Engineering program manager Offres d'emploi - Ottawa, ON

Marshall Canada requires a Sr. Engineering Manager, Systems Engineering in Ottawa, ON to join our team. Reporting to the Head of Engineering Functions, the Senior Engineering Manager for the Systems Engineering Team is a pivotal leadership role within our organization, spearheading effective systems engineering practices across the business, ensuring optimal performance, reliability, and scalability of our products and solutions.

Your responsibilities in the role:

• Champion Effective Systems Engineering Practices: Lead efforts to establish and promote best-in-class systems engineering practices throughout the organization. Advocate for the adoption of industry standards, methodologies, and tools to enhance efficiency and quality across all engineering projects.
• Team Leadership: Provide visionary leadership to the Systems Engineering Team, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. Set clear objectives, mentor team members, and facilitate professional development opportunities.
• Strategic Capability Planning: Develop and implement strategic plans to embed effective systems engineering practices into the fabric of our organization. Drive initiatives for continuous improvement, leveraging systems thinking to optimize processes and workflows.
• Technical Guidance: Offer expert technical guidance to resolve complex engineering challenges, emphasizing the importance of systems thinking in problem-solving. Collaborate with cross-functional teams within a strong matrix organization to integrate systems engineering solutions seamlessly across various projects.
• Resource Management: Allocate resources effectively to best enable team productivity and project outcomes. Collaborate with HR for recruitment, onboarding, and performance management of engineering staff with a focus on nurturing systems engineering talent.
• Stakeholder Communication: Act as a liaison between the Systems Engineering Team and key stakeholders, articulating the value proposition of effective systems engineering practices.
• Quality Assurance: Establish Systems Engineering process and Key Performance Indicators (KPI) to ensure their effectiveness, suitability and value across the business.
• Budget Oversight: Manage departmental budgets and expenditures with a strategic focus on advancing systems engineering capabilities. Identify cost-saving opportunities and optimize resource allocation to maximize Return On Investment (ROI), emphasizing the long-term value of investing in robust systems engineering practices.
• Risk Management: Enable people to identify potential risks and vulnerabilities in systems engineering projects and develop mitigation strategies to minimize impact. Proactively monitor emerging technologies and industry trends to anticipate future challenges and opportunities, underscoring the importance of adaptive systems engineering practices.
• Other duties as assigned by the Head of Engineering Functions

Apply if you have most of the following:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in systems engineering, with at least 3 years in a managerial or leadership role.
• Currently hold, or eligible to apply for, Professional Engineer (P.Eng) license.
• Proven track record of successfully leading teams, developing technical capability and driving effective systems engineering practices.
• In-depth knowledge of systems engineering principles, methodologies, and tools.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to advocate for systems engineering practices to technical and non-technical stakeholders alike.
• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making abilities, with a focus on driving business impact through systems engineering excellence.
• Experience in regulated industries such as aerospace, defense, or healthcare is desirable.
• Certification in project management (e.g., PMP) or systems engineering (e.g., INCOSE) is desirable.
• Flexible and Agile in Working remotely and in an office in different environments with the requirement to travel if necessary.
• Demonstrated ability to maintain confidentiality.

Must be eligible to meet the requirements of export control regulations, including the Canadian Controlled Goods Program and Canadian government security requirements.

About Marshall:

Marshall Canada is part of the 110-year-old Marshall Group of Companies, an independent private organization headquartered in Cambridge (UK).

Located in Ottawa, Abbotsford and Moncton, Marshall Canada provides military and commercial customers with a range of world-leading applied engineering services and product solutions across Canada and beyond. Marshall seeks to develop and deliver long-term value to its customers, whilst remaining firmly committed to enhancing the communities in which it operates and creating exciting opportunities for its people.

Within Aerospace, we offer world-leading engineering support and solutions to 18 Air Forces across the globe. From maintenance, repair and overhaul to complex modifications, our highly skilled engineers use their expertise to help keep critical platforms in the air.

For decades, our Land Systems team has been providing configurable, modular, highly advanced infrastructure solutions such as: laboratories, medical facilities, command and control centres, communication hubs and tactical shelters. From the heat of the desert to sub-zero temperatures we have also provided vehicle systems and platform integrations that enabled us to provide protection for people and equipment operating in the most challenging environments.

We are growing and we would love for you to join our team. This is truly an organization where you can have an enormous impact on the world around you. If you want to make your mark in an organization where people really matter, this could be the opportunity you’ve been looking for.

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