Senior Manager, Project Engineering

Pratt & Whitney; Longueuil; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension plan

Group insurance

Career progression

Merit or recognition program

Health and wellness program

Recreational and sports club

Nearby daycares

Transit access and free parking

Job summary

Pratt & Whitney Canada in Longueuil seeks a senior engineering leader to steer an IPT module, translating system requirements into robust engine designs. You will guide cross-disciplinary teams, collaborate with Operations, Procurement and Customer Support, and drive design verification, validation, and certification activities to meet program objectives.

This role requires a strong technical background in gas turbine engines, exceptional leadership and communication abilities, and the

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years experience or Master’s with 5+ years.
• Proven communication and leadership skills across stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of gas turbine engines across engineering disciplines.
• Proven technical leadership with minimal guidance to customers.
• Willingness to travel as needed.

Responsibilities

• Define and achieve product design requirements.
• Manage IPT to meet program objectives with stakeholders.
• Lead design verification, validation, and certification activities.
• Provide strategic direction while controlling scope, schedule, budget.
• Evaluate scope changes for schedule and cost impact.
• Support Program Directors/Managers as required.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Teamwork

Gas turbine knowledge

Customer interaction

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

About Pratt & Whitney Canada

Pratt & Whitney Canada (P&WC) is a global leader in aerospace innovation, proudly headquartered in Longueuil, Quebec, since 1928. We design and manufacture next-generation aircraft engines that power the world’s largest fleet of business, general aviation, and regional aircraft and helicopters.

For nearly 100 years, our teams have been at the forefront of propulsion technology, pushing boundaries to make flight more efficient and reliable. Our engines support missions that truly matter, from transporting people and essential goods, to enabling emergency medical services, humanitarian operations, and wildfire suppression around the world.

An Employer of Choice

Pratt & Whitney Canada was named one of Canada’s Best Employers for 2026 by Forbes, marking the 11th consecutive year the company has earned this recognition. Pratt & Whitney Canada also ranked #1 employer in the aerospace and defense industry in the country. In addition, our headquarters continues to be recognized among the top employers in the Montreal region. Together, these distinctions reinforce our reputation as an employer of choice in Montreal, across Canada, and around the world.

Why join our team?

You will have the opportunity to lead multidisciplinary teams, collaborate with partners across the organization, and influence strategic decisions that will help shape the products of tomorrow.

The position is based at our Longueuil location, from Monday to Friday, with flexible hours and exclusively on-site.

What will your day-to-day look like?

Provide overall leadership to a multidisciplined team for an assigned engine/IPPS module or system IPT to:

• Define and achieve product design requirements.
• Effectively manage the IPT in achieving Program objectives, including requirements from other key stakeholders such as Operations, Procurement, Customer Support or Marketing.
• Lead design verification, validation, and certification activities for IPT.
• Provide teams with strategic direction, while managing project scope, schedule, budget, and engineering rigor.
• Evaluate scope changes for schedule/cost impact.
• Assist Program Director/Managers as required.

What do you need to be successful?

• Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 7 years experience or master’s degree with a minimum of 5 years experience.
• Proven communication skills, leadership, team working with internal and external stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of gas turbine engines acquired inside one or more Engineering disciplines.
• Proven technical leadership.
• Able to work with minimum guidance with customers.
• Ability to identify opportunities, challenges and recommend solutions.
• Anticipate future business opportunities and requirements.
• Highly adaptable, the candidate will accommodate changes in priorities based on latest information and will reconcile diverse/opposing opinions to support business strategies and emerging priorities.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple tasks at the same time.
• This position is part of a French-speaking work environment, it requires a very good knowledge of English to read and understand, on a daily basis, documentation and technical terms that may emanate from international organizations, as well as to write and communicate in English with customers, suppliers or international colleagues.

Preferred Qualifications

• Availability to travel (eventually), both interplant and externally.
• Membership of l’Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec or of Professional Engineers of Ontario Association is considered a plus.
• Flexibility with working hours.

What do we offer?

• Pension and savings plan with employer contributions
• Group insurance program
• Opportunities for advancement (career progression)
• Merit or recognition program
• Health and wellness program, including virtual health care
• Recreational and sports club
• Nearby daycares
• Transportation accessibility or public transit program and free parking

Working at Pratt & Whitney Canada

The masculine pronoun is used without discrimination and solely for the purpose of making the text easier to read. We will consider applications from all qualified candidates.

At Pratt & Whitney Canada, we combine passion, boldness, and precision to design, manufacture, and maintain the most advanced and reliable aircraft engines in the world. Our work and the quality of our products contribute to the success of our customers, who in turn save lives, support commerce, connect communities, and protect freedoms.

At Pratt & Whitney Canada, you have the opportunity to make a difference every day—just look up. Are you ready to go beyond?

The selected candidate will be required to complete a criminal background check and any applicable clearances with respect to the handling and transfer of controlled goods. Employment is conditional upon the successful completion of these checks and obtaining the required clearances. Failure to do so will result in the withdrawal of the employment offer.