Assistant Project Manager

**Who We Are**

OCL Group Inc., is a proudly 100% Canadian, privately held, employee-owned, fully integrated general contractor with design-build solutions across Western Canada. OCL has the experience you can trust and the quality you can depend on. OCL has been proudly serving the energy and municipal infrastructure markets since 2009.

The formation of OCL was a direct result of a few long-tenured industry professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit, wanting to get back to their roots and build an organization “where people matter”. Formed in 2009, OCL started their first project and began building around a business model focused on “People and Doing the Job Right”.

**The Role**

We are currently recruiting for an **Assistant Project Manager **for various projects in Alberta and British Columbia. Project details will vary based on site locations. Rates and allowances will also vary based on the location of the project.

**Responsibilities**:
Reporting to the Project Manager, the Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for assisting the Project Manager in Engineering Review, Project Controls, and Contract Management Activities prior to and upon contract award. The Assistant Project Manager will be a point of contact with the client and an assistant lead to the Construction Management Team.

**Engineering Review**

Facilitating collaborative reviews of all engineering packages and drawings to develop a defined project scope.

Providing technical support in the development of the Construction Execution Plan (CEP).

Reviewing all discipline specific requirements with the onsite Quality Department.

Providing technical support in the development of Change Proposals and Trends through knowledge of industrial standards and codes such as ASME, ABSA, and CSA.

**Planning**

Developing budgetary estimates and high level schedules for projects based on preliminary information provided by the client

Assisting the corporate estimating team to gather information and provide constructability guidance to develop proposals for projects on site

Project Controls and Contract Management Activities

Supporting the Project Manager in:

- The formation of the Work Base Structure (WBS)
- Monitoring
- Day-to-day Cost, Schedule, Progress and Change Management control functions.
- Baseline cost and manpower budgets.
- Changes to the baseline cost and man-hour budgets.
- Providing input to
- Baseline schedules
- Progress reports
- Constructability requirements
- Reviewing and approving
- Purchase Orders
- Reviewing and approving Daily LEMs (if applicable) and Daily Reports
- Reviewing and approving Invoices
- Liaison with client representatives on contract issues, schedule, delivery and technical issues

**Document Control**

Assist in supervising all document control activities, including customer/client documentation, internal documentation, drawing & specifications, documentation relevant to regulatory bodies and document distribution.

**Compensation/Benefits**
- Competitive base salary, negotiable, based on experience
- Eligible for annual bonus based on company performance
- 100% employer-paid drugs, travel, life & dependent life insurance and AD&D
- Long term disability
- $7000 health care spending account per year (can roll into RRSP)
- Paid vacation
- Cell phone allowance or company provided cell phone
- Company provided vehicle for site visits, client meetings, etc.

**Requirements**:
Minimum of 5 years of field based experience as a project coordinator/manager in the oil sands or other heavy industrial facilities

P.Tech or P.Eng. preferred

PMP Certification preferred but not required.

On-site brownfield plant experience in mechanical, structural, piping and electrical disciplines.

Experience in production scheduling and labour budget preparation.

Advanced knowledge of computer software such as Bluebeam, Microsoft Project or Primavera

A demonstrated background in project management and cost control.

**Benefits**

OCL offers a collaborative team environment, competitive wages and benefit eligibility after three months.