Process Engineering Team Lead

Candu Energy; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible benefits

Training and development programs

Generous time-off policies

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Toronto, Ontario seeks a Process Team Lead to drive growth and technical excellence across the Process & Water practice. You will lead a multidisciplinary team, guide projects from concept to commissioning, and foster collaboration and knowledge sharing.

You will recruit, mentor, and develop talent, ensuring successful delivery and adherence to quality and regulatory standards. The role blends leadership, engineering governance, and business development in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical, Process, or Mechanical Engineering.
• P.Eng. in Ontario or eligible for registration.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant industrial engineering experience with at least 5 years leading projects, technical teams, or engineering groups.
• Experience in engineering consulting and multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of process design, governance, quality management, and Canadian/Ontario codes.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of process engineers and specialists.
• Support recruitment, succession planning, resource planning, workload management, and talent development.
• Serve as Process Lead, Discipline Lead, Technical Authority, and/or Project Manager on multidisciplinary projects.
• Provide technical oversight through all project phases and ensure quality, schedule, budget, and client requirements.
• Lead or review process deliverables such as P&IDs, mass and energy balances, equipment sizing, and design reports.
• Guide clients through complex technical challenges and participate in value engineering and design reviews.
• Build client relationships and contribute to proposals and business growth across Ontario and Canada.

Skills

Team leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree (Chemical/Process/Mechanical Engineering)

Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in Ontario

Job description

Overview

AtkinsRéalis is seeking a Process Team Lead to join our Industrial and Process Engineering practice in Toronto, Ontario. In this leadership role, you will help drive the growth, technical excellence, and project delivery capabilities of a nationally connected Process & Water practice recognized for innovation, collaboration, and engineering excellence.

Working with multidisciplinary teams across Canada, you will combine technical leadership, project delivery, talent development, and business growth while delivering high‑value engineering solutions across industrial manufacturing, chemicals, energy transition, industrial infrastructure, municipal infrastructure, and water projects.

Your Role

• Lead, mentor, and develop a team of process engineers and specialists while fostering a culture of technical excellence, collaboration, innovation, accountability, inclusion, and knowledge sharing.
• Support recruitment, succession planning, resource planning, workload management, and talent development to ensure successful project delivery and continued practice growth in Ontario.
• Serve as Process Lead, Discipline Lead, Technical Authority, and/or Project Manager on multidisciplinary engineering projects.
• Provide technical oversight throughout all project phases, including advisory services, studies, concept development, detailed design, implementation, commissioning support, and operational improvement.
• Lead or review process engineering deliverables including process flow diagrams, P&IDs, mass and energy balances, design criteria, equipment sizing, process specifications, control narratives, and technical reports, while ensuring compliance with quality, schedule, budget, regulatory, and client requirements.
• Guide clients through complex technical challenges, risk‑based decisions, option assessments, value improvement opportunities, and multidisciplinary design reviews, HAZOP workshops, operability reviews, constructability reviews, and value engineering sessions.
• Build and strengthen client relationships, identify and pursue business opportunities, contribute to proposals and contract negotiations, represent AtkinsRéalis in industry forums, and support the strategic growth of the Process & Water practice across Ontario and Canada.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Process Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer designation (P.Eng.) in Ontario, or eligibility to obtain registration with Professional Engineers Ontario.
• Minimum 15 years of relevant industrial engineering experience, including at least 5 years leading projects, technical teams, or engineering groups, with proven experience in an engineering consulting environment and multidisciplinary project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of industrial and/or municipal process design, engineering governance, quality management, and applicable Canadian and Ontario codes and standards, with demonstrated ability in resource planning, mentoring, recruitment, talent development, and team engagement.
• Proficiency in client relationship management, proposal development, and business development, with excellent communication, facilitation, decision‑making, leadership skills, and proficiency in English.

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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Additional information

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone feels they belong and can thrive. We offer flexible work arrangements that support work‑life balance, as well as employee resource groups to support our workforce. We apply an employment equity program and value applications from individuals of all backgrounds and encourage women, Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Inuit or Métis), visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilities to apply and to self‑identify during the recruitment process.

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