Deployment Project Manager

Aversan; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Aversan Inc. is seeking a skilled Deployment Project Manager to oversee deployment activities in the aviation, defense, and space industries. This role requires experience in Signalling systems, project management skills, and the flexibility to travel. Responsibilities include defining deployment strategies, managing project baselines, and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. A hybrid work setting is expected, including on-site work during installations.

Qualifications

• Signalling (CBTC) Installation and/or Test & Commissioning experience required.
• Basic Project Management skills including planning and resource management.
• Flexibility to work in a hybrid setting and travel if needed.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute Project Deployment Strategy.
• Manage and control change in Configuration Management Tool.
• Coordinate deployment activities including installation design and field tests.

Skills

Project Management

Signalling Experience (CBTC)

Risk Identification

Flexibility to Travel

Job description

Aversan Inc. (www.aversan.com ) is a trusted multi-service engineering and electronics manufacturing company. Aversan delivers leading-edge and reliable safety-critical electronics and software systems to the aerospace, defense, and space industries. Weare currently seeking a skilled Deployment Project Manager to lead deployment activities for projects or bids. The role involves defining the deployment strategy—including installation and testing—and ensuring its effective implementation.

Location : Burnaby, British Columbia

Responsibilities

• Defines / updates & executes the Project end to end Deployment Strategy (including the case of multiple solutions) & propose deployment objectives
• Defines / updates the Project Deployment baseline (activities, budget, planning) and the Project end-to-end Deployment management plan as per the Deployment strategy (Installation & field T&C)
• Analyze Deployment requirements on solution and products defined with Engineering
• Plans and conducts Deployment Reviews with internal teams and with the customer.
• Actively manage and control the as-deployed configuration, from the as-designed configuration including the necessary change management
• Ensure use of appropriate deployment tools, incl. for end to end activity monitoring
• Manage and Control Change in Configuration Management Tool
• Manage definition and procurement of specific field tools, materials and consumables
• Participates / chairs (depending on project phase) Project Change Control Boards
• Gets engagement of project team to ensure interdepartmental discussions are integrated to ensure a constant and accurate flow of information
• Anticipate, plan, optimize, coordinate and adjust all activities related to Installation and to field Test & Commissioning, including installation design, methods statements / HSE risks assessment and implementation of Field tests procedures
• Ensures proper analysis of cost and schedule aspects of deployment
• Reconciles bottom-up deployment planning inputs from Team Leaders to top-down planning requirements from Project Manager.
• Participate in the selection of the subcontractors for Installation / field T&C and manage their performance and quality
• Tracks and interfaces with the PPM to expedite the overall acquisition process and expedites when necessary to reduce risk
• Work closely with the project Contract Manager to efficiently report performance and record issues that negatively impact deployment to support claim management
• Actively manages (on shore) and coordinates (off shore) the performance of Supply chain operations, including warehouse and logistics, ensuring required items are available on site in accordance with schedule millstones & priorities
• Ensure that the deployment teams provide the installation and T&C evidences necessary for the generation of the safety case
• As site manager (when applicable) ensures the compliance with the local regulations and the application of GBU, BL and Project Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) policies, processes and plans
• Approves the site test and acceptance activities report performed by T&C, if required, due to the absence of a Field Test & Commissioning Manager.
• Ensure the Infrastructure design path taken by the Infrastructure Engineers is contract compliant and supports the project budgets and schedules and is compatible with the migration strategy outlined in the Deployment Management Plan.
• Recognized as Solution Deployment Authority, manage and lead a team (Hierarchical or Functional) through deep and professional standard knowledge drawing from personal experiences of most or all industrial areas and manage medium complexity projects.

Basic Qualification :

• Primary skill is to have a candidate with Signalling (specifically CBTC) experience, who has worked either in Installation and / or Test & Commissioning of such system. Exposure to design is good also;
• Candidate to have basic Project Management skills (planning, resource management, risk identification & mitigation, progress monitoring);
• Hybrid setting (min 2 days in office), expected to be working on site when work is scheduled (during night time);
• Flexibility to travel (either to Toronto or another project site) based on scope of mission, which can be for duration of 2weeks or so at a time;

Interested applicants may apply directly to our recruiter : Saud Navaid to be considered for this position : [emailprotected]

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