Team Lead, Power Electricity

Bouthillette Parizeau & Associes; Montreal; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Bouthillette Parizeau & Associes in Montreal is seeking a seasoned Power Electricity Project Manager to lead design and studies for MV/HV systems in industrial and public utilities sectors. You will coordinate multi‑discipline teams, manage budgets and schedules, ensure client satisfaction, and uphold high technical standards and safety practices.

The role requires French fluency, a bachelor’s in electrical engineering, and 7–10 years in engineering consulting or design, with strong leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and registration with the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ) is preferred.
• 7–10 years of experience in engineering consulting, design, or related fields.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and projects in power systems.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and design studies for power engineering mandates (control, protection, automation).
• Coordinate multi‑discipline teams from initiation to closure, ensuring client satisfaction and on‑time delivery.
• Manage budgets, schedules, and risk with structured problem solving and clear communication.
• Act as technical reference, review designs, and resolve complex issues.
• Administer resource allocation across multiple projects and report progress.
• Ensure adherence to standards and promote continuous improvement and safety.

Skills

Power engineering

Technical leadership

Project management

Resource planning

Budget management

Team coordination

French communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering

Tools

ETAP

SKM

Job description

Are you passionate about power electricity and looking for stimulating challenges? Join our dynamic team at BPA and participate in large-scale projects in the industrial and public utilities sectors. Discover how you can leverage your skills in power engineering and contribute to innovative solutions in a collaborative environment.

BPA is driven by our values of integrity, excellence, accomplishment, and passion, which we fully embrace. Our mission: Building a sustainable future. Together, let's multiply our positive impact on the world through engineering that has the power to make a difference!

Reporting to the Director, Power Electricity, you will be accountable for your team's overall performance in terms of quality, technical rigour, and operational efficiency. As a subject-matter expert leader and technical reference, you will ensure the application of standards, the development of skills, and the alignment between organizational priorities and project needs. Through sound judgment in resource allocation and the management of complex situations, you will mobilize your team, develop emerging leaders, relay senior management directives on the ground, and contribute to the continuous improvement of practices.

You will also act as Project Manager on design and study mandates in power engineering, coordinating activities from initiation to closure, while ensuring client satisfaction, budget adherence, and timeline compliance.

Your Responsibilities:

• Exercise mobilizing leadership based on exemplarity and technical credibility, fostering performance, autonomy, and professional maturity in a collaborative environment;
• Ensure accountability for technical execution and quality of deliverables in compliance with standards, schedules, and budgets, by rigorously applying standards and proactively intervening when deviations occur;
• Act as a technical reference for the team and contribute to design reviews and the resolution of technical issues;
• Plan, optimize, and arbitrate resource allocation in complex multi-project contexts, ensuring rigorous progress tracking and priority adjustment;
• Maintain continuous monitoring of individual and collective contributions, contribute to performance evaluations, and handle sensitive situations with discretion and fact-based recommendations;
• Collaborate closely with project managers and adjacent disciplines, and translate senior management directives into concrete actions on the ground;
• Proactively elevate issues and risks with structured analysis, and identify, implement, and share opportunities to improve methods, tools, and processes;
• Act as Project Manager on mandates in power engineering design and studies (control, protection, automation, MV/HV), including network studies (short‑circuit, protection coordination, harmonics, arc flash), field surveys, cost estimates, schedules, and site supervision;
• Coordinate the mobilization of technical providers and external suppliers, demonstrate occupational health and safety (OHS) leadership for a zero‑incident culture, and maintain close contact with the client and stakeholders regarding progress, budget, and fees.

Your Profile:

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering;
• Member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ);
• Minimum 7 to 10 years of experience in engineering consulting, design, or other relevant fields is required;
• Significant experience in technical leadership or multidisciplinary team management;
• Demonstrated experience as Project Manager in medium and high‑voltage design and studies (control, protection, automation, network studies);
• Full command of French, both oral and written;
• Experience in complex project management contexts (multi‑client or multi‑discipline).

Your Skills:

• Mastery of standards and guidelines applicable to the Power discipline;
• Excellent analytical ability and capacity to resolve complex technical issues;
• Solid understanding of resource planning, optimization, and budget management;
• Authentic expertise‑based leadership grounded in exemplarity and consistency;
• Sound judgment and decision‑making ability in ambiguous situations;
• Clear and adaptive communication, whether with peers or senior management;
• Strong organizational sense and aptitude to navigate competing priorities;
• Orientation toward developing others and continuous improvement;
• Proficiency in design and calculation tools used in power engineering (ETAP, SKM, or equivalent).