Associate Director, Project Engineering

Date Posted: 2026-06-09

Country: Canada

Location: CA-QC-LONGUEUIL-J01 ~ 1000 Blvd Marie-Victorin ~ J01 BLDG

Job Title: Associate Director, ESTO Program Manager

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 The Team?

Leadership of a team dedicated to product development or technical support to operations as part of the Project Engineering group.

This is a full-time position from Monday to Friday with flexible hours, based in Longueuil, and performed exclusively on-site.

What will your day-to-day look like?

• Lead a team of project engineers supporting operations across all P&WC product family range.
• Define and achieve product requirements for various projects.
• Ensure product safety remains on top of everything all the time.
• Lead with efficiency multi-disciplinary teams to achieve KPIs (Key Performance Indicator) such as weight, cost, reliability while ensuring other requirements from other organizations are met.
• Lead the substantiation and validation activities or those required to ensure Type certification requirements are met.
• Ensure commitments, budget tracking and resource planning all are met.

What do you need to be successful?

• Engineering degree with a minimum of 15 years of relevant experience.
• Strong understanding of gas turbines from design, validation and certification aspects acquired inside at least more than one Engineering discipline and inside at least one external assignment (Marketing, Operations, Customer Support).
• Capability to manage a team and demonstrate strong leadership.
• While being highly adaptable and able to work under pressure, the candidate shall accommodate priority changes, based on available information and be able to manage diverging opinions to get one reconciled voice to support business objectives and emerging priorities.
• Strong communication skills both internal and external, accountability and well organized.
• Be a member of Ordre des Ingénieurs du Québec or of the Professional Engineers of Ontario.
• Available for travel sometimes under short notice and support off-hour requests.
• This position is part of a French-speaking work environment, however, it requires excellent English proficiency to read and understand, on a daily basis, technical documentation and terms that may come from international organizations, as well as to write and communicate in English with international clients, suppliers, or colleagues.

What We Offer

• Retirement and savings plan with employer contributions
• Group insurance plan
• Career advancement opportunities
• Merit or recognition program
• Health and wellness program, including telemedicine
• Recreational and sports club
• Nearby daycare facilities
• Accessibility by public transportation or commuter program and free parking
• Working at Pratt & Whitney Canada

The masculine is used without discrimination and solely to lighten the text. We will review the employment application of all qualified candidates.

At Pratt & Whitney Canada, we combine passion, boldness, and rigor to design, manufacture, and maintain the world's most advanced and reliable aircraft engines. Our work and the quality of our products contribute to our customers' success, which in turn saves lives, supports commerce, connects communities, and protects freedoms.

At Pratt & Whitney Canada, you have the opportunity to make a difference every day; just look up. Are you ready to push yourself?

The selected candidate will be subject to a criminal record check and must obtain all necessary authorizations related to the handling and transfer of controlled goods. The job offer is conditional upon the successful completion of these checks and the obtaining of the required authorizations. If these conditions are not met, the job offer will be withdrawn.