Project Manager, Transit Customer Systems and

2 weeks ago

Ottawa, Canada City of Ottawa Full time

Requisition ID: 7895
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Transit Customer Syst & Planning Service
Branch: Service Planning Branch
Employment Type: 1 Full-time Temporary - Up until December 2024
Work Hours: 35.00 /hours per week
Affiliation: ATU 1760
Salary Information: $71,970.08 - $102,081.98 annually (2023 rates of pay)
Location: Transit Service, 1500 St.Laurent
City: Ottawa, ON
Job Category: Transportation
Application Close: 04/05/2023

**JOB SUMMARY**:
The mandate of the Transit Customer Systems and Planning Service is to provide customer service, service planning, and technology and control systems support for OC Transpo, geared to providing excellence in customer service delivery to 100 million transit customers per year by means of conventional bus, para transit and rail operations, including transit route and system planning, transit analysis (ridership, service levels, bus assignments), customer relations and information services, and technology and control systems support.

You are responsible for the implementation of transit capital technology projects by developing and implementing strategies and managing assigned projects through contracted service providers, consultants and/or teams of assigned staff. You manage consultations, inquiries, related communications and budgets that are related to projects while contributing to ongoing initiatives in the branch.

**EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE**:
Completion of 4 year university degree in IT Architecture, Business Administration, Engineering, Computer Science, Public Administration, Management Information Systems or related field that includes courses relating to project planning and management.

Courses in Business Analysis, Project Management or MS Project are assets.

Minimum of 5 years of progressively responsible experience including managing IT capital projects, business analysis and project development including directly related experience managing project human resources and external consultants, and working with project budgets/financial processes.

**CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES**:

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is an asset

**KNOWLEDGE**:

- Knowledge of the issues and principles involved in the provision of public transit in Ottawa
- Knowledge of transit operations and trends
- Possess an understanding of how various transit operating processes and customer/vehicle data collection systems work
- Possess an understanding of processes that impact transit planning, transit operations, transit revenue and client service
- Possess an understanding of asset acquisition/lifecycle management of major transit assets, programs and processes (e.g. IT systems, automated systems, messaging/communications systems)
- Business process re-engineering and business improvement techniques
- Principles of project management, including project design, development, implementation, cost containment/control, evaluation methods/techniques, and reporting
- Cost benefit analysis and techniques
- Processes for developing Requests for Information, Requests for Qualifications, Requests for Proposals and the tendering and contracting process, including acceptance, review and selection of bids and tenders
- Contract management and oversight of consultants
- Knowledge of protocols for developing submissions, briefings and major reports
- Processes for preparing project budgets
- Knowledge of applicable health and safety legislation, including the rights and duties of workers

**COMPETENCIES, SKILLS AND ABILITIES**:

- Able to work independently with minimum supervision, and collaboratively with all staff as part of a team
- Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan, initiate, organize and prioritize own work, and to deal effectively with multiple demands, conflicting priorities, pressures and deadlines
- Able to think and plan strategically and to provide leadership, supervision and direction to the project team and to integrate the work of external consultants and staff in order to manage work quality, scheduling, monitoring and completion
- Possess strong research, analytical and problem solving skills
- Able to manage concurrent complex, multi-million dollar and often highly sensitive projects and bring the projects to completion according to schedule and within budget
- Able to prepare RFIs, RFQs and RFPs, and to review, analyze and recommend acceptance of proposals from consultants
- Able to work collaboratively and influence others to bring conflicting points of view to consensus
- Possess excellent interpersonal, communication, and report writing skills
- Possess presentation skills to present information to internal/external audiences
- Thorough, self-motivated and reliable
- Organized, analytical and attentive to detail
- Intuitive, innovative, and enthusiastic
- Exhibit tact, discretion and sound judgment
- Able to deal with contentious issues and situations
- Possess a work record of good attendance and job performance

**W

  • Assistant Project Manager

    3 days ago

    Ottawa, Canada Colliers Project Leaders Full time

    Overview: At Colliers Project Leaders, we deliver capital project solutions to fulfill our clients’ needs across the built environment. The work we do makes a difference in communities and for the people who live there. We have a passion for it. Our commitment to realizing our clients' vision inspires us to look beyond the immediate - to the ...

  • Project Manager

    Found in: Talent CA C2 - 1 week ago

    Ottawa, Canada Smith + Andersen Full time

    Role: Project Manager - Intelligent Integrated Systems Location: Ottawa, ON Job Type: Hybrid – WFH + In Office Who We Are Smith + Andersen is a trusted, Canadian, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with ten office locations in five provinces and approximately 700 employees. At Smith + Andersen our employees contribute to some of the most...

  • Project Manager

    2 weeks ago

    Ottawa, Canada Smith + Andersen Full time

    Location:  Ottawa, Ontario Job Id: 413 # of Openings: 1 Location: Ottawa, ONJob Type: Hybrid – WFH + In OfficeWho We Are Smith + Andersen is a trusted, Canadian, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with ten office locations in five provinces and approximately 700 employees. At Smith + Andersen our employees contribute to...

  • Project Manager

    1 week ago

    Ottawa, Canada Smith + Andersen Full time

    Location:  Ottawa, Ontario Job Id: 413 # of Openings: 1 Location: Ottawa, ONJob Type: Hybrid – WFH + In OfficeWho We Are Smith + Andersen is a trusted, Canadian, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with ten office locations in five provinces and approximately 700 employees. At Smith + Andersen our employees contribute to...

  • Project Manager

    1 week ago

    Ottawa, Canada Smith + Andersen Full time

    Location:  Ottawa, Ontario Job Id: 413 # of Openings: 1 Location: Ottawa, ONJob Type: Hybrid – WFH + In OfficeWho We Are Smith + Andersen is a trusted, Canadian, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with ten office locations in five provinces and approximately 700 employees. At Smith + Andersen our employees contribute to...

