Project Engineering Manager

Role Summary

The Project Engineering Manager is responsible for the overall delivery of engineering for the project. This includes planning, coordinating, and supervising all technical activities across disciplines. The role ensures technical excellence, schedule adherence, resource alignment, and effective integration across engineering functions to achieve project and corporate objectives.

Key Responsibilities

1. Engineering Leadership & Oversight

• Provide technical and strategic leadership, mentorship, and direction to Area Engineers, Discipline Leads, and engineering teams.
• Champion discipline‑based engineering procedures, work processes, and lessons learned.
• Oversee development, review, and approval of engineering designs and technical documents.
• Communicate clearly—both written and verbal—with team members, leadership, and consultants.

2. Planning & Coordination

• Manage engineering scope definition and ensure alignment with the overall project execution plan.
• Develop or oversee engineering schedules, resource plans, and engineering work packages (EWPs).
• Coordinate engineering inputs from external consultants, vendors, and project information systems.

3. Management of Engineering Deliverables

• Lead planning, accuracy, and timely delivery of all multi‑discipline engineering deliverables.
• Ensure budgets and job‑hour forecasts are established, monitored, and maintained.
• Baseline engineering schedules and release work packages aligned with project stages and milestones.

4. Cross‑Functional Integration & Communication

• Liaise with Project Senior Leadership, Area Managers, and key stakeholders to align priorities and resolve technical or execution challenges.
• Facilitate consistent, timely communication across project and engineering groups.
• Support integrated project teams and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering activities.

5. Quality, Safety, and Compliance

• Guide and oversee the implementation of Safety in Design principles.
• Ensure all engineering work complies with quality assurance and quality control requirements.
• Identify and resolve technical risks early to avoid impacts to project execution or contractual obligations.
• Ensure engineering deliverables meet all project information management and regulatory requirements, including CSA N286.

6. People Leadership & Development

• Onboard, develop, and support engineering staff required for project execution.
• Build strong, collaborative, and high‑performing multi‑disciplinary teams across locations.
• Foster trust and effective working relationships within project teams and external consultants.
• Demonstrate and promote empathy, flexibility, and collaborative leadership behaviors.

Qualifications & Experience (Typical)

• Degree in an engineering discipline; P.Eng. or equivalent professional designation preferred.
• 20+ years of combined engineering and project delivery experience.
• Extensive experience in EPC/EPCM environments and delivery of large, complex capital projects.
• Proven leadership experience managing multi‑disciplinary engineering teams.
• Proficiency with engineering management systems, scheduling tools, and project controls.