15+ years of mechanical building systems design experience with progressively senior technical, project, and people leadership responsibilities.
• EGBC-registered Professional Engineer or eligible for registration in British Columbia; P.Eng. preferred and P.L.Eng. candidates considered.
• Proven multidisciplinary team leadership and delivery of complex building, infrastructure, institutional, healthcare, transportation, industrial, or public-sector projects.
• Strong client relationships and business development, proposal strategy, and market growth experience.
• Demonstrated team development through mentorship, coaching, delegation, and technical leadership.
• Excellent communication, judgement, leadership, and organizational skills, including influence across clients and stakeholders.
• AutoCAD and BIM (Revit) experience is an asset; production-based design is not expected.
• Collaborative delivery experience such as IPD, Alliance, or Progressive DB is an asset.
• CAPM or PMP is an asset; strong project management practices are valued.

Compensation

• Expected compensation is $144,000–$155,000 annually; base salary depends on skills, experience, impact, and competitiveness.

Workplace

• The role is based in Vancouver and the employer describes a hybrid working culture.

Benefits and development

• Benefits include flexible health, wellbeing, financial, and lifestyle options, employee recognition, training and development, and time off.