Project Manager

**JOB PURPOSE**:
Responsible for the overall management and administration of assigned Customer portfolios. This includes ensuring on-time delivery, budgets are met, building customer relationships and all contractual matters through Project Launch, PPQ, Production, and Close-out are met.

**JOB STRUCTURE & COMMUNICATIONS**:
The Project Manager II reports to the Manager, Programs and has no direct reports. This role requires regular interaction with Production Control, Quality Control and Engineering departments.

**ACCOUNTABILITIES**:

- Coordinate and participate in the preparation of estimates, schedules and proposals as required (including Contract Change Requests).
- Create and set baseline of initial schedule ensuring resourcing matches to approved job budgets.
- Work with Production Control to ensure schedule integrity and quality.
- Ensure timely delivery of products and services to customers as committed.
- Schedule product and quality reviews to meet customer expectations.
- Take the lead on medium sized quote/proposal opportunities including holding kickoff meetings and ensuring proposal deadlines are met.
- Interact closely with internal departments to meet project objectives and ensure resources are managed and utilized across projects effectively.
- Advises appropriate departments of pulled-in or pushed-out messages for projects which are not aligned to the customer sales order and level loaded production plan.
- Inform senior management on project status, schedules and key issues on regular basis.
- Support presentations or in some cases present and report on project status, metrics, issues, risks, and project resource needs.
- Maintain assigned schedules in terms of critical metrics (probability, start date, status, resourcing etc
- Update and maintain the customer’s database with regard to scheduling and system transactions.
- Participate in coordinating/producing cost or schedule recovery/mitigation plans, as well as monitoring scope creep throughout the project life cycle.
- Managing the program’s budget, scope and schedule
- Where required, assist in monitoring project health and performance indicators using earned value methodologies including CPI and SPI.
- Participate in and support overall operational business monitoring and planning (e.g. resources, sales, margins, forecasting, revenue recognition, CAPEX).
- Create and maintain appropriate PMO tools (Project Register, Dashboard).
- Work closely with customers to understand program requirements so that project plans and schedules can be created.
- Ensure the customer is kept up to date on a daily, weekly and monthly basis per feedback requirements or as changes occur in the program. Provide timely responses to all customer-driven performance inquiries.
- Responsible to provide the customer with a weekly or monthly plan to execute hold, or witness requirements
- Identify and resolve issues as they arise. Assess potential risks for each project so as to develop and execute risk and contingency management plans as needed.
- Proactively identify project risk, analyze solutions, and take decisive action to resolve issues.
- Improve key aspects of the project lifecycle to creatively address complex problems.
- Analyze project metrics to determine project developments and success factors. Create weekly and monthly reports to communicating project status for PPQ or Production ensuring that production, quality and engineering technical and document review approvals are being actioned internally and externally for the customer.
- Upon project completion is responsible for project closeout and facilitating, analyzing and organizing lessons learned.

**KNOWLEDGE & EXPERIENCE**:

- Post-secondary education in Busines, Engineering or equivalent
- 3-7 years of related experience
- Must possess or be working towards Project Management Professional (PMP) designation.
- Experience with MS Project/P6 is an asset.
- Experience in Nuclear industry is a strong asset.
- Experience working in an environment requiring detailed traceability of parts and documents.
- Proficient in the use of Excel and Word.
- Excellent relationship and communication skills.
- Highly organized and able to manage priorities.
- Ability to focus and concentrate on fine details.

**Salary**: From $1.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Employee assistance program
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift