Senior Program Manager, Aviation

Toronto, ON
On-site
Posted Oct 9, 2026
1 position

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Employment type: Full-time
Experience level: Lead · 15+ years
Minimum education: Professional degree
Posting language: English
Working hours: 40 hours per week
Seniority: Mid-Senior level
Application method: Direct apply is available

Job summary

Oversee and coordinate concurrent multidisciplinary design packages, resolving delivery bottlenecks and ensuring technical outputs meet standards, regulatory requirements, and program controls. Report on progress, risks, interfaces, and decisions, represent design positions with stakeholders, and mentor design managers and technical leads.

Job details

Ready to take the next step in your career? Join Egis and be part of our exciting growth across Canada. As a member of our global team of 23,500+ engineers, architects, scientists and consultants, you'll help deliver some of the country's most impactful infrastructure, transportation, buildings and energy projects while building a career with global opportunities and local impact. Job Description In the role as Senior Program Manager, you will be supporting the Design Director in the day-to-day oversight of the multi-disciplinary design program. The role is accountable for maintaining alignment across concurrent design packages, ensuring that technical delivery is coordinated, risks are identified early, and outputs are delivered in line with program scope, schedule, quality, and stakeholder requirements. Responsibilities: Provide day-to-day program oversight and high-level coordination for all active design packages within the Toronto office. Stabilize design execution by identifying and resolving bottlenecks across multidisciplinary teams. Coordinate technical work across internal entities and external partners, ensuring seamless knowledge transfer and regulatory alignment. Act as a senior technical authority, ensuring all engineering outputs meet applicable standards and project controls requirements. Represent design positions in governance reviews and stakeholder meetings. Support implementation of the design execution plan and monitor adherence across all packages and phases of delivery. Lead or support design coordination workshops, internal reviews, and senior technical discussions to maintain consistency across disciplines. Provide management-level reporting on design progress, key risks, interfaces, decisions required, and corrective actions. Mentor design managers, technical leads, and discipline coordinators to maintain delivery consistency, quality, and accountability. Ensure design activities are aligned with constructability, delivery sequencing, and broader program objectives. Qualifications 15+ years of experience in large-scale infrastructure or aviation design programs. Proven track record in project controls integration and regulatory-driven delivery. Strong leadership capabilities to mentor technical leads across various disciplines. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario. Experience in multi-party program environments and complex stakeholder-led delivery models is strongly preferred. Additional Information Egis Canada is an equal opportunities employer offering a competitive salary and benefits to those with the skills suited to the needs of our clients. The salary range advertised may exceed the range based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, performance, and business or organizational needs. We welcome and encourage applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available upon request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process. This role is eligible for a referral bonus in line with the Referral Program. If you have been referred, please provide the name of the employee who has referred you at the time of your application. At Egis, we embrace innovation to tackle challenges and utilize AI in our recruitment process under stringent ethics and compliance policies and in alignment with our values of being a Responsible Company, a People First Company and a Creative Company. Committed to diversity, growth and collaboration, we may leverage AI to support the recruitment process.

What you’ll do

Requirements

Requires 15 or more years of experience in large-scale infrastructure or aviation design programs, a Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario, and a track record in project controls integration and regulatory-driven delivery. Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities are required; experience in multi-party programs and complex stakeholder-led delivery is preferred.