A 1969 graduate in engineering physics from L’École Polytechnique de Montréal, followed by a master's in electrical engineering from the same institution nine years later, Bouchard's first professional job was with Hydro-Québec, where she remained for 18 years, taking increasingly more senior appointments, including assistant to the president.
She sits on the board of PSP (Public Sector Pension Investments) and is the chair of the human resources and compensation committee.
[10][11] She was named a Fellow of Engineers Canada in 2009 and, in 2015, was awarded this institution's gold medal.
She also received, in 2015, the Grand Prix d’Excellence of the Order of Engineers of Québec as well as being named to the list of Top 100 Most Powerful Women.
Micheline Bouchard is the widow of fellow engineer Jean-Paul Sardin.