Project Manager

Highlights of the job

EPCOR’s Water Services group has a Permanent full-time opportunity for a Project Manager to join the Project Management Team working out of our Rossdale Water Treatment Plant site in Edmonton, AB.

What you’d be responsible for

The Project Manager is accountable to the Senior Manager, Linear Projects, and operates within the context and prescribed limits established by the Senior Manager, Projects. The main accountabilities of the Project Manager role will include, but are not limited to:

- Developing the procurement strategy for the delivery of projects that is aligned with the Water Services’ strategic plan.
- Ensuring the delivery strategy considers risk, stakeholders and the broader business and regulatory environment.
- Developing the project management plan including other key management plans (scope, cost, time, risk, human resources, quality, communication, stakeholder, financial, safety, environmental and integration).
- Using best practices in project management and project execution strategies to manage the delivery of capital projects for EPCOR infrastructure.
- Implementing project management plans.
- Safely delivering projects and programs on time, on scope and on budget with set quality standard.
- Managing a number of Project Managers and Coordinators to deliver capital programs and projects.
- Managing a diverse project team to achieve project objectives. The project team may include external (consultants, construction contractors) and internal (design engineers & technologists, construction managers, surveyors, inspectors and construction supervisors) resources.
- Monitoring and controlling the delivery of capital projects against appropriate performance metrics. Regularly monitoring, measuring and reporting metrics (e.g. safety, cost, schedule, scope and quality performance). Making timely adjustments using sound project management principles to ensure overall targets are achieved or exceeded. Responsible to effectively setup and manage multiple projects from inception to completion.
- Working with SCM stakeholders to implement procurement strategy and performing procurement activities in alignment with EPCORs policies, procedures and values. These include preparing request for proposal / qualification documents, preparing construction tenders / contract documents, evaluating proposals and bids and recommending award.
- Identifying the necessary budget requirements for implementation of projects including engineering design and construction.
- Assisting with the development, implementation and review of project management processes and improvements to ensure compliance to policies, standards and regulatory requirements, mitigation of risks and continuous improvement.
- Collaborating with PMO for capital portfolio (Estimating, Forecasting, Scheduling, Risk Management, processes and procedures, etc.).
- Evaluating and assessing contractor’s ability to assume Prime Contractor responsibilities for a project and assigning Prime and release Prime if necessary. Ensuring all Prime Contractor responsibilities are met if EPCOR is to retain Prime.
- Ensuring EPCOR contractor management and HSE policies and procedures are communicated, monitored, executed and supported through the planning and execution of work.
- Managing and ensuring the mitigation of Project Management risks by ensuring the development, implementation and review of appropriate control mechanisms.
- Adhering to Integrated Management Systems (IMS) where applicable and assisting with necessary audits and other improvements as required.

What’s required to be successful

Qualifications, experience and behaviours you possess are:

- Completion of a Bachelors Degree in Engineering from a recognized post-secondary educational institute.
- _ Financial and/or management related education is an asset._
- Registered with APEGA as a Professional Engineer (P.Eng)
- Project management training with Project Management Professional (PMP) designation would be an asset.
- Experience that includes:

- 10+ years demonstrating a progressively responsible path in engineering design and construction project management as a P.Eng.
- Managing multiple small to large sized, moderately complex water and wastewater infrastructure projects that includes a leadership and decision-making capacity, overseeing project teams with some supervision and guidance.
- Knowledge that includes:

- Engineering design and construction of water and wastewater treatment, distribution, transmission and collection systems.
- Best practices in project management and delivery processes at all project phases from initiation to close-out.
- Project controls and document management tools and processes.
- Well-developed ability to:

- Analyze complex technical information and make timely, well-rationalized decisions.
- Deliver results, plan and organize work and people, develop and meet schedule, develop budgets and meet quality requirements.
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