Project Manager overseeing budgets, schedules, staff, and contractors for Wood’s global mining and metals engineering projects. Hybrid role based in Saskatoon.
About the role
- Project Manager in energy and heavy industrial projects, supporting clients through effective communication and project coordination at Stantec.
Responsibilities
- Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs, evaluates alternative solutions, and delivers value added services.
- Coordinates with business development leaders and designers to write proposals (scoping, scheduling, and pricing)
- Understand project business structure and risks.
- Create and execute project execution plans, including work plans (work breakdown structure), resource plans, risk management plans, etc.
- Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope.
- Assume responsibilities (in partnership with the assigned principal) for technical and design excellence.
- Ensures project documents, including contracts and additional service requests are approved, and filed in accordance with Stantec processes and procedures.
- Update project financials on a regular basis (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) using Stantec’s proprietary tools.
- Manage project budget and schedule including tracking, forecasting, and reporting of team hours and expenses.
- Monitor project performance indicators (KPI).
- Ensure timely and accurate invoicing and monitor receivables and collection of invoices.
- Facilitates and holds regular team and client meetings.
- Keeps project team well informed of changes and updates.
- Report project status to the Client and internal leadership on a regular basis.
- Take meeting minutes.
- Resolve and/or escalate issues in a timely fashion.
- Facilitate the communication of difficult/sensitive information.
Requirements
- Project management experience.
- Business development experience.
- Proficient English writing and communication skills.
- Experience with MS Office, MS Project software, would be an asset.
- Ability to multitask.
- Willing and able to travel occasionally.
- Excellent client relationship and communication skills.
- Team player with experience building, leading, and managing a project team.
- Technical experience in heavy industrial process market disciplines (Pulp, paper, packaging, tissue, building products, food and beverage, mineral processing, oil & gas, thermal generation, and renewable energy).
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering/technical or related discipline.
- PMP Certification.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, with strong written and verbal communication abilities to effectively engage with clients, project teams, regulators, and other stakeholders.
- Minimum 4 years of related experience.
- Experience managing at least five consulting projects with minimum consulting fees of $100K.
Benefits
- health, dental, and vision plans
- a wellness program
- health care spending account
- wellness spending account
- group registered retirement savings plan
- employee stock purchase program
- group tax-free savings account
- life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance
- short-term/long-term disability plans
- emergency travel benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- professional membership fee coverage
- paid time off
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