Program Manager

7 months ago


Toronto, Canada Stantec Full time

Program Manager - ( 24000138 )

**Description**

We are strategizing, planning, and implementing projects that help clients achieve their organization’s objectives. Join our award-winning program management team and bring transformational project solutions to life.

By managing capital programs and projects as if they were our own, our project management business, and technical experts work with clients to strategize, plan, and implement projects that help them achieve their organization’s objectives. Our award-winning team has managed thousands of projects across all sectors — hospitals, airports, and entire university campuses; infrastructure like mass transit and water-treatment facilities; and energy and resource assignments, from mines to wind farms.

**Your Opportunity**

Stantec is seeking a Program Manager within our Program & Construction Management group who has a background in large infrastructure programs, preferably Water / Wastewater.

This is a key position requiring excellent communication skills and a willingness to work as part of a team to successfully deliver major capital projects. As a Program Manager in Stantec you will lead a team and ensure adherence to the mission and objectives of the assigned program. You will have leadership responsibility for an integrated program team composed of both client and consultant staff.

Duties of the Program Manager include client coordination, providing day-to-day guidance to multi-disciplined teams in a co-located Program Management Office (PMO) environment, typically located at a client facility. You will assist owners/clients with execution of the program, addressing strategy and delivery challenges and supporting internal client departments as may be required.

**Your Key Responsibilities**
- Advising and assisting the client in the development, management and execution of the program.
- Leading and overseeing the work of a multi-disciplinary client, consultant and sub consultant team.
- Serving as a trusted advisor to the client and working as part of an integrated Client/Consultant Leadership Team.
- Assisting the client with putting in place and implementing a robust governance structure to ensure adherence to a rigorous approach to project and program management.
- Pro-actively identifying client needs and programmatic initiatives required to address potential program delivery risks and challenges.
- Developing, negotiating, and managing consultant services authorizations for program management services.
- Preparing or overseeing preparation of various reports for the client and the company.
- Reviewing consultant and contractor submittals including technical and contractual documents.
- Providing programmatic and technical support related to client governing bodies and various other departments.
- Oversee the execution and review of all project controls activities including initiating, planning, scheduling, cost estimating, cost control, risk and quality review.
- Provide innovative solutions to program and project processes and problems.

**Qualifications**

**Your Capabilities and Credentials**
- Must be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work in a team environment.
- Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to convey program and project delivery needs to the client and to formulate those needs into comprehensive proposals.
- Must demonstrate organizational skills and ability to work on multiple projects and activities simultaneously.
- The position involves work associated with critical infrastructure; therefore, a client background check is required.
- Strong technical understanding of water and wastewater utility infrastructure, organizations and processes required.
- Knowledgeable in relevant areas of construction and understanding of various design and construction contracting methods and processes.
- Knowledge of local, provincial and federal building codes, construction principles, techniques and procedures, occupational hazards and safety precautions.
- Technical knowledge and demonstrated experience of project controls processes and reporting on large infrastructure programs.
- Ability to develop and maintain client and stakeholder relationships.
- Demonstrated ability to manage large teams.
- Ability to solve complex problems using sound professional judgment, creativity, and innovation.
- Advanced understanding of alternative procurement methods
- Positive attitude with strong relationship building skills.

**Education and Experience**
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, or related field required.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience on projects showing increasing responsibility or aptitude for program management.
- Experience with the management of a team involved in the planning, design and/or construction of large water/wastewater projects/programs.

**Preferred**
- MS in Engineering or MBA
- PMP / PgMP (PMI)
- This description is not a comprehensive



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