Process Engineering Team Lead

AtkinsRéalis; Toronto; On-site; CAD 124,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis in Toronto, Ontario is seeking a Process Team Lead to guide a team of engineers, drive technical excellence, and deliver value across industrial and municipal projects. You will mentor staff, manage resources, and help grow the Process & Water practice across Ontario and Canada.

As Process Lead and Project Manager, you will oversee early studies through detailed design, ensure quality and safety, build client relationships, and support proposals and business development in a

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, decision-making, leadership, and proficiency in English, with client relationship management and business development skills.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Business development

Communication

Mentoring

Education

Chemical Engineering degree

Process Engineering degree

Mechanical Engineering degree

Job description

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

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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.

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 programand 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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Appropriate accommodations will be provided upon request throughout the recruitment and hiring process as required by Company policy and the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA).

Successful applicants will be notified about AtkinsRéalis’ accommodation policies at the time the employment offer is extended, and the information will be shared with new personnel during the onboarding process.

Expected compensation for this role is between $124 300 and $186 400 annually. Base salaries are determined according to several parameters like skills, experience, and potential impact on the role. Internal and external competitiveness are also taken into account in our offers.

Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.