Senior Mechanical Engineer

Responsibilities

What your day will look like

Design & Project Management

• Manage mechanical engineering projects for public and private clients across the company
• Lead and direct multidisciplinary project teams
• Design and build plumbing, drainage, service piping systems, heating, ventilating and air conditioning design, and energy calculations
• Design of piping systems, ventilation and exhaust systems

Business Development

• Manage margins and optimize sales strategies to drive sales revenue, contribute to the company's overall growth, and ensure profitability.
• Develop and execute effective strategies to generate and manage a robust sales pipeline.
• Identify and qualify potential customers to build a strong pipeline.
• Assess the effectiveness of marketing initiatives and measure their impact on sales while ensuring a positive return on marketing investments by allocating resources efficiently.
• Conduct market research to gain insights into industry trends, customer needs, and competitive landscapes. Monitor the competitive landscape and identify opportunities for differentiation.
• Business travel to other Dillon offices upon request.

Learning & Development

• A commitment to self-development and ongoing learning and professional development
• Input to the career development of junior staff, including technical direction, training recommendations, coaching and mentoring
• Contribute to Dillon’s corporate profile through active participation in professional associations and committees

Qualifications

What you will need to succeed

• A degree in mechanical engineering
• Licensed to practice as a professional engineer in Manitoba.
• A minimum of 10 years’ of relevant work experience

Experience

• Expert knowledge of building mechanical systems, design code,s and standards
• Strong working knowledge in building plumbing, drainage, service piping systems, heating, ventilating and air conditioning design, and energy calculations using proprietary software packages
• Experience in pumping and piping distribution systems, ventilation and exhaust systems for laboratories, machine shops, and process exhaust in commercial settings.
• Demonstrated abilities in direct digital control systems
• Development of design team leadership with the ability to create and manage design budgets, client deliverables and project schedules
• Demonstrated ability to develop proposals
• Demonstrated ability to prepare capital construction cost estimates
• Strong technical report and specification writing skills

Why choose Dillon

Dillon is powered by people who are technically proficient, passionate about socially important projects, and motivated to deliver superior, tangible results. We strive to remain at the forefront of technology and innovation, and are empowered to continually grow and develop.

We live our core values:

• Achievement: do the work to hit the target;

• Continuous Development: always learning; always adapting; always growing;

• Creativity: discover new possibilities;

• Courage: do the things that matter, especially when it’s hard;

• Inclusiveness: enabling belonging to draw strength from our differences;

• Reliability: words result in actions that build trust.

In addition, we offer:

• Employee share purchase plan

  Dillon is 100% employee owned and share ownership is open to all employees.

• A competitive compensation package

  Comprehensive health benefits

  Generous retirement savings plan

  Student loan repayment assistance with matching employer contributions

• Flexible work hours and hybrid working options

  Dillon values its staff and the contributions that are made each day and understands that work arrangements can differ based on personal needs and business needs. We are taking a trust-based approach to offer a variety of flexible and hybrid work options to help balance the competing demands of work and personal life.

• Learning and Development opportunities

  As a knowledge-based business, we use a composite approach to development including coaching to build the how, mentoring to share lessons, advising to round out perspectives, and co-creation of knowledge through internal learning opportunities.

• Focus on Innovation

  The ability to anticipate, examine, and adopt new and innovative solutions is a crucial driver for the continual and progressive advancement of our business performance. In our culture, people are empowered to reflect and question current practices and seek forward looking solutions to today’s problems and tomorrow’s opportunities.

• Employee and Family Assistance program

  A variety of EFAP tools and online resources to support well-being are available to all employees.

• Goodlife Fitness Corporate Membership

  Our employees can take advantage of reduced annual membership fees.

• Wellness Subsidy

  Our employees can take advantage of a wellness subsidy that can be put towards expenses for a variety of health and/or wellness related activities such as gym membership, purchase of home fitness equipment, yoga classes and dance classes.