Project Manager

_Strategic is one of British Columbia’s largest natural resource consultants. We are a First Nations majority owned company through the Ehattesaht Chinehkit Nation, whose stewardship of the lands leads us forward. Strategic offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes health & dental, mentorship & professional development, paid professional dues, and RSP matching. What started as a small team of field engineers and timber developers, has grown over the last 20 years into an industry renowned west coast consultancy employing 130+ people in multiple communities. Our mission is to deliver responsive execution of technical expertise to our valued clients, to provide a safe and positive work environment, and to lead by fostering prosperity in our communities._

The Project Manager is first and foremost a Leader. YOU bring clarity and eliminate chaos within the project. YOU champion and live the SNRC workplace culture, values, and ethics that lead to a healthy team, effective operations, and successful projects. YOU are an influencer, communicator, and collaborator.

A Project Manager is defined as the person assigned by the performing organization to lead the project team, that is responsible for achieving the project objectives. Project Managers perform a variety of functions, such as facilitating the project teamwork to achieve the outcomes and managing the processes to deliver intended outcomes.

Project managers cultivate the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members.

Key Competencies:

- Communication
- Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Financial Management Reporting
- Decision Making and Judgment

**Experience**:
Project Management Institute.
- Strong client interaction and internal teamwork skills.
- Ability to articulate project objectives, stakeholder needs, and expectations for Project Managers.
- Past history of demonstrated project success (time, cost, quality and risk)
- 3+ years’ experience in a Project Manager position, ideally in a natural resource consultancy or organization.
- Demonstrated expertise in delivering all types of projects with autonomy.
- Recognized qualification in Project Management desirable, such as PMP or Certificate in Project Management
- The applicant should have outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal, with a curious and outgoing personality.

Reporting Relationships:
Reports to: Project Management Office (PMO)

Key Competencies:
Communication
- Proactively provides Project Managers and other team members with the information they need to make informed and effective decisions.
- Shares the right information effectively, at the right time, and with tact and discretion as needed; utilizes political understanding and respect of confidentiality to determine what information is communicated, with whom, and why.
- Clearly articulates and clarifies project expectations under the guidance of the Project Manager to; colleagues, clients, managers, sub-trades, and community members such that projects can be completed successfully with mínimal room for misunderstanding or misalignment.
- Reiterates project objectives with team members so that the projects can be completed successfully.

Stakeholder Relationship Management
- Builds and maintains effective working relationships with all levels of stakeholders, team members, clients, and project managers, to ensure a common focus is being worked towards.
- Holds Project Managers, Team Leads and Sponsors accountable to PMO processes.
- Clearly articulates and clarifies project objectives with team members so that the projects can be completed successfully.
- Applies an “outstanding customer service” approach to all; project managers, team members, and stakeholders interactions and communications.

Time Management & Reporting
- Collects reliable and valid data to create comprehensive project plans and reports.
- Builds and tracks effective scheduling and allocations of financial resources to ensure the projects are on-time and on budget.
- Accurately prepares budgets for several concurrent and interdependent projects, including timely and accurate monitoring and reporting on variances (actual and foreseen/anticipated) to the Project Manager. Proactively anticipates and follows up on discrepancies in projects/actual costs to minimize risk and address challenges before the impact becomes significant.

**Skills**

Preferred
- Flexible
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match

Work Location: In person