Director, Mechanical & Electrical, Atlantic

Job Description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Director, Mechanical & Electrical, Atlantic Canada to lead and grow our regional M&E practice. This senior leadership role is accountable for the performance and development of a geographically distributed team of engineers, designers, technicians and project managers supporting clients across Atlantic Canada.

The Director will set the regional strategy, strengthen operational and commercial performance, develop talent, maintain technical and project-delivery excellence, and expand trusted client relationships. The successful candidate will build on our established presence in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland & Labrador while developing opportunities in New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island.

The role combines regional business leadership with active client engagement and selected involvement in strategic projects and pursuits. It requires close collaboration with Market leaders, other Canadian M&E teams and practices.

Your role

Regional leadership and strategy:

• Lead the Atlantic M&E sub-practice with a clear focus on safety, collaboration, accountability, inclusion and technical excellence.
• Develop and execute a regional business plan aligned with the Canadian M&E strategy and broader organizational objectives.
• Translate growth objectives into actionable market, client, recruitment, capability and operational plans.
• Establish clear priorities and performance expectations for regional managers, team leads and senior professionals.
• Represent Atlantic M&E within the Canadian M&E leadership team and contribute to national practice planning.
• Build a visible and cohesive regional practice across offices, disciplines and provinces.

Market development and client leadership:

• Develop and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective clients, partners, contractors and public-sector stakeholders.
• Lead regional growth in priority markets, including healthcare, defence, government and institutional buildings, post-secondary education, industrial facilities, municipal infrastructure and regional design-build.
• Participate in Key Account Management activities and strategic client discussions.
• Identify emerging opportunities, framework agreements, standing offers and major capital programs across Atlantic Canada.
• Collaborate with Market leaders to develop differentiated value propositions and position the M&E practice early in the opportunity lifecycle.

Business development and proposals:

• Lead or sponsor strategic proposals and competitive pursuits involving M&E and multidisciplinary services.
• Provide direction on capture strategy, client value proposition, delivery model, teaming, scope, staffing, fees, schedules and commercial positioning.
• Establish effective bid/no-bid discipline and ensure resources are focused on priority opportunities.
• Participate in client interviews, presentations and negotiations for strategic pursuits.

Operational and commercial performance:

• Take accountability for the Atlantic M&E operating plan, including revenue, backlog, utilization, chargeability, operational costs and financial performance.
• Develop budgets and forecasts and actively manage performance against approved plans.
• Conduct regular operational and project-performance reviews, focusing on scope, schedule, budget, margin, risk, quality and client commitments.
• Support project managers in identifying and resolving delivery or commercial issues before they escalate.

Project delivery and technical excellence:

• Provide executive oversight for major, complex or strategically important regional projects and client portfolios.
• Serve, when appropriate, as Project Director, Project Manager, senior technical advisor or client executive.
• Ensure suitable technical leadership, project management and quality-management arrangements are established for every assignment.
• Promote consistent application of engineering standards, quality procedures, constructability principles and independent technical reviews.
• Support projects through planning, design, procurement, construction and commissioning.
• Encourage innovation, digital delivery, sustainable design and continuous improvement in engineering methods and documentation.
• Maintain a strong culture of lessons learned and knowledge sharing across mechanical and electrical disciplines.

People leadership and capability development:

• Build a collaborative, engaged and high-performing regional team.
• Lead workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, retention and succession planning in line with workload and market needs.
• Identify and secure strategic hires required to expand regional capabilities and market credibility.
• Coach and develop managers, team leads, project managers and emerging technical leaders.
• Strengthen local capability while connecting employees with national communities of practice and subject-matter experts.

National and global collaboration:

• Collaborate with M&E leaders across Canada to share people, expertise, project opportunities and best practices.
• Connect Atlantic pursuits and projects with national technical specialists and multidisciplinary capabilities.
• Contribute Atlantic expertise and capacity to projects elsewhere in Canada when aligned with regional priorities.
• Develop an effective working relationship with the Global Technology Centre and establish clear work-sharing and quality expectations.
• Participate in national technical, operational and market-development initiatives.
• Represent AtkinsRéalis at selected conferences, industry events and professional forums.

Health, safety, quality and governance:

• Demonstrate visible leadership in health, safety, security and environmental performance.
• Ensure employees understand and comply with applicable policies, procedures and professional obligations.
• Promote early identification and active management of project, commercial, technical and workplace risks.
• Foster a speak-up culture in which employees can raise safety, quality, ethical and delivery concerns.
• Ensure regional activities reflect AtkinsRéalis’ values, delegated authorities and governance requirements.
• Lead and shape the next phase of growth for the Atlantic Canadian M&E practice.
• Work on highly visible projects that improve communities and critical infrastructure.
• Access multidisciplinary expertise and delivery capabilities across Canada and globally.
• Develop the next generation of technical, project and people leaders.
• Work in a collaborative environment focused on safety, inclusion, professional development and sustainable growth.

About you

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering or a closely related discipline.
• Licensed Professional Engineer in an Atlantic Canadian province, or eligible for registration within an agreed timeframe.
• Typically 15 or more years of progressive consulting engineering experience, including significant leadership of technical teams and business operations.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary or multi-office engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of M&E consulting, project delivery and professional-services operations.
• Experience managing budgets, forecasts, utilization, workload, backlog and project financial performance.
• Demonstrated success developing client relationships, building opportunity pipelines and winning work.
• Experience leading strategic proposals, commercial discussions and major pursuits.
• Strong project-management and risk-management capabilities.
• Excellent communication, influencing, negotiation and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to operate effectively across geographic, disciplinary and organizational boundaries.
• English proficiency is required; French is an asset.
• Willingness to travel throughout Atlantic Canada and elsewhere in Canada as required.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience in one or more Atlantic priority markets: healthcare, defence, government and institutional, higher education, industrial, municipal infrastructure, energy or design-build.
• Established client and industry relationships in Atlantic Canada.
• Experience delivering work for federal or provincial public-sector clients.
• Experience with alternative or collaborative delivery models.
• PMP or comparable project-management credentials.
• Professional registration in more than one Atlantic province.
• Experience integrating global or shared delivery resources into Canadian projects.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada.

Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs.

Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise.

And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

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About AtkinsRéalis

We're AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world's infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We're committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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