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The engineering market in Montreal offers real opportunities today for qualified professionals. Whether you're actively looking or simply open to what's out there, Fed Manutech connects you with Greater Montreal employers who don't always post their positions on mainstream job boards.
Hello, I’m Simon Mathé, Recruitment Consultant at FED ManuTech, specializing in engineering and manufacturing positions. I am currently recruiting a Production Supervisor for a manufacturing company specializing in the assembly of technical products, located in Longueuil. You will supervise a team of 10 to 40 assemblers and be accountable for its operational performance and employee development during the day shift.
I am currently recruiting a Technical Director – Engineering, Quality & Production Processes for a major international manufacturing company based in Montreal. You will join a heavy industrial environment featuring complex manufacturing processes, large-scale production equipment, and significant challenges related to performance, quality, and capital investment. This is a strategic leadership role combining technical team management, industrial project delivery, process optimization, and continuous improvement. Your Role Working closely with plant leadership, you will oversee engineering, quality, and production process activities. You will lead a multidisciplinary team of 15 professionals. Your mandate will be to set priorities, develop your team, deliver technical projects, and make a direct contribution to the plant’s overall performance.
Hello, I’m Ella Tiberghien, a Recruitment Consultant at FED ManuTech, specializing in technical and manufacturing recruitment. I’m currently working with a manufacturing company looking to hire a Production Supervisor for its Vaudreuil-Dorion facility. With custom manufacturing and technically demanding projects at the heart of its operations, this is an opportunity to take an active role in production planning, team leadership and continuous improvement. If you enjoy being on the shop floor, solving operational challenges and helping teams deliver quality work on time, this could be a great next step.
Do you have a background in welding, quality inspection or metal fabrication and want to take on a role where your technical expertise directly contributes to product quality? I’m Ella Tiberghien, Recruitment Consultant at FED ManuTech, and I’m currently recruiting a Welding Quality Inspector for a manufacturing company specializing in industrial equipment. You’ll join a close-knit manufacturing environment where products are technically complex, fabrication standards are demanding, and collaboration with production teams is essential. Whether you already have inspection experience or are an experienced welder looking to move into quality, this role offers an opportunity to broaden your skills and take the next step in your career.
I am currently recruiting a Senior Industrial Project Manager for a major manufacturing company located in the Montérégie region. You will join a heavy industrial environment characterized by complex production equipment and major capital investment projects. We are primarily looking for an experienced project manager who can take ownership of industrial projects from A to Z, coordinate multiple stakeholders, and lead capital investments through to commissioning. This is not a pure mechanical design position, but rather a technical and operational project management role, with a strong hands-on presence on the plant floor.
I’m Ella Tiberghien, Recruitment Consultant with FED ManuTech, specializing in technical, industrial and manufacturing positions. I’m currently looking for an Instrumentation & Controls Technician to join a well-established manufacturing company in Marieville, where equipment reliability and production uptime are key priorities.
Hi, I'm Simon, Recruitment Consultant at FED ManuTech, We are a recruitment firm specializing in permanent and temporary placements within engineering, industrial engineering, and manufacturing. Today, I’m partnering with a well-established Quebec-based food manufacturing company to recruit a Quality Control Technician to support the growth of its Quality team.
Hello, I’m Simon, Recruitment Advisor at FED Manutech, a specialized recruitment firm focused on engineering, industrial and manufacturing positions across Quebec. We are currently supporting a well-established and growing food manufacturing company in the search for two Quality Assurance Specialists to strengthen their quality team in a context of operational growth and expansion.
Hello, I’m Anthony Chacon, Recruitment and Business Development Consultant at FED ManuTech, specializing in engineering, technical and manufacturing positions. I’m currently recruiting a Technical Lead in Industrial Automation and Electrical Design for a manufacturing company specializing in the design and production of automated industrial equipment. This position is ideal for an experienced technical professional looking to take a central role in electrical design, controls programming and technical standards, while acting as a technical reference for the team.
Hello, I'm Anthony Chacon, Recruitment Consultant at FED ManuTech, specializing in engineering, manufacturing and industrial recruitment. I'm currently recruiting for a well-established manufacturing company experiencing continued growth. They are looking for a Production Manager to oversee manufacturing operations and lead their production team.
