Senior Regional Mechanical Project Engineering Specialist

Jobtailor; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking an experienced senior mechanical engineer to act as the technical reference for project managers across mechanical and multidisciplinary efforts. You will collaborate with capital project teams, engineering firms, and operations, defining deliverables and FEL phase criteria.

Travel to Northeast plants is required to maintain a strong field presence. The role demands 15+ years in engineering or capital projects, bilingual French/English, and the ability to influence decisions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Member in good standing of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) or eligible for membership
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in engineering, industrial project management, or capital projects
• Significant experience working with engineering firms, multidisciplinary projects, and heavy industrial environments
• Functional bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written, is required
• Strong knowledge of FEL processes, capital project management, and key engineering deliverables
• Strong technical judgment and ability to influence decisions without direct authority
• Ability to structure complex issues, challenge assumptions, and provide clear recommendations
• Collaborative leadership, autonomy, rigor, and strong accountability
• Excellent communication skills with technical, operational, and management stakeholders
• Strong commitment to health, safety, environmental stewardship, compliance, and risk management
• Knowledge of aluminum smelting operations, industrial mechanical equipment, and continuous production environments is a significant asset
• Experience in machine safety

Responsibilities

• Act as the senior technical reference for project managers on mechanical, multidisciplinary, and integration-related matters
• Work with capital project teams, site capital managers, engineering firms, operations, maintenance, reliability, SMEs, and EHS teams
• Define and validate project boundaries, design criteria, discipline interfaces, and required deliverables throughout each FEL phase
• Participate in project reviews, design reviews, audits, value engineering workshops, and phase-gate decisions
• Challenge technical solutions, cost estimates, schedules, execution strategies, and supplier proposals
• Validate technical documentation, tenders, specifications, cost estimates, schedules, and execution plans
• Ensure solutions meet health and safety, environmental, regulatory, maintenance, operational, and standardization requirements
• Capture, share, and integrate lessons learned to improve engineering standards, practices, and regional project performance
• Develop, review, and revise Alcoa engineering standards
• Review and enhance KPI review processes with engineering firms
• Travel regular to plants across the Northeast region to provide onsite support and maintain a strong field presence

Skills

Mechanical Eng

Capital Projects

Bilingual FR-EN

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Eng

Job description

• Act as the senior technical reference for project managers on mechanical, multidisciplinary, and integration-related matters
• Work with capital project teams, site capital managers, engineering firms, operations, maintenance, reliability, SMEs, and EHS teams
• Define and validate project boundaries, design criteria, discipline interfaces, and required deliverables throughout each FEL phase
• Participate in project reviews, design reviews, audits, value engineering workshops, and phase-gate decisions
• Challenge technical solutions, cost estimates, schedules, execution strategies, and supplier proposals
• Validate technical documentation, tenders, specifications, cost estimates, schedules, and execution plans
• Ensure solutions meet health and safety, environmental, regulatory, maintenance, operational, and standardization requirements
• Capture, share, and integrate lessons learned to improve engineering standards, practices, and regional project performance
• Develop, review, and revise Alcoa engineering standards
• Review and enhance KPI review processes with engineering firms
• Travel regular to plants across the Northeast region to provide onsite support and maintain a strong field presence

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering or a related engineering discipline
• Member in good standing of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) or eligible for membership
• Minimum of fifteen (15) years of relevant experience in engineering, industrial project management, or capital projects
• Significant experience working with engineering firms, multidisciplinary projects, and heavy industrial environments
• Functional bilingualism (French and English), both spoken and written, is required
• Strong knowledge of FEL processes, capital project management, and key engineering deliverables
• Strong technical judgment and ability to influence decisions without direct authority
• Ability to structure complex issues, challenge assumptions, and provide clear recommendations
• Collaborative leadership, autonomy, rigor, and strong accountability
• Excellent communication skills with technical, operational, and management stakeholders
• Strong commitment to health, safety, environmental stewardship, compliance, and risk management
• Knowledge of aluminum smelting operations, industrial mechanical equipment, and continuous production environments is a significant asset
• Experience in machine safety

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in Mechanical Engineering and capital project management, with a strong focus on FEL processes, technical judgment, and compliance with health and safety standards. Bilingual in French and English, capable of effective communication with diverse stakeholders in industrial environments.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Mechanical Engineering Degree
• FEL Processes Expertise
• Capital Project Management
• Bilingualism (French and English)
• Health and Safety Compliance

Hard Skills

• Project Management
• Technical Documentation Validation
• Cost Estimation
• Design Review
• KPI Review Processes
• Engineering Standards Development
• Multidisciplinary Project Coordination
• Supplier Proposal Evaluation
• Execution Plan Development
• Machine Safety

Soft Skills

• Collaborative Leadership
• Excellent Communication
• Strong Accountability
• Autonomy
• Rigor

Certifications & Qualifications

• Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) Membership

Industry Keywords

• Industrial Project Management
• Aluminum Smelting Operations
• Heavy Industrial Environments
• Environmental Stewardship
• Risk Management