The Opportunity

What keeps a university running at its best behind the scenes and around the clock? In the Project Engineer role, you'll be at the centre of ensuring the systems that power campus life are safe, reliable, and built for the future. As a Project Engineer, you will play a critical role in assessing the health and performance of TMU's building systems, equipment, and infrastructure ensuring they meet all applicable by-laws, codes, and regulatory standards. Your expertise will help maintain a safe, efficient, and high-performing environment for students, faculty, and staff.

Bringing strong engineering insight, you will support a wide range of facilities systems, including mechanical, HVAC, plumbing, steam, and central utilities distribution. You'll develop and implement thoughtful, data-informed project plans that prioritize preventive, deferred, and reactive maintenance while balancing immediate needs with long-term sustainability. You will lead the planning and execution of repair, upgrade, renovation, and replacement projects, working closely with internal teams and external partners to deliver high-quality results. Your ability to assess risk, anticipate challenges, and manage competing priorities will be key to keeping critical infrastructure running smoothly.

This is an opportunity for someone who takes pride in solving complex problems, improving systems, and making a tangible impact ensuring the university's built environment continues to support excellence in teaching, learning, and research.

Leadership Competencies

Leaders at TMU are required to demonstrate the following Leadership Competencies:

• Acts with Integrity: Demonstrates behaviors aligned with high ethical standards and personal integrity and acts in accordance with TMU values.
• Builds Relationships of Trust & Collaboration: Actively builds a culture of trust and fosters meaningful relationships.
• Leads Inclusively: Creates an inclusive environment where everyone is respected, recognized, empowered to achieve their potential, and valued for their differences.
• Demonstrates Organizational Acumen: Understands and respectfully navigates complex internal and external environments using sound judgment, diplomacy, and tact.
• Drives Vision & Results: Creates and implements a vision grounded in sound decision-making to achieve desired outcomes.

Qualifications

To help us learn more about you, please provide a cover letter and resume describing how you meet the following required qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering, along with P.Eng designation is required. PMP certification is an asset.
• Minimum five (5) years of work experience in a commercial or institutional environment with extensive experience managing projects related to building systems.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered.
• Strong customer service orientation to lead a team through all phases of a project with users, consultants, contractors, and authorities having jurisdiction (AHJ) considered an asset.
• Extensive and broadly-based technical knowledge of building systems such as HVAC, electrical distribution, plumbing, roofing, central utilities, BAS, fire system, and controls & automation.
• Skills to provide consultation services and technical support to Capital Project group regarding the planning, design, approval, construction, alteration of facilities and utilities.
• Experience in performing building condition assessments and reporting recommendations for upgrades and replacements.
• Expert-level knowledge in the installation, Operation and maintenance of building elements, building automation system programming and debugging.

Additional Information (MAC)

Position Number(s) 20002285 Reports To Manager of Facilities Services & Contract Management Department Facilities Management & Development Employee Group MAC Vacancy Type Term - this is a current vacancy Work Location Hybrid Start Date ASAP End Date 1 year from start date Hours of Work 36.25 Grade C52 Salary Scale $86,502 - $138,178 Hiring Salary Range $86,502 - $112,340 TA Specialist Claudiu Posting Date June 8, 2026 Application Close Date June 16, 2026

• Equivalent experience or a combination of equivalent experience and education may be accepted in place of education.
• As part of the selection process, candidates may be required to complete an occupational assessment.
• Applications will only be accepted online through Toronto Metropolitan University's career site.
• We will provide an accessible experience for applicants, students, employees, and members of the Toronto Metropolitan University community. We are committed to providing an inclusive and barrier-free work environment, starting with the recruitment process. If you have restrictions that need to be accommodated to fully participate in any phase of the recruitment process, please submit your request through the AskHR webform . All information received in relation to accommodation will be kept confidential.