My client is a multicultural diverse team of professionals, who have a great passion for wood design and sustainability. They welcome individuals with curiosity, enthusiasm, and integrity, believing in providing exceptional customer service. This company has a strong history of growth, and is set to significantly expand its reach in the coming years.

As the Team Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in overseeing project execution, fostering team development, and maintaining stakeholder relationships. Your responsibilities include:

• Guiding team members and ensuring project efficiency

   

  • Spearhead the growth and development of the engineering team, fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
  • Provide guidance and mentorship to team members.
  • Ability to receive constructive feedback and implement change to improve company efficiency.
  • Participate in the design, development, and delivery of application engineering projects.
  • Stay updated on industry knowledge, technology trends, and market needs.
  • Contribute to research and development efforts on new products or projects, analyzing problems and designing solutions.
  • Provide innovative solutions in updating and improving existing product lines.


• Uphold Quality Standards
  • Direct seamless project execution, offering support, and proactively addressing potential obstacles to ensure timely completion.
  • Monitor project compliance with industry codes and standards, ensuring adherence to performance benchmarks.
  • Ensure adherence to industry testing, design codes, and practices, conducting quality control checks throughout all project stages.
  • Analyze data, write reports, and double-check documents/design literature to maintain project integrity.


• Facilitate collaboration between departments, promote innovation, and streamline decision-making processes.
  • Cultivate strong relationships with stakeholders through transparent communication, conflict resolution, and solicitation of feedback for continuous improvement.
  • Ability to adapt to regional communication styles and working paces in both public and private sectors.
  • Champion a positive work culture, encourage continuous improvement and serve as a liaison between the team and management.


• Ideal candidates are experienced leaders with strong communication skills, a strategic mindset, and a passion for driving team success.
  • Collaborate in the design, development, delivery, and evaluation of training materials. Present complex technical concepts in an understandable manner.
  • Oversee and ensure all those on the engineering teams are adhering to provincial engineering best practices as defined by the relevant governing associations.

In essence, you will serve as a pivotal leader driving the engineering teams towards excellence, ensuring project success, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Requirements:

• A degree or diploma in civil, construction, building, mechanical or wood engineering, or equivalent work experience. A primarily wood engineering background is preferred.
• Able to attain your P.Eng. designation in the province of BC
• Intimate knowledge of wood construction, structural hardware and design standards in Canada and the United States is an asset.
• Strong analytical skills and capable of simplifying complex technical concepts.
• Technically capable, excellent communicator, and a desire to improve process.
• Awareness of basic marketing and sales/account management concepts.

This position can be located in BC, AB, ON, and QB, with the potential for other locations across Canada and the USA with remote/hybrid work.