Project Manager coordinating complex software testing and technology services projects for PLATO, Canada’s largest Indigenous - owned testing company. Managing plans, dependencies, governance, and executive reporting.
About the role
- Senior Project Manager leading execution of complex substation projects at GE Vernova. Coordinating teams, managing timelines, budgets, and ensuring quality and safety compliance.
Responsibilities
- Review the project scope and compare it with the GE Vernova proposal when the project file is transferred from the Sales team to Project Management.
- Lead the project kick-off meeting with all internal contributors and assign roles and responsibilities.
- Lead the client kick-off meeting to communicate the scope of work and clarify any outstanding points in the contract/order.
- Drive the overall execution of complex substation projects, ensuring compliance with contractual scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety requirements.
- Consolidate and coordinate activities across multiple sub-projects and workstreams, building an integrated project view and ensuring alignment of priorities, milestones, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Lead project planning and execution across all areas: engineering, procurement, fabrication, logistics, construction, commissioning, and final handover.
- Establish and maintain effective project governance, including project reviews, action tracking, decision logs, escalation management, and reporting to leadership.
- Monitor project performance using key indicators and proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks, issues, delays, and cost impacts that could affect project delivery.
- Support sub-project managers and functional teams in resolving cross-cutting issues, removing execution blockers, and maintaining focus on critical-path activities.
- Manage client communications and stakeholder coordination to ensure transparency, alignment, and timely resolution of technical, commercial, and execution-related matters.
- Ensure compliance with contractual requirements, internal processes, quality standards, and applicable regulatory and safety requirements throughout the project lifecycle.
- Lead change management activities, including evaluating scope changes, schedule impacts, cost implications, and managing associated client approvals and notifications.
- Prepare and present timely, accurate project reporting to leadership, including progress, forecasts, executive summaries, risks, pending decisions, and recovery plans if required.
- Promote a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the project team and interfacing functions.
- Support project closeout activities, including final deliverables, lessons learned, financial close, and transition to warranty or service phases, where applicable.
Requirements
- University degree (Bachelor's) in engineering, business, operations, or a related field; an advanced degree or relevant certifications (e.g., PMP, Lean, Six Sigma) are a plus.
- Minimum 7 years of project management experience relevant to the role, ideally in substations, network infrastructure, energy, or other large-scale, complex industrial projects.
- Proven experience managing complex projects involving multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and interdependencies.
- Experience in cross-functional and international project environments.
- Strong command of project management methodologies, tools, and governance frameworks.
- Excellent leadership and coordination skills in complex, multi-activity project environments.
- Ability to manage competing priorities and drive execution with a structured, proactive approach.
- Excellent communication, coordination, and organizational skills.
- Clear communicator with the ability to interact effectively with teams, clients, and leadership.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, risk anticipation, and decision-making skills.
- Experience in substation projects or network infrastructure is a strong asset.
- Fluency in English is mandatory.
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- Relocation Assistance Provided: No
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