On-Site Controls Engineering Manager – Healthcare Systems

emergiTEL Inc.; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

emergiTEL is seeking a Manager, Controls Engineering for our client in Healthcare Services in Ottawa, ON. This is a full-time permanent, on-site leadership role combining technical expertise with people management to ensure safe, reliable control systems.

You will lead internal and external engineering teams, manage vendors, and drive the controls roadmap and product initiatives while ensuring projects are on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Engineering degree with P.Eng designation.
• 3+ years of people management experience.
• 10+ years of controls engineering experience.
• 8+ years of leadership experience across people and projects.

Responsibilities

• Provide people leadership to internal and external engineering teams.
• Manage external vendors including contract management, resources, and budgets.
• Build and develop the Controls and Electrical Engineering team with structure, talent strategy, and growth.
• Drive service revenue to meet business objectives and identify growth opportunities.
• Engage with customers to define long-term Controls System Roadmap.
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering leadership to shape product business cases and guide the innovation roadmap.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget, and to high quality standards.
• Drive continuous improvement across design, development, implementation, and lifecycle support.
• Support staffing, performance management, employee development, engagement, and succession planning.

Skills

PLC/Automation

Aveva InTouch

Cybersecurity

Communication

Project management

Mentoring

Problem solving

Regulated environment

Education

Engineering degree with P.Eng

Tools

Rockwell Automation

Virtual machines

Networking

Job description

emergiTEL is seeking a Manager, Controls Engineering for our client in Healthcare Services in Ottawa, ON. This is a full-time permanent, on-site leadership role combining technical expertise with people management to ensure safe, reliable control systems.

You will lead internal and external engineering teams, manage vendors, and drive the controls roadmap and product initiatives while ensuring projects are on time and within budget.