Intermediate Project Manager

1 month ago


Ottawa Ontario, Ottawa region, Canada Calian Group Full time

Job Title: Intermediate Project Manager

Date: August 11th, 2024

Location: Ottawa, ON

Remote: NO - Hyprid

Business Unit: Advanced Technologies

Department: Engineering

Job Type: Full-time


Join Calian's Advanced Technologies team as an Intermediate Project Manager and drive the success of our projects. As a key contributor, you will advance projects through various stages, provide guidance to Project Directors, coordinate with stakeholders, and offer administrative support. If you're a detail-oriented professional with a passion for project management, apply now and be part of our impactful projects in the field of advanced technologies.


Position Overview

Calian is currently seeking an Intermediate Project Manager to join our team immediately. As an Intermediate Project Manager, you will play a crucial role in advancing assigned projects or programs through various stages, ensuring their successful completion.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide the Project Directors with advice or guidance on the plans or process to advance assigned projects or programs through the project approval gates until it transitions from the PD to a departmental project management office or through project completion for capital equipment projects
  • Plan and implement project or program activities.
  • Liaise or coordinate with internal and external agencies
  • Provide general administration support to complete Project Director duties, including scheduling meetings, drafting agenda and minutes, editing and proofreading of documentation, drafting reports, processing statements, invoices, and other documents, assembling and disseminating correspondence and briefing materials.
  • Develop SOPs to support project and program activities
  • Make all necessary preparations in order to actively participate in any meeting convened by the Project Authority
  • Act as the first point of contact between contracted support and client support
  • Prepare briefing notes, project approvals, and other general administration documents for projects or programs
  • Draft project plans and documentation in a format acceptable by the Project Authority.
  • Presentations for project approval briefings and review boards
  • Documentation from reviews of project approval documents to ensure they are clear, concise, accurate, and comprehensive
  • Documentation identifying and advising Project Directors with ways to document requirements for project approval
  • Developing Statement of Operational deficiencies, assessing and addressing project risks and problems, as well as developing options to address project issues
  • Maintain an electronic library of work in progress, delivered items and review comments, and must perform version control on all documentation
  • If required by the Project Authority, the Contractor must prepare minutes of all discussions and/or records of decisions of meetings and must provide them to the Project Authority for review and approval
  • Draft project documents and briefings of major and minor projects and programs. This includes the documents and briefings as follows and any related documents

Qualifications:

  • University, College or CEGEP degree or diploma
  • Over two (2) years of practical hands-on experience working on project approval activities, in support of Federal Departmental capital equipment projects
  • Experience working on the identification/initiation phase or a Business Case Analysis for a Federal Departmental major capital equipment project
  • Experience working on the options analysis phase for a Federal Departmental major capital equipment project
  • Reside within Canada and already hold or have the ability to obtain a Government of Canada Secret Clearance

Additional Requirements:

  • A valid PMP from the Project Management Institute
  • Previous working experience with DND and/or RCAF
  • Bilingual (French/English)


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The federal government has implemented a mandatory vaccination policy for public servants and all contractor personnel who access Government of Canada workplaces. As an employee or independent contractor of Calian performing work for federal government customers of Calian, you will be subject to this mandate. Calian has a duty to provide and maintain a safe workplace and is contractually obligated to adhere to government mandates, policies, and directives. Your employment / independent contractor agreement with Calian will require that you obey all workplace health, safety, and security rules and regulations established by Calian or the customer. Every Calian employee and independent contractor working on Calian customer worksites will be required to complete an attestation before you are employed by Calian, stating that you are fully vaccinated (full series of a Health Canada-approved vaccine, 14 days have passed since your last dose). This is a mandatory requirement and failure to complete the attestation will result in you being non-compliant for the position and we will therefore be unable to move forward in the hiring process.


Become a part of the Calian team and join over 3,000 professionals working on projects that span Canada, the U.S., and international markets. Our capabilities are diverse enabling us to offer professional career opportunities within business and technology services in health, training, engineering, and IT services as well as within the design, manufacturing, and maintenance of complex systems to the communications and defence sectors. Founded in 1982, Calian is a Canadian company that is publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (CGY).


Calian values diversity and is an equal opportunity employer. Calian is committed to being responsive to the diverse needs of its members, employees, and others, by striving to prevent and remove systemic barriers. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and we welcome applications from women, visible minorities, Indigenous Peoples, persons with disabilities, persons of diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and others who may contribute to the diversity of our organization. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only candidates under consideration will be contacted. We will provide accommodations during the recruitment process upon request.



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