Hello, I’m Anthony Chacon, Recruitment Advisor at FED ManuTech, specializing in engineering, technical and manufacturing positions. I’m currently recruiting a Production Supervisor for a Quebec-based food manufacturing company. This is a highly hands-on opportunity, well suited for a junior supervisor or experienced team leader looking to take the next step in their career.
Hello, I’m Anthony Chacon, Recruitment Advisor at FED ManuTech, specializing in engineering, technical and manufacturing positions. I’m currently recruiting a Production Manager for a Quebec-based food manufacturing company. This is a hands-on leadership role in a fast-paced production environment where teamwork, operational performance and strong floor presence are essential.
With 95,400 jobs in the manufacturing sector in 2025, Montreal ranks second among Quebec regions for manufacturing employment (Source: Socioeconomic Portrait of Montreal, Government of Quebec, May 2026). This sector continues to generate skilled positions, driven by automation, Industry 4.0 and the energy transition in a provincial market where total employment grew by 1.7% last year to reach 4,645,000 jobs (Source: ISQ, 2025 labour market review).
At Fed Manutech, our mandates cover the full technical and operational spectrum.
Production roles include the most in-demand profiles for 2025: production supervisor, team leader, production engineer and plant manager. The most active sectors include food processing, plastics, power electronics and heavy manufacturing.
According to the Fed Manutech 2025 Salary Guide, a production supervisor earns between $65K and $85–90K depending on experience, and a plant manager can exceed $150K at the senior level.
Maintenance profiles are among the rarest on the market: electromechanical technician, automation engineer, maintenance manager, maintenance director. Demand is structural, driven by aging equipment and the shift toward Industry 4.0.
The Fed Manutech 2025 salary ranges place an automation engineer between $85K and $120K+, and a maintenance manager between $80K and over $90K at the intermediate level.
Quality, EHS and laboratory / quality control roles are in high demand, particularly in aerospace, food processing and pharmaceuticals. These positions require expertise in sanitary standards, environmental regulations or quality management systems (ISO, HACCP, IATF).
Roles in research and development, industrial organization (methods, continuous improvement, processes) and technical after-sales service represent a growing share of Fed Manutech mandates. According to the 2025 Salary Guide, an R&D engineer starts between $85K and can reach over $105K at the senior level, and an engineering director exceeds $130K.
Regulatory back-office profiles round out this ecosystem: regulatory affairs officers and managers, less visible roles, but equally strategic in heavily regulated sectors.
To help you position yourself in the market, here are the salary ranges observed in Greater Montreal in 2025, drawn from the Fed Manutech Salary Guide. These figures are based on real mandates handled by our consultants and interviews conducted with professionals in the region.
| Position | Entry-level | Mid-level | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Production Operator / General Labourer | 40 k$ | 50 k$ | 60 k$ |
| Production Team Leader | 55 k$ | 65 k$ | 75 k$ |
| Production Supervisor | 65 k$ | 75 k$ | 85–90 k$ |
| Production Engineer | 80 k$ | 90 k$ | +100 k$ |
| Production Director | 90 k$ | 95 k$ | +105 k$ |
| Plant Manager | 100 k$ | 125 k$ | +150 k$ |
| Electromechanical Technician | 60 k$ | 70 k$ | 80 k$ |
| Automation Engineer | 85 k$ | 100 k$ | +120 k$ |
| Maintenance Manager | 80 k$ | 85 k$ | +90 k$ |
| Maintenance Director | 90 k$ | 100 k$ | +110 k$ |
| Quality Technician | 45 k$ | 55 k$ | 65 k$ |
| Quality Engineer | 70 k$ | 90 k$ | +110 k$ |
| Quality Manager | 70 k$ | 75 k$ | +85 k$ |
| EHS Engineer | 70 k$ | 80 k$ | 90 k$ |
| EHS Manager / Director | 80 k$ | 95 k$ | +105 k$ |
| Chemist / Formulation Technician | 45 k$ | 55 k$ | +65 k$ |
| R&D Engineer | 85 k$ | 95 k$ | +105 k$ |
| Mechanical Engineer | 85 k$ | 95 k$ | 110 k$ |
| Engineering Director | 110 k$ | 120 k$ | +130 k$ |
| Continuous Improvement Engineer | 80 k$ | 95 k$ | +110 k$ |
| Director of Operations | 100 k$ | 125 k$ | +150 k$ |
| Commissioning Engineer (Field Service) | 90 k$ | 100 k$ | +110 k$ |
Source: Fed Manutech 2025 Salary Guide, Greater Montreal. Entry-Level: first experience in the role / Mid-Level: 3 to 5 years / Senior: 7+ years. Ranges vary by industry, company size and management responsibilities.
