Project Manager, Planning

**Work Type: Permanent Full Time**

**Project Manager, Planning & Design**

**Location: WRHN**
- WRHN is undertaking a significant human resource recruitment initiative for its Hospital _Redevelopment project. This recruitment will include positions in two key focus areas: Planning & Design, and Transaction & Construction, including the following positions: Project Director, Transaction & Construction; Senior Project Manager, Transaction & Construction (2 openings); Project Manager, Transaction & Construction; Senior Project Manager, Planning & Design (2 openings); and Project Manager, Planning & Design. _
- Additional Hospital Redevelopment project opportunities are also available in ICAT, FF&E, and Communications, and are also posted. _

Home to seven regional programs and comprehensive health-care services, Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN, pronounced wren) is committed to meeting the current and emerging needs in Waterloo-Wellington and beyond.

WRHN is redefining the health-care experience through collaboration and innovation, addressing barriers to access, advancing care delivery, and setting new standards in compassionate, empowered community-driven health care.

At WRHN, every patient is at the center of everything we do as we strive to improve lives, inspire healing, and build healthier, stronger communities. By listening to patients and partners, we strive to connect communities to the right care, at the right place, and at the right time.

Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN) is implementing a multi-year Facilities Redevelopment Master Plan to facilitate building a regional system of care that will meet the growing needs of the local community, expected to grow to 1 Million by 2050, and provide care closer to home for decades to come.

Led by the Vice President, Redevelopment, the Redevelopment Team works collaboratively across WRHN to plan, design, and implement all components of the Multi-Year Facilities Redevelopment Master Plan. The plan includes:
**Please Note**:New employees must provide documentation/proof of COVID-19 vaccination status, a 2-step TB test, as well as proof of immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella (chickenpox) prior to their start date at Waterloo Regional Health Network (WRHN). New Employees will require clearance from Employee Health, Safety and Wellness before they are able to begin any position within WRHN.

**Position Summary**:
The Project Manager is responsible for managing all phases of the project life cycle, from initiation and planning through to implementation and closure, ensuring the successful completion of all deliverables. This role encompasses oversight of project objectives, ensuring adherence to schedules and budgets, while seeking opportunities for improvement. A comprehensive understanding of healthcare planning, building sciences, infrastructure systems, and construction is essential.

The Project Manager will bring an understanding of the development of design for the block schematics, detailed design, construction contract documents, procurement, and construction management to the position, with an understanding of project planning, site planning, and design and construction of healthcare projects delivered using a Public-Private-Partnership (P3) framework, and in particular, the DBFM model is considered an asset.

The Project Manager should have a working knowledge of the policies, procedures, and processes of the Ministry of Health and Infrastructure Ontario, and exhibit strong project management skills, as well as strong inter-personal skills.

**General Responsibilities**:
**General/Technical**:

- Assist the Senior Project Manager(s) in managing the Design Team, including the Prime Consultant and Specialty Consultants, in potentially different project procurement and delivery methods, in overlapping timelines.
- Working with the Senior Project Manager(s), effectively translate user requirements into actionable design and technical directives for design teams, vendors, and construction trades.
- Familiarity with various project delivery models, including Stipulated Sum, Design-Bid-Build, Turnkey, Construction Management, Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP), and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) is an asset.
- Coordinate with the Senior Project Manager(s), and among all project disciplines, to ensure that the final product aligns with user functional requirements, the project timeline, and the established budget.
- Assist the Senior Project Manager(s) in coordinating all planning meetings involving department representatives, consultants, and essential team members throughout the design and working drawing phases.
- Support the implementation of the overall project’s development, provide input, review, coordination and integration of the planning, design, and transactional documentation into the project works, including, but not limited to, project specifications, in particular, project specific output specifications