  • Project Manager Id Systems

    3 days ago

    Ottawa, Canada Canadian Bank Note Company, Limited Full time

    We are excited to be hiring several IT Project Managers to grow our team! **What’s In It For You?** All over the world, people travel safely through borders, trust local currency and carry reliable ID because of the information systems and documents that we design and build. Our ID Systems team is responsible for the design, development and deployment of...

  • Project Manager

    Found in: Jooble CA O C2 - 2 weeks ago

    Ottawa, ON, Canada Smith + Andersen Full time

    Location: Ottawa, Ontario Job Id:  413 # of Openings:  1 Location: Ottawa, ON Job Type: Hybrid – WFH + In Office Who We Are Smith + Andersen is a trusted, Canadian, multi-disciplinary engineering firm with ten office locations in five provinces and approximately 700 employees. At Smith + Andersen our employees contribute to some of the...

  • Project Manager

    6 days ago

    Ottawa, Canada Colliers Project Leaders Full time

    Overview: At Collier Project Leaders, we deliver capital project solutions to fulfill our clients’ needs across the built environment. The work we do makes a difference in communities and for the people who live there. We have a passion for it. Our commitment to realizing our clients' vision inspires us to look beyond the immediate - to the ...

  • Project Manager

    3 days ago

    Ottawa, Canada Colliers Project Leaders Full time

    Overview: At Colliers Project Leaders, we deliver capital project solutions to fulfill our clients’ needs across the built environment. The work we do makes a difference in communities and for the people who live there. We have a passion for it. Our commitment to realizing our clients' vision inspires us to look beyond the immediate - to the ...

  • Senior Project Manager

    1 day ago

    Ottawa, Canada LeverageTek IT Solutions Full time

    LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer. Work Location The successful candidate will be required to work on-site at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON. Security Requirement The successful candidate will need a Secret Security Clearance in hand. Key Tasks Develop and maintain the...

  • Senior Project Manager

    1 day ago

    Ottawa, Canada LeverageTek IT Solutions Full time

    LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer. Work Location The successful candidate will be required to work on-site at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON. Security Requirement The successful candidate will need a Secret Security Clearance in hand. Key Tasks Develop and maintain the...

  • Senior Project Manager

    1 day ago

    Ottawa, Canada LeverageTek IT Solutions Full time

    LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer. Work Location The successful candidate will be required to work on-site at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON. Security Requirement The successful candidate will need a Secret Security Clearance in hand. Key Tasks Develop and maintain the...

  • BlackBerry QNX

    Found in: Talent CA C2 - 1 week ago

    Ottawa, Canada QNX Software Systems Full time

    Worker Sub-Type:Regular Job Description: Location - Fulltime onsite OttawaBlackBerry® QNX® is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks and development tools, and provides expert support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. We are the embedded experts. BlackBerry QNX was born in...

  • BlackBerry QNX

    Found in: Talent CA C2 - 1 week ago

    Ottawa, Canada QNX Software Systems Full time

    Worker Sub-Type:Regular Job Description: Location: Ottawa fulltime on-siteBlackBerry® QNX® is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks and development tools, and provides expert support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. We are the embedded experts. BlackBerry QNX was born in...

  • Project Manager

    3 days ago

    Ottawa, Canada Colliers Project Leaders Full time

    Overview: At Colliers Project Leaders, we deliver capital project solutions to fulfill our clients’ needs across the built environment. The work we do makes a difference in communities and for the people who live there. We have a passion for it. Our commitment to realizing our clients' vision inspires us to look beyond the immediate - to the ...

  • Senior Project Manager

    Found in: Appcast CA C2 Glassdoor - 1 day ago

    Ottawa, Canada LeverageTek IT Solutions Full time

    LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer.Work LocationThe successful candidate will be required to work on-site at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON.Security RequirementThe successful candidate will need a Secret Security Clearance in hand.Key TasksDevelop and maintain the project...

  • Senior Project Manager

    Found in: Whatjobs CA C2 - 1 day ago

    Ottawa, Canada LeverageTek IT Solutions Full time

    LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer. Work Location The successful candidate will be required to work on-site at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON. Security Requirement The successful candidate will need a Secret Security Clearance in hand. Key Tasks Develop and maintain the...

  • Senior Project Manager

    Found in: Appcast CA A2 P - 4 hours ago

    Ottawa, Canada LeverageTek IT Solutions Full time

    LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager for a 12-month contract with its Ottawa-based customer.Work LocationThe successful candidate will be required to work on-site at the customer headquarters in Ottawa, ON.Security RequirementThe successful candidate will need a Secret Security Clearance in hand.Key TasksDevelop and maintain the project...

  • BlackBerry QNX

    1 week ago

    Ottawa, Canada QNX Software Systems Full time

    Worker Sub-Type: Regular Job Description: Location: Ottawa, full-time on-site BlackBerry QNX is a trusted supplier of safe and secure operating systems, hypervisors, frameworks, and development tools, and provides premier support and services for building the world’s most critical embedded systems. Think embedded, think QNX!...

  • Manager - Agile Project Management

    Found in: Jooble CA O C2 - 3 days ago

    Ottawa, ON, Canada S.i. Systems Full time

    10+ years’ PM Experience in a Telecom Environment # Agile Delivery Experience – SAFe certification #3+ years experience with Voice/Data products (i.e., Our client is looking for a Project Manager with telecom industry experience to work on new Voice /Data product introduction into their service offerings to all customers: The successful candidate will...