Technical Lead

Sogeclair; Montreal (administrative region); On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Groupe SOGECLAIR in Montreal, Canada seeks a Technical Lead to serve as the operational technical liaison for the project manager within the project scope. You will coordinate day-to-day technical work to enable the manager to focus on commitments, performance, and team development.

Responsibilities include workload assessment, daily prioritization, KPI tracking, and ensuring data accuracy. You will liaise with offshore teams and support new members while proposing process improvements.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of relevant professional experience in aerospace project environments.
• Strong knowledge of aerospace industry and project coordination.
• Education in administration, business management, or aerospace engineering.
• Proficiency in MS Office tools.
• Bilingual in French and English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Receive new technical requests and assess workload, ensuring contract alignment.
• Allocate, prioritize, and schedule technical work daily.
• Maintain an overview of the team’s workload and report imbalances and risks to the manager.
• Coordinate interfaces with offshore teams within the scope.
• Extract and validate KPIs (OTD, FTR) and report variances.
• Keep scope tracking data accurate and up to date.
• Review deliverables and facilitate approval processes.
• Contribute to quality meetings and improvement initiatives.
• Provide technical support to new team members and onboarding.

Skills

Aerospace industry expertise

Technical team coordination

French-English bilingual

Project coordination

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace or related field

Tools

CATIA V5

MS Office (Outlook/Word/Excel/PowerPoint)

Job description

The Technical Lead (TL) is the operational technical liaison for the project manager within their scope. They handle day-to-day technical coordination to allow the manager to focus on project commitments, trade-offs, overall performance, and team development. In the manager's absence, they act as the liaison with other teams for operational and technical matters.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Receive new technical requests and support the assessment of the associated workload, as well as compliance with contractual agreements;
• Allocate, prioritize, and schedule technical work daily;
• Maintain an overview of the team’s workload and report imbalances, capacity constraints, and delivery risks to the manager;
• Coordinate interfaces with the offshore teams within the assigned scope;
• Extract and validate scope-specific KPIs, including OTD and FTR, and report any variances;
• Keep the scope tracking file up to date and ensure data accuracy and reliability;
• Review deliverables within their authorization level and facilitate the review and approval/sign-off process;
• Apply the company’s defined control processes and contribute to quality meetings for the assigned scope;
• Contribute to the production of deliverables based on the production capacity allocated and agreed upon with the manager;
• Identify technical risks and propose mitigation measures;
• Provide technical support to new team members and assist them in becoming familiar with the tools;
• Propose and document improvements to methods and efficiency;
• Act as the technical point of contact with the client for matters within the assigned scope;
• Escalate to the manager any issue that may impact contractual commitments, cost, schedule, or scope;
• Perform any other related duties.

YOUR PROFILE IS ESSENTIAL TO OUR SUCCESS

• At least 3 years of relevant professional experience;
• Excellent knowledge of the aerospace industry;
• Education in administration, business management, mechanical engineering – aerospace profile, or another related field;
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint);
• Proficiency in technical tools specific to the scope of work (e.g., CATIA V5, when required);
• Bilingual in French and English, both written and spoken;
• Experience coordinating a technical team or working in a focal point role.

Groupe SOGECLAIR values diversity and inclusion and considers them essential to its performance. We are committed to recruiting without discrimination.