Onsite Commissioning Manager

Schneider Electric; Ontario; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in sustainability is seeking a Project Manager to oversee project execution, ensuring customer satisfaction and compliance with safety standards. The role involves managing project teams, budgets, and timelines while fostering strong customer relationships. Candidates should have an engineering or business degree and be proficient in project management tools. Schneider Electric offers a competitive benefits package and values diversity and inclusion in the workplace.

Benefits

Competitive package

Group pension match

Healthcare plan

Paid family leave

Well-being programs

Employee share ownership plan

Qualifications

• Manage project execution and customer relationships.
• Ensure compliance with safety and statutory requirements.
• Lead project team and monitor project profitability.

Responsibilities

• Ensure project schedule is reviewed and updated.
• Monitor and control project spending versus budget.
• Conduct Lessons Learned sessions with the team.

Skills

Project Management

Negotiations

Change Management

Conflict Resolution

Customer Satisfaction

Education

Engineering Degree

Business Degree

Tools

MS Excel

MS Project

Job description

The Project Manager will manage execution of projects following applicable company policies and processes.

He / She will lead the project team (Design, Planning, Purchasing, Contract, On-site implementation) and ensure customer satisfaction, safety compliance, and financial performance.

He / She will manage customer relationships and third parties within the project scope. Accountable for project execution according to contract & specifications.

He / She will lead the project launch, lead the project team through task planning, and ensure operational project management success, which includes but is not limited to the following main responsibilities :

• Ensure full safety for involved parties throughout project execution.
• Understand project’s contractual scope or additional requirements, be proactive to generate change orders to improve GM.
• Time Management : Ensure project schedule is made / reviewed / updated and monitor to ensure timely completion of the project.
• Quality Management : Continuously monitor customer satisfaction and strive for improvement. Lead the issue resolution (hot loop) in the project and provide inputs for continuous improvement (cold loop). Proper customer communication and updates.
• Customer first point of contact on project team interaction (correspondences, emails, calls, meetings, etc.) to ensure consistent execution.
• Ensure project review happens at the appropriate level as per defined project governance process.
• Ensure timely reporting and escalation to manage project events / issues impacting project performance or compliance with governance principles.
• Cost Management : Monitor and control project spending versus budget. Strive for gross margin improvement.
• Identify and alert on execution risks. Be proactive in resolving issues. Escalate to Sales to manage claims & variation orders.
• Accountability on project profitability (cost, cash flow & margin) including forecasting, engagements follow-up & re-forecasting. Ensure timely revenue recognition. Ensure appropriate actions to timely recover customer receivables (payments) are done.
• Ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Project closure and project documentation archival.
• Conduct Lessons Learned sessions with Sales and Tendering team to share feedback.
• Anticipate book to bill forecast estimation based on upcoming projects.

Qualifications and Skills required :

• Engineering and / or Business University Degree.
• Technical requirements.
• Medium and Low Voltage distribution solutions and / or UPS / cooling solutions.
• Schneider Electric Services Offer knowledge is required.
• Mastering project management software tools (MS Excel, MS Project).
• Timely project completion with compliance to safety, statutory requirements, and good customer satisfaction.
• Anticipate deviations from plans and timelines. Escalate issues at the right time.
• Project Profitability / GM improvement vs as-sold.
• Master forecast of Project Sales & Book to Bill & GM.
• Demonstrated soft skills in Negotiations, Change Management & Conflictual conversations with customers.
• Project Team management (internal relationship and level of cooperation within the team) from sales, tendering to operational execution.
• Language required : functional French and intermediate level of English to collaborate with our clients and stakeholders at the national and international level.

Schneider offers :

• Great Benefits : Competitive package, Group pension match, Healthcare plan, paid family leave, well-being programs, holidays & paid time off, recharge breaks, employee share ownership plan, and more.
• Inclusive Environment : Diversity is an integral part of our history, culture, and identity. Schneider Electric builds a culture of respect where everyone feels safe to be their authentic selves.
• Career Development : We empower our people to grow and learn every day, developing new skills and building careers for today and tomorrow (mentoring, coaching, training, tuition reimbursement).
• Accelerate your Career in Sustainability : Sustainability has, in recent years, shifted from the margins to the center of the corporate agenda.

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

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Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

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36 billion global revenue

• 13% organic growth

150,000+ employees in 100+ countries

1 on the Global 100 World’s most sustainable corporations

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Schneider Electric aspires to be the most inclusive and caring company in the world, by providing equitable opportunities to everyone, everywhere, and ensuring all employees feel uniquely valued and safe to contribute their best. We mirror the diversity of the communities in which we operate, and ‘inclusion’ is one of our core values. We believe our differences make us stronger as a company and as individuals and we are committed to championing inclusivity in everything we do. This extends to our Candidates and is embedded in our Hiring Practices.

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