Electrical Department Manager

Overview

As Electrical Department Manager, you will lead and grow the Southwestern Ontario electrical practice, delivering complex electrical design across buildings and infrastructure. You’ll mentor engineers and technologists, set delivery direction, and act as a senior technical leader on projects. You’ll collaborate with national teams to strengthen capability and ensure high-quality outcomes. This role offers impact through sustainable design, client growth, and shaping AECOM’s electrical practice in a dynamic market.

Pay / Benefits

• medical coverage
• dental coverage
• vision coverage
• paid time off
• flexible work options
• retirement savings plan

Responsibilities

• Mentor and develop engineers, designers, and staff to foster a growth-oriented culture
• Plan staffing, workload, technical capability, quality, and succession readiness
• Provide senior technical leadership on projects, including design guidance, reviews, and problem-solving
• Oversee electrical design across markets (buildings, institutions, industrial, water, transportation, sustainability)
• Guide core electrical systems design (medium-/low-voltage power, lighting, life safety, controls)
• Collaborate nationally with other offices to support an integrated practice
• Build client relationships, support proposals and pursuits, and grow the regional practice
• Improve project outcomes via scope clarity, resource planning, coordination, and early risk identification
• Champion innovation, sustainability, and future-ready design solutions
• Represent AECOM professionally with clients, leaders, and project teams

Key requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering + eight (8) years of relevant experience
• Licensed Professional Engineer with Professional Engineers Ontario
• Demonstrated electrical design and delivery experience in consulting or multidisciplinary projects
• Strong leadership, communication, coordination, and decision-making skills
• Proven ability to mentor engineers, designers, and technical staff
• Holding or the ability to obtain minimum Reliability Level security clearance

• leadership
• communication
• stakeholder management
• medium-voltage and low-voltage power distribution
• lighting
• life safety

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