Deputy Project Manager (Permanent) (64941)

Babcock International; Victoria; On-site; CAD 88,000 - 133,000; Full time

Job summary

Babcock International is seeking a Deputy Project Manager for Waterfront Operations in Victoria, BC. This permanent role involves managing significant project activities and direct reports, ensuring quality and safety while contributing to Canada's marine sector support for the Royal Canadian Navy. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in complex project environments and proven leadership skills.

Benefits

Comprehensive health and dental benefits

Wellness days

Flexible work schedule

Relocation assistance

Employer matching of retirement contributions

Qualifications

• Minimum of 8 years experience in major projects.
• Proven leadership in complex stakeholder environments.
• Experience in marine industry project environments.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of 2-4 direct reports and a 200 person workforce.
• Lead planning, execution, and close-out of project activities.
• Ensure quality assurance and manage costs and budgets.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Project Management

Risk Management

Education

Post secondary education in Engineering or Project Management

Job description

Deputy Project Manager Waterfront Operations (Permanent)

Victoria BC

Expected Salary : $88641 to $132961

The final base salary offer will be at the Companys sole discretion and presented as part of a competitive total compensation package.

Underpinned by a deep understanding of technology integration asset management and specialist training Babcock International works with customers around the world to improve the capability reliability and availability of their most critical assets within the key market sectors of Marine Land Aviation and Nuclear.

In Canada Babcock works in the Marine sector where our teams provide critical and complex support to Canadas submarine fleet. Our Canadian team is proud to be trusted to deliver key naval in-service support for the Royal Canadian Navy. We also operate in the Aviation sector where Babcock ensures that the aircrew trainees of our partner nations receive the worlds best flying training. We deliver vital aerial emergency services and are proud to have been selected by the Government of Manitoba to deliver their wildfire suppression services as well as key components of their critical air ambulance services.

Whether it is providing technical training instruction developing training materials or maintaining critical training assets Babcock is trusted by its customers to deliver world-class training solutions.

Babcocks Purpose is to create a safe and secure world together . Our Principles create the foundation for how we will do this. They keep us on the right course unify the way we work and guide us towards success. By thinking connecting and acting in line with these Principles well deliver better outcomes for our Culture Customers and Communities. Collectively at Babcock our employees embody the Principles that help make us great at what we do :

• Challenge the status quo Be Curious and ask how might we
• Whenever measuring success Think : Outcomes and positive impacts.
• Be Kind to ourselves each other and our planet.
• Babcock employees Collaborate we are greater than the sum of our parts
• Be Courageous be brave ambitious and determined.
• Everyone has a part to play - Own and Deliver to be successful.

Babcock is grateful to work on the traditional territories of many Nations across Canada. Babcock respects the special relationship that the First Nations Inuit and Mtis have with the land and recognizes that we are privileged to use and share this land. Babcock is committed to being a good neighbour ensuring that we are positively contributing to societys progress and building meaningful and mutually beneficial relations with Indigenous peoples businesses and communities.

We encourage you to explore our Babcock Canada website to learn more about us at .

In this role you will :

Manage a team of 2-4 direct reports and the project activities of up to a 200 person indirect workforce

Be responsible for the occupational Health & Safety of all direct reports under your supervision

Support the Project Manager-Major Projects in the day-to-day management of project performance by :

o Leading the planning execution and close-out of all project activities

o Managing project scope deliverables and change for assigned activities

o Helping develop and lead the implementation of full-scale project management plans

o Managing assigned operational teams and deconflicting project activities within the project management team

o Managing costs and budgets through effective engagement with functional group stakeholders

o Developing and managing project schedules including the definition and achievement of key events cardinal dates

o Ensuring the project follows required quality assurance commitments

o Monitoring and reporting on progress of the project to appropriate stakeholders through the development of effective performance management tools

Execute the project management cycle from beginning to end stages

Be an active member of the Project Management Team in developing and communicating strategies and plans including setting objectives across the organization to meet program goals

Coordinate stakeholders service providers and subcontractors to deliver on project commitments

Ensure that active risk and opportunity management is employed to reduce the impact on schedule and develop recovery plans when issues arise

Integrate the Functional Teams including Production Commissioning Engineering Planning and Quality to ensure systems are handed over and set to work seamlessly

Perform project reviews to evaluate performance define progress identify problems and their solutions and develop reports to regularly communicate findings

Implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs

Develop and deliver performance improvement initiatives while supporting other departments to identify and deliver on their own initiatives in support of the project goals

Perform other duties as necessary

The ideal candidate brings :

Have a post secondary education in an Engineering or Project Management discipline or an equivalent combination of education and / or experience

Have a minimum of 8 years experience supporting the delivery of major projects or operations

Have a proven track record of effective leadership in a diverse and complex stakeholder environment

Have exceptional communication skills and an aptitude for developing collaborative solutions

Have experience in complex project environments preferably within the marine industry

Have knowledge of :

o Quality Assurance and Quality Control processes and systems

o Planning Scheduling Earned Value

o Risk

o Project Management Controls

Registration with an appropriate Professional body such as the Project Management Institute (PMI) is considered an asset

You are eligible for a Canadian Secret Security and ITAR Clearance

Babcock Canada supports the safety and wellbeing of our employees through the following programs :

Contributions towards an employees physical and mental health

Wellness days

Supportive work life balance : flexible work schedule and competitive annual vacation time off

Comprehensive health and dental benefits

Pregnancy and Parental Leave top-up available

Employer matching of employee retirement contribution

Employee recognition and bonus programs

Support of professional development and reimbursement of membership dues

Relocation assistance for individuals and families

Babcock is committed to promoting a workforce without boundaries. One that welcomes everyone to contribute to our success regardless of race national or ethnic origin colour religion age sex sexual orientation gender identity or expression marital status family status genetic characteristics or disability and conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered. If you require accommodation during any stage of our recruitment process please let us know how we can assist you.

Applicants please apply online at Experience :

Key Skills

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 88641 - 132961

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