About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 20,700 employees, sales of € 4,8 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Join our Voith Hydro team! We are currently searching talents for the position of:

Chief Service Engineer 
Mississauga, ON
 

Summary:

Senior technical engineering role for the regional operating unit within a global group of companies. Accountable for engineering quality, reliability, and successful technical, project, and product solutions, coordinated across regional operating units and corporate engineering. Mission is total customer satisfaction for engineered products installed in hydroelectric power plants by ensuring solutions are safe, reliable, cost-effective, and delivered on time and to specification. Leads engineered reliability across project technical strategy, equipment design, project design planning, delivery, and installation.

Responsibilities:

• Coordination: Coordinate engineering resources to meet forecasted and running projects and service needs.
• Approve Design Changes: Review and approve minor design modifications in accordance with established design review and change-control processes.
• Technical Support: Execute engineering studies to deliver safe, reliable solutions, and provide technical direction to advisors and engineers.
• Enhance Value: Identify and propose value-engineering opportunities that improve customer outcomes and strengthen product differentiation.
• Coordinate Supply Options: Partner with supply chain to evaluate and select cost-effective sourcing and supply solutions.
• Optimize Costs: Develop technical solutions that optimize lifecycle cost while meeting performance, quality, and safety requirements.
• Guide Repairs: Lead repair technical strategies and ensure procedures are reviewed, verified, and approved to applicable standards.
• Risk Management: Evaluate and manage technical risks across Offer to Order (OTO) and Order to Cash (OTC) to protect safety, quality, schedule, and cost commitments.
• Key spokesperson: Represent the organization internally and externally on critical technical matters, and lead customer-facing technical decisions and problem resolution to meet company and customer requirements.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Engineering with advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of relevant work experience in engineering environment, specifically energy/hydro power generation
• Excellent interpersonal skills and team player
• Strong organizational skills
• Meticulous attention to detail and accuracy to work product
• Ability to drive engineering excellence culture
• Flexibility and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Physical Demands:

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met to successfully perform the key actions of job.
• The employee is also required to talk and/or hear in an office setting (noise level is low). The employee is frequently required to stand and walk in an office environment from 4-8 hours. The employee is occasionally required to reach with hands and arms; lift; stoop, or crouch.
• The vision requirements: close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, and depth perception and adjust focus.
• The job may require travel.

Voith Group in Canada - Why join our team:

• Salary between 140 000$/year and 180 000$/year depending on experience and qualifications 
• Comprehensive range of group insurance including medical, dental and travel coverage from day 1 – for you and your family
• Telemedicine services and Employee Assistance Program, for you and your family
• Competitive total compensation and Group GRSP with employer contributions
• Work flexibility for work-life balance
• Inclusive environment that values diversity
• Talent development program
• Leadership training and Mentorship program
• Reimbursement of tuition fees
• Scholarship program for the children of Voithians
• Reimbursement of annual professional membership fees
• Voith Group operates net climate-neutrally at all global locations since 2022
• Family company with financial stability
• International assignment opportunities
• Access to expert colleagues throughout the world
• Committed, motivated and highly competent colleagues and leaders

* This job description is not all encompassing; however, it is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles!