Project Manager, FMO

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $45.46 - $65.35 / hour
Job Summary

Join our collegial-spirited team at Burnaby Hospital as we build for the future of health care in Burnaby.

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment project is a multi-phase project that will transform the hospital into a modernized medical and surgical health care campus. Phase one is slated to open in spring 2025 and phase two in 2030.

Highlights of the two-phase redevelopment project include:

• Expanded Emergency Department with additional treatment spaces
• New health care pavilion with 83 beds to support maternity, neonatal intensive care, medicine and mental health patients
• New operating rooms, procedure rooms and recovery spaces
• New acute care tower with 160 beds
• New medical imaging department
• New integrated BC Cancer Centre

Burnaby Hospital plays an essential role to those living in the community by delivering a variety health care services. Services and specialties include emergency medicine, intermediate-level critical care, medical imaging, internal medicine, hospitalist medicine, geriatric medicine, neurology, gastroenterology, palliative, psychiatry, oncology, outpatient clinics, and an extensive surgery program with anesthesia, orthopedics, general surgery, ENT, ophthalmology, obstetrics and gynecology, urology and plastics specialties.

We are committed to staff wellness and planetary health and have active working groups to support these initiatives. In addition, we value career advancement and offer professional development and education opportunities.

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.

Join us on an exciting project and make history The Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project (BHRP) is a multi-year, multi-phase project with an initial focus on a new inpatient/outpatient tower, support facilities building expansion, and renovation. The second phase will include a new cancer treatment centre and 110 new inpatient beds. If you are passionate about leadership, innovation and project management, we want you to bring your outstanding skills to our team.

This project is complex and will be comprised of new construction, demolition, renovations and various upgrades. Upon completion, the Burnaby campus will have two new patient care towers, an expanded emergency department, a new cancer treatment centre, and ultimately increase its acute care beds from 259 to 400. We are a diverse team composed of dedicated professionals who thrive in a collaborative culture. We support learning, customer service, communication and success.

If you are passionate about leadership, innovation and project management, we want you to bring your outstanding skills to our team. Bring your project management, creative problem solving and team leadership expertise to this exciting role with our Design and Construction team, where you will strive to make a difference to patients, families and care givers who depend on dynamic facility environments to support specialized care.

Position Highlights:

Bring your strengths in technical expertise, project management, facilities operations and supervisory skills to a role where you can really make a difference. We are seeking a Project Manager, Facilities Maintenance & Operations (FMO), to oversee and manage all non-clinical facility related activities for facility development for the Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project. This position will be focusing on Phase 2.

As a Project Manager, you will lead providing inputs to Business Plan for the Phase 2 from Operation Maintenance, Life Cycle, and Asset Management perspective. Also you will coordinate project construction management, project construction budgets, specification development and design reviews as well as direct contractors, consultants and FHA Facilities staff for the Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project (BHRP) representing FMO, lifecycle, asset management and quality management. If you are passionate about leadership, innovation and technical project management, we want you to bring your outstanding skills to our team

Build on your education and experience as you:

• Lead the technical review, inspection and observation during design, construction, handover and start-up with your technical expertise and/or FMO experience to ensure compliance with the project requirements, relevant government regulations, guidelines and the Organization’s requirements.
• Coordinate with FMO for collaborative design reviews, work plan coordination, operational shutdowns and tie-ins
• Lead and partake in the development of specifications, tenders, design and submission reviews, commissioning activities and budgeting for ongoing operations and maintenance
• Manage inquiries/requests submitted by the contractors in conjunction with the Project Team, FMO and other key stakeholders ensuring successful and coordinated response.
• Conduct regular construction site observations to ensure construction and equipment installations align with the project requirements
• Develop and manage the project capital facilities construction budget and post construction budget requirements
• Provide guidance in resolving construction-related issues, in collaboration with the Project Team, FMO and stakeholders; assist with the resolution of disputes with construction contracts/consultants
• Provide quality control in collaboration with advisors/consultants to ensure that the project meets the Project’s requirements as set out in the contract

Are you motivated to join our team? We will be looking for you to have the following:

• Diploma in Building (Construction) Technology/Instrumentation and Controls/related Engineering, or Trades Qualification Certificate/Power and Process Engineering Certificate
• Technical such as Mechanical, Electrical, or Carpentry, experience in health care facilities
• Seven (7) to nine (9) years' recent, related experience in managing design, construction and operations matters inclusive of five (5) years' recent, related supervisory experience and two (2) years' project management experience within a complex healthcare environment
• An equivalent combination of education, training and experience may be acceptable if it relates to health care facilities systems

Preference will be given to candidates with a diploma in engineering with min 5 years experience in healthcare or a technical diploma or mechanical interprovincial red seal trade certificate along with 10+ years relevant experience etc. In addition, Mechanical experience in the health care facilities is preferred.

If this sounds like the ideal role for you, here are more reasons why we think you should apply:

• A career that offers you the opportunity to work in a fast growing and exciting organization with professionals who are outstanding in their respective fields.
• Competitive salary package, including comprehensive health benefits coverage.

This is a regular full time opportunity based out of Burnaby Hospital, which is located in Burnaby, BC.

Are you passionate about setting direction focused on building an engaging environment that challenges others to achieve their goals? In a career with Fraser Health, you will be a part of a dedicated team of providers in a vibrant and fulfilling health care environment. We value diversity in the work force and seek to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust.

Take the next step and apply so that we can continue the conversation about this valuable position.

Detailed Overview

Responsible for managing the implementation of approved facilities projects on matters relating to infrastructure and equipment installation issues for Fraser Health (FH) including project construction management, project construction budgets and dispute resolution for extra costs from contractors. Directs contractors and consultants and supervises assigned Capital Projects or Facilities Maintenance & Operations (FMO) staff.
Responsibilities

1. Establishes project team structure and provides leadership to project teams on facilities projects by directing the work of the contractors, consultants and designated Capital Projects or FMO staff and by supervising the work of assigned Capital Projects or FMO staff ensuring the completion of the work is to the required standards.
2. Develops and manages the project plan in conjunction with Project Managers, Facilities Planners and Manager, FMO for the onsite construction projects ensuring successful and coordinated completion of the facilities construction project. Conducts regular construction site inspections to ensure construction and equipment installations comply with maintenance requirements.
3. Develops and manages the project capital facilities construction budget and post construction budget requirements.
4. Reviews drawings and specifications produced by external project consultants ensuring the efficient and effective integration of systems and processes with existing systems and processes; reviews project design and scope making recommendation as required.
5. Negotiates, on behalf of the Employer, claims for extra costs arising from contractual issues with the contractor(s).
6. Authorizes and coordinates systems shutdowns affecting the campus operations.
7. Ensures compliance with all regulatory requirements and commonly accepted standards including WorkSafe BC, fire, building, electrical and plumbing and all local by-laws and other related regulations.
8. Liaises with project stakeholders and sponsors to communicate the project status and work activities affecting the campus operations.
9. Provides guidance in resolving construction-related issues, in collaboration with stakeholders and staff; assists with the resolution of disputes with construction contracts/consultants.
10. Provides assistance to FH during the design development stage, focusing on construction implementation issues and value management; assists the Facilities Planners and the Facilities Maintenance & Operations Managers in planning and implementing designated projects.
11. Represents FH on matters relating to the construction and commissioning phases of the project including equipment installation; works in partnership with stakeholders and staff to develop project management and construction standards and procedures.
12. Provides quality control in collaboration with advisors to ensure that the project meets FH requirements as set out in the contract.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Diploma in Building (Construction) Technology/Instrumentation and Controls/related Engineering, or Trades Qualification Certificate/Power and Process Engineering Certificate, plus seven (7) to nine (9) years' recent, related experience in managing design/construction, mechanical/electrical commissioning, or facilities operations and management inclusive of five (5) years' recent, related supervisory experience and two (2) years' project management experience within a complex healthcare environment, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Ability to read blueprints and drawings.
• Ability to operate related equipment including relevant software applications.
• Demonstrated knowledge of applicable by-laws, codes and regulations.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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