Find these figures useful? Download the Fed Manutech 2025 Salary Guide to access the full salary ranges for the manufacturing engineering sector in Greater Montreal.
Working with a specialized firm gives you access to a market you'll never see on a job board. In Quebec's engineering sector, the best positions are often filled before they're ever posted. And according to the 2024–2025 Genium360 survey, 86% of engineering employers say it's difficult to fill their open positions, which structurally puts the leverage on the side of qualified candidates.
Fed Manutech maintains an active employer network across Greater Montreal. Many of these companies give us their mandates exclusively, precisely because they don't want to manage dozens of untargeted applications.
When you apply through Fed Manutech, your profile is presented to employers who don't recruit any other way. That's access to the hidden market and it's one of the concrete advantages that no generalist job portal can offer.
Our consultants are specialized by sector: production engineering, maintenance, quality, R&D, EHS. They know your trade, your work environment, and what manufacturing employers in the region actually expect.
That means they can quickly assess whether a mandate is a real fit for your profile, and help you prepare for an interview with targeted technical arguments. You don't need to explain what HACCP means or what a preventive maintenance plan looks like. Your consultant already knows.
Fed Manutech's service doesn't stop at the match. It includes:
And all of this at no cost to the candidate. Fed Group's model is built entirely on placement success.
Numbers point you in the right direction, real cases build confidence. Here are two recent examples that show what "specialized recruitment" actually looks like on the ground in Greater Montreal.
A first temporary placement had failed after one month: the actual duties were production-related, not quality control. The job description didn't match the reality of the role.
Jérémy Dupeuble, Senior Consultant at Fed Manutech, took over the mandate with a different approach: root cause analysis of the failure, a full rewrite of the job description, setting 30/60/90-day objectives, and selection through concrete situational assessments. The result: a permanent position was created, a successful onboarding was achieved, and operational improvement proposals were put forward by the candidate within the first few weeks.
Placement timeline: 1 month. Sector: food processing, South Shore.
Read the full story – Quality Technician, South Shore →
The client had been working with another agency for months, with no results. The need wasn't just a list of skills, it touched on team culture, client relationships, and the candidate's ability to integrate into a specific manufacturing environment.
Marine, Recruitment Consultant at Fed Manutech, visited the site, met all the stakeholders involved, and filtered candidates based on behavioural signals and adaptability, not just their resumes. The candidate presented won over a client who had been skeptical from the start. The company then handed Marine two additional mandates.
Placement timeline: 1 month. Sector: woodworking manufacturing, North Shore.
Read the full story – Production Supervisor, North Shore →
The manufacturing engineering market is no longer limited to downtown Montreal. According to the OIQ, 34% of member engineers live in Montreal, and 14.5% are in Montérégie, a reflection of where plants and production sites are actually located in the region (Source: OIQ, 2024–2025 Annual Report).
Fed Manutech covers all of Greater Montreal:
If your search is geographically focused, mention it in your first conversation with your consultant. Finding a position that's accessible without sacrificing an hour of commuting every day is part of the selection criteria too.
Timelines vary depending on the complexity of the role, but urgent mandates are regularly filled within a week, and more structured placements within 3 to 4 weeks. That's significantly faster than typical public sector processes or unsolicited applications, which often stretch over several months. Our speed comes from a pool of candidates who have already been met and vetted by our consultants.
Yes. Fed Manutech handles both contract types: permanent (full-time), temporary (interim or fixed-term) and internships. Some temporary mandates lead to permanent roles, a pathway we actively encourage and have successfully implemented for several candidates in the region.
Yes, completely. Fed Group's model is built on placement success: fees are billed to the employer, only upon a successful placement. There are no charges, no commitments and nothing asked of the candidate at any point in the process.
Yes. The majority of our mandates are located outside downtown Montreal. We are active across the entire metropolitan area: South Shore (Montérégie, Brossard, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu), North Shore (Laval, Laurentians, Lanaudière) and the West Island. If you're an engineer or technician looking for a position in a specific area, that's exactly what we do.
