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High Impact Position
This is an inaugural and high-impact management role at the intersection of engineering excellence and environmental stewardship.
Primary Role
As the Engineering Manager, you aren’t just joining a team; you are a primary architect of the technical operations.
Rare Opportunity
This is a rare opportunity to move beyond execution and into departmental design, where you will see the immediate impacts as your systems enable the company to double its footprint by 2030.
Engineering Manager @ Confidential
Company: Confidential
Position: Director of Engineering
Our client is an award-winning energy management firm at the critical intersection of technology and the environment. Founded on the realization that LED technology would revolutionize global consumption, they have evolved from a specialized lighting company into a national leader in Sustainable Energy Management. With a footprint spanning Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal, and with projects completed across Canada, their mission is to provide the insight and technical infrastructure necessary for the modern electrification of the commercial and high-rise residential real estate landscape.
Repeatedly recognized by the Globe and Mail and Financial Times as one of Canada’s Fastest Growing Companies, this organization’s impact spans from local Ottawa landmarks to national portfolios for giants like Marriott Canada and Minto Group. They are a team that bleeds green, but their success is rooted in rigorous engineering, data integrity, and a relentless drive to out-innovate the traditional electrical contracting market.
While high-efficiency LED design remains a core pillar, the organization has strategically transitioned to providing more comprehensive Tech and Environmental solutions. The firm now provides a seamless, in-house turnkey experience—from Sustainable Energy Audits, sophisticated Solar PV implementation and EV Charging infrastructure to complex electrical service upgrades. By leveraging advanced energy modeling, load assessments, and expert subsidy procurement, they help their customers navigate the volatile energy landscape and turn their buildings into high-performing, sustainable assets.
As the company enters its next phase of hyper-growth under expanded executive leadership, the mission is to operationalize excellence. They are seeking an Engineering Manager who shares their genuine passion for reducing carbon footprints while delivering a net-positive ROI for their clients. This role is for an electrical engineer and system-builder who can bridge the gap between complex electrical engineering and business strategy, ensuring that the organization has a strong foundation to scale while their reputation for quality, precision, and environmental stewardship remains unchallenged.
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Skills & Experience
Licensed
As the ideal candidate, you are a licensed P.Eng in Electrical Engineering who thrives on developing unique solutions to complex problems.
Experience
With at least three years in a formal management role and a proven track record of building high-performing processes, you have the foundational experience necessary to lead the ongoing team development.
Education
Your education and in-depth understanding of electrical systems ensure that the technical designs for lighting, solar, and EV infrastructure remain both innovative and compliant with the province that you are operating in.
Business & Financial Acumen
This role requires much more than pure technical oversight; it demands high business and financial acumen.
Entrepreneurial Mindset
You will thrive at this organization if you possess an entrepreneurial spirit and a sales engineering mindset, understanding that your department's primary goal is to provide the technical expertise that allows the company to win.
Proven Track-Record
Whether your background includes direct experience in estimating, account management, or even a previous role as an electrician, you have a proven ability to assess complex on-site solutions and price energy-related projects accurately in competitive markets.
Summary of the Role
As part of the Leadership Team, reporting to the Director of Engineering, the Engineering Manager is a high-impact role designed to provide steady, consistent direction to the department that serves as the technical engine of the sales process.
As the Director, you will lead a growing team of Energy Solution Designers tasked with delivering the audits, proposals, and subsidy management that allow the Sales team to present winning solutions to customers. In this capacity, you are a strategic partner acting as the linchpin that ensures the transition from opportunity identification to a high-accuracy technical proposal is seamless and timely.
In this critical role, you will bridge the gap between sophisticated engineering practices and business strategy. Your primary mandate is to take the established workflow processes and enhance them, while simultaneously developing the new systems required for the emerging EV, Solar PV, and electrical services. By centralizing and optimizing these workflows, you will ensure that the engineering solutions are not only technically sound but financially optimized, delivering measurable increases in accuracy that reduce the margin of error and drive significant value for the clients.
Beyond technical oversight, you are responsible for the ongoing support of your team and the implementation of the tools required to make the department run with total confidence. You will oversee the effective deployment and optimization of technology—including AI and process automation—to support both internal functions and customer outcomes. While you do not oversee the final delivery of projects, your department provides the essential support to Operations to ensure field success. Ultimately, your role will help build the engineering department into a reliable driver for growth, ensuring that as the organization expands nationally, every project delivered will further cement their reputation for technical excellence in Sustainable Energy Management.
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