Section Chief

What are your contributions to the team?

•    Manage a team of Mechanical and Electrical Engineers supporting the engineering modifications at all the Bombardier Service Centers

•    Participate in the integration of new employees.

•    Ensure a good, positive and healthy working environment for the employees (communication, recognition, coaching, and career development plans/opportunities).

•    Ensure adequate engineering resources are allocated to the tasks to support modifications of products and in-service issue resolution for customers aircrafts.

•    Evaluate the employee’s performance and make salary and career progression recommendations.

•    Manage and resolve priority conflicts within own department and with internal customers.

•    Be accountable for your group’s performance – deliver on-time, within budget and with quality to support the business objectives.

•    Provide visibility on the execution, issues and escalations, as needed, to your Manager

•    Identify cost reduction opportunities.

•    Develop or adapt tools and processes as needed by the function to meet our organizational objectives.

•    Ensure adequate quality level for all deliverables produced.

•    Provide technical leadership, coaching, mentoring, and training, on a regular basis, to enable employees reach their goals and deliverables.

•    Participate in program, supplier and technical engineering reviews providing support and visibility to the team and management.

•    Lead Daily Morning and Home Team Meetings.

•    Oversee certification projects to ensure tasks are met according to schedule.

•    Ensure measures are in place to organize and control the engineering tasks and the priorities, with appropriate levels of visibility to issues and risks and associated mitigation plan.

How to thrive in this role?

•    You hold a university degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace Engineering or equivalent.

•    You have a minimum of 10 years of experience working with multidisciplinary and technically complex integration in the Aerospace industry with at least three (3) years of supervisory /lead experience (preferred).

•    You have strong people manager and leadership qualities with an ability to mobilize and foster an environment of teamwork within cross-functional teams facilitating discussions and resolving issues to meet objectives.

•    You have demonstrated leadership behaviors that support putting people first, work in teams, value teamwork, and drive for performance excellence while exhibiting a winning attitude.

•    You have advanced computer skills with a knowledge and proficiency with Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word Excel, Project).

•    You are willing to travel and work outside of normal business hours on occasion.

•    You have strong interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to influence and build consensus without formal authority.