Section Chief, Engineering - Digital Projects and Engineering Tools

Bombardier; Dorval; Hybrid; CAD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance plans

Retirement savings plan

Employee Assistance Program

Tele Health Program

Job summary

Bombardier in Dorval, Canada seeks a Section Chief, Engineering to lead a team responsible for CAD, PLM, and engineering tools modernization. You will set priorities, manage the portfolio, and ensure commitments are met while collaborating across Engineering, IT, Programs and partners.

You will drive digital continuity, governance, and change management, enabling a high-performance engineering environment within a matrix organization focused on aerospace product development and configuration

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related field.
• At least 10 years in aerospace product development, digital transformation, or engineering tools deployment.
• Experience leading teams of professionals and project managers.
• Led portfolios or multiple complex projects with cross-functional dependencies.
• Knowledge of PDA processes, CAD/PLM environments, and configuration management.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of project managers for CAD, PLM, and engineering tools initiatives.
• Set objectives, clarify roles, coach, and manage performance.
• Prioritize the project portfolio based on PDA needs, value, risks, and capacity.
• Maintain governance across scope, schedule, budgets, risks, decisions, and performance metrics.
• Ensure milestones are achieved and obstacles are removed; align roadmaps with priorities.
• Communicate portfolio status to leadership and IT partners; enable decisions.
• Oversee requirements, design, testing, deployment, and operations transition.

Skills

Engaging leadership, coaching, talent

Portfolio management

Results orientation

Strategic thinking

Risk management

Influence & communication

Problem solving

Change leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Siemens Teamcenter

CAD solutions

MBSE tools

Job description

When applicable, Bombardier promotes flexible and hybrid work policies.

Why join us?

At Bombardier, we design, build and maintain the world’s peak-performing aircraft for the world’s most discerning people and businesses, governments and militaries. We have been successful in setting the highest standards by putting our people at the heart of it all, and defining excellence, together.

Working at Bombardier means operating at the highest level. Every day, you are part of a team that delivers superior experiences and products, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in our industry and beyond. By prioritizing employee growth and development, we empower everyone to reach their full potential on their own terms, because the best work happens when you are free to be yourself and share your unique expertise.

Bombardier's Benefits Program

With our employees’ well-being top of mind, we offer a comprehensive and competitive Benefits Program, which includes the following:

• Insurance plans (Dental, medical, life insurance, disability, and more)
• Competitive base salary
• Retirement savings plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tele Health Program

About the role

We are seeking a results-oriented Section Chief, Engineering to lead a team of project managers responsible for Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and engineering tools and ways-of-working improvement initiatives.

This role combines people leadership, portfolio management, and cross-functional coordination. The Section Chief develops team members, sets priorities, allocates resources, and ensures commitments are met for scope, schedule, cost, quality, and adoption. The leader works closely with Engineering, IT, Programs, and business partners to enable digital continuity, process integration, and the sustainable evolution of the engineering work environment.

What are your contributions to the team?

• Lead, engage, and develop a team of project managers responsible for CAD, PLM, and engineering tools improvement initiatives.
• Set objectives, clarify accountabilities, provide regular coaching, and manage performance and talent development effectively.
• Manage and prioritize the project portfolio based on PDA needs, program objectives, business value, dependencies, available capacity, and risk.
• Maintain rigorous project governance across scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, issues, decisions, and performance indicators.
• Ensure milestones and expected outcomes are achieved; act promptly to remove obstacles, arbitrate priorities, and implement recovery plans when required.
• Align CAD, PLM, and engineering tools roadmaps with Engineering, IT, and Program priorities as well as enterprise architecture and standards.
• Act as the primary liaison with leadership, functional owners, program teams, and IT partners to communicate portfolio status and facilitate decisions.
• Oversee requirements definition, solution design, testing, deployment, and transition to operations to deliver robust, integrated, and sustainable solutions.
• Champion structured change management, including communications, training, user readiness, adoption, and benefits tracking.
• Support digital continuity and the integration of engineering data and processes across CAD, PLM, and related systems.
• Ensure compliance with applicable security, quality, configuration management, and aerospace product development requirements.
• Drive continuous improvement, standardize project management practices, and promote lessons learned across the team and its partners.

Key Competencies:

• Engaging leadership, coaching, and talent development
• Portfolio management, prioritization, and resource allocation
• Results orientation, accountability, and business acumen
• Strategic and systems thinking
• Proactive management of risks, issues, and dependencies
• Influence, communication, and stakeholder management
• Complex problem-solving and decision-making
• Change leadership and continuous improvement

How to thrive in this role?

• You hold a bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or a related field.
• You have at least ten years of relevant experience in aerospace product development, digital transformation, or engineering tools deployment.
• You have demonstrated experience in people management, coaching, or leading teams of professionals and project managers.
• You have led a portfolio or multiple complex projects involving cross-functional dependencies, suppliers, and stakeholders at various levels.
• You understand Product Development Aircraft (PDA) processes, engineering data, configuration management, and CAD and PLM environments.
• You are proficient in planning, governance, risk management, financial tracking, and project performance measurement practices.
• You demonstrate sound judgment, strong influencing skills, and excellent communication abilities in both French and English.
• You can operate effectively in a matrix environment, manage competing priorities, and mobilize teams through change.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Certification in project or portfolio management (PMP, PgMP, or equivalent), Agile methodology, or systems engineering (INCOSE).
• Experience with Siemens Teamcenter, CAD solutions, or comparable platforms.
• Knowledge of MBSE, digital twins, the digital thread, and model-based product development.
• Experience in organizational change management, digital solution adoption, or process improvement.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity, export control, and compliance requirements applicable to the aerospace industry.

Bombardier is an equal opportunity employer and encourages persons of any race, religion, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, immigration status, disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics to apply.