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Project Manager
Project Manager
Contract: 12 Month Term
Location: Ottawa
Vacancies: 1
Responsibilities:
As Project Manager, the successful candidate will:
- Manage multi-discipline facility design and related projects to be executed primarily out of BWXT's Kanata office.
- Assist in business development activities including presentations to potential clients, preparation of proposals and estimating work (i.e. seller-doer)
- Be accountable for defined financial performance on projects under their responsibility. This will include but not be limited to establishment and achievement of target gross margin figures, management of primarily lump sum work, and delivery of profit targets as agreed.
- Become familiar and comply with BWXT's project management systems, procedures and reporting protocols, and report regularly to BWXT senior management on project performance
- Monitor and manage scope, schedule, budget, deliverables and client expectations during pre-project and execution phases of projects
- Communicate and coordinate with all project stakeholders as required for successful project execution.
- Maintain and develop positive client relationships
- Travel will be required, both within Canada and to locations in domestic USA and possibly overseas. Forecast travel is likely less than 10% but will vary with project and business unit demands. A valid passport will need to be acquired if not already possessed.
As Technical Leader, The Successful Candidate Will
- Provide technical leadership on projects (preferably in Chemical or Mechanical disciplines)
- Work with BWXT Discipline Leaders and other senior technical staff to provide guidance on technical issues and assist in design efforts. Will also be responsible for discipline resource assignment and coordination with respective Discipline leaders to properly staff and execute the work.
- Work with other Program Manager and BWXT financial and technical staff to coordinate and execute work both within the business unit and support to other projects as required.
- Assist in monitoring and directing the day-to-day work of project technical staff and meet expectations for attendance and punctuality.
General Management Skills And Responsibilities May Include
- Flexibility and experience to receive and disposition a variety of technical and administrative inquiries and issues on a daily basis.
High degree of professionalism, integrity, and business ethics required.
Qualifications:
- Demonstrated ability to manage multidiscipline engineer/ designer/technical projects.
- The successful candidate will utilize strong interpersonal skills to interface successfully with clients.
- Demonstrated experience in managing highly technical projects (high containment lab work, complex HVAC and controls and or clean rooms, etc. projects are preferred)
- Construction administration and design build experience also preferred.
- Must have a minimum of six (6) to eight (8) years' experience in a Technical Management capacity
- Must be a Canadian Citizen (or capability to obtain, within 6 months)
- Preferred: Candidate must hold their Professional Engineer (P.Eng) or OAA architect status in Ontario or equivalent. (Registration in Ontario is preferred) Project Manager Designation
- Bachelor of Sciences degree or equivalent, from accredited University or Higher Education Institution
- The job requires the ability to sit for extended periods at a computer workstation.
- Pharmaceutical experience is mandatory, previous launched pharmaceutical products
- Mandatory experience in design integration, tech transfer, documentation development