Planning Manager, PMO

Company Description

Being part of a growing company in the cleantech sector and contributing to the global transition to a circular economy appeals to you? That’s exactly what our employees do every day. Enerkem is based on a revolutionary idea: transforming non-recyclable waste into clean fuels and renewable chemicals. Our Canadian-designed solution offers an innovative and sustainable alternative to landfilling and incineration while reducing dependency on fossil fuels.

Such an ambitious mission requires people who strive to make a difference. Our employees are the best in their field; they are tenacious and passionate contributors who transform challenges into opportunities. Our culture values individual ideas and contributions to the company’s success. It is an organization where you can lead and inspire others within a creative and dynamic team.

**Job Description**:
You are recognized for your planning and organizational skills as well as your interpersonal skills in a multidisciplinary work context; there isn’t much about coordination of the planning function and scheduling of projects and portfolio in the heavy industry field that you don’t know. Also, you are looking to have an impact, in your job, your workplace, and the world too, by working for a company that brings innovation to another level.

**YOUR CONTRIBUTION**

Reporting to the Project Management Office (PMO) director, you will manage the PMO planning and risk management team and processes as well as supporting the Project Execution team in the centralized coordination of the planning function and in the scheduling of projects and the portfolio. You will be responsible for developing planning and risk management standards, manage, train and organize a strong planning & risk management organization, communicating requirements to project team members, and supporting individual projects and business development teams. In addition, you will contribute to the success of the overall portfolio management of Enerkem projects.

This is an opportunity to collaborate with our dynamic team as you enrich your career and work on Enerkem’s unique technology.

Your role and responsibilities will be the following:

- Recommend and implement the use of best practices in project planning.
- Bring a level of expertise to project managers in the development of the project execution strategy.
- Develop and implement standards and project management processes related to planning.
- Can participate in supporting project managers and project teams to develop benchmarks, monitor progress, analyze schedule gaps and identify trends.
- Manage schedule risk analysis and participate in meetings with project partners.
- Set up Earned Value methods and project monitoring elements.
- Participate in exercises to optimize project schedules and the portfolio and provide support in the analysis of resource needs.
- Communicate regularly with project members for planning needs.
- Work closely with the project cost control and estimation teams to set up business processes and develop project schedules and risk analysis.
- If necessary, set up mitigation plans, study and propose plans for acceleration or catching up on the schedule.
- Provide support to project teams for the analysis of delays and claims.
- Ensure Primavera 6 (P6) is properly working (and configured) for company-wide project plan management.
- Build and manage a risk management team, performing risk assessment for capital projects.
- Collaborate with other PMO teams to define and use activity and cost management structures (such as WBS) for all Enerkem projects.
- Collaborate positively with partners and subcontractors for project execution, ensuring proper planning and risk management.

**Qualifications**:

- Have completed a university bachelor’s degree in engineering, Project Management, or similar fields.
- Experience in risk assessment and understanding of its processes and concepts.
- Overall understanding of cost control, general project controls enough to work alongside the rest of the PMO organization.
- Graduate studies in risk management and/or planning, desired.
- Certifications and training in project planning.
- Experience in developing project management processes and standards.
- Minimum of 15 years of experience in planning engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning projects on major capital projects ($100M+).
- Demonstrated experience managing teams, multi-cultural teams a plus.
- Experience in resource management
- Experience in the heavy industry field, ideally in petrochemical projects.
- Experience in a multi-project environment
- Proficiency in Primavera P6, MS Project, Acumen and other planning tools
- PMP, PMI-SP, AACEI-PSP or other certification (not required but desired)
- ** Bilingualism (French and English)**

**YOUR COMPETENCIES**
- Excellent communication skills, adaptability to working with different cultures.
- Ability to work with mínimal supervision