Gestionnaire en ingénierie Engineering Manager Montreal Bronze

Job Description

Posted Wednesday, January 28, 2026 at 6:00 AM

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Montreal Bronze is an established supplier of quality bronze marine valves used in many naval and commercial ships, plus the nuclear industry. Montreal Bronze is looking for an Engineering Manager. The Engineering Department is responsible for valve design & qualification, production engineering, and project management activities. Engineering provides support to other departments including Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Quality. Candidates will possess technical expertise, excellent leadership skills, a moderate degree of business awareness along with a passion for the engineering discipline.

We offer a unique working environment that allows a hands‑on engineering professional to develop and grow their technical skills and business acumen and support critical naval defense activities for domestic shipyards as well as international allies.

• This position requires managing a team of engineers, drafters and technicians (5+ team members).
• This position requires the ability to understand the technical requirements of our Naval customers and to implement engineering solutions to meet these demands.
• Reviews and executes product design for compliance with engineering principles, company standards, and customer requirements.
• Coordinates activities with in‑house manufacturing shop personnel and our outside vendor base concerned with technical developments, scheduling and resolving engineering design and test problems.
• Qualify new vendors and establish sound working relationships.
• Evaluates and approves design changes, specifications and drawing releases.
• Develop working knowledge of Montreal Bronze products and industry requirements. This may include some mechanical drafting work and will require walking the manufacturing floor to support emergent issue resolution.
• Monitor and report on engineering KPIs
• Develop standard operating procedures and engineering workflows in partnership with the rest of the organization
• Mentor and guide engineering team though technical challenges as well as growth and development
• Lead engineering team meetings & support internal engineering PMO
• Own and maintain engineering specific software & tools

• Excellent professionalism and ethical behavior
• Excellent organizational skills; detail‑orientated and proactive in management of projects and tasks
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast‑paced deadline driven environment;
• Ability to develop excellent working relationships with co‑workers, and team members by generating trust, confidence, and credibility.
• Skilled in communicating issues, impacts, and corrective actions on programs to internal and external representatives
• Team management and project management
• Ability to communicate clearly in French and English to peers, management, customers, and vendors. Robust written and verbal communication capabilities are both a must.
• Proficiency in 3D modeling software such as Inventor and AutoCAD
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office products such as Access, Excel and Power BI
• Familiarity with ANSI drawing standards and geometric tolerancing
• Applied attention to detail in order to review work of peers such as checking drawings, customer contract reviews,…