Project Manager

坯潤; San Juan de Terranova; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Senior Project Manager in the Power & Utility sector. This role offers the chance to lead significant projects, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery while managing diverse stakeholders. You will be at the forefront of driving project success, providing mentorship, and fostering a collaborative environment. With a commitment to professional development and a flexible working culture, this opportunity is perfect for those looking to make a meaningful impact in the energy industry. If you have a passion for engineering and project management, we encourage you to apply!

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Competitive salary with regular reviews

Flexible benefits package

Commitment to diversity and inclusion

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in project management within the Power & Utility sector.
• Strong understanding of project management principles and execution.

Responsibilities

• Manage project scope, deliverables, and stakeholder communication.
• Mentor junior project managers and engineers.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder Management

Conflict Resolution

Communication Skills

Engineering Principles

Education

Engineering Degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is recruiting for a Senior Project Manager to join its team, focusing on projects in the Power & Utility sector. This opportunity is onsite in St. John’s, Newfoundland.

The Role

The Senior Project Manager will ensure delivery of services in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner, in line with contractual requirements, to the satisfaction of customers and Wood. This role involves managing both internal and external project stakeholders, acting as the focal point for project-related issues, and providing mentorship to more junior project managers/engineers.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood’s Operations business delivers solutions to an ever-broadening range of clients across the energy and materials industries globally. We deliver operations, maintenance, modifications, brownfield engineering, asset optimization and management, supporting our clients through the asset lifecycle. We are focused on developing strategic relationships with our clients, providing solutions that deliver efficiency, integrity and reliability.

What We Can Offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to leaders of industry across renewables and emerging energy sectors
• Flexible working arrangements that balance client, team, and individual needs
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
• Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession
  
  

In our recruitment and hiring process at Wood Canada Ltd., we want to emphasize that we do not employ artificial intelligence or automated systems to screen or select candidates. We are committed to ensuring fairness and inclusivity by relying on the expertise from a team of professional recruiters for the application reviews, interviews, and qualification assessments.

Responsibilities

Typical responsibilities:

• Ensure the project scope is well defined and agreed among all stakeholders. This includes project deliverables, project assumptions and project risks
• Manage both internal and external project stakeholders and ensure important, relevant information is communicated regularly to all stakeholders
• Act as the focal point for all project related issues. Manage project related issues with Client Project Engineers and Wood Discipline Leads
• Provide mentorship to more junior project managers/engineer
• Ensure adherence to Wood’s and Client project management, change management and document management procedures and processes
• Review and approve purchase requisitions, contracts, and invoices within authority level
• Ensure the baseline cost estimate and schedule reflect the scope
• Monitoring of costs and budgets
• Monitoring of delivery status and progress, communicating delivery status and progress to appropriate stakeholders
• Monitoring and control of Wood workflow process
• Monitoring and control of change management process
• Facilitate management review, detailed design clarification meetings, constructability reviews and close out meetings
• Foster an environment of openness, trust and honesty in support of Wood’s Core Values
• Ensure that Lessons Learned Reviews are conducted
• Position may require site visits
  
  

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge, or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world’s most critical challenges.

Expected

• An Engineering Degree from a recognized post-secondary institution is preferred but any equivalent combination of experience and / or education from which comparable knowledge, skills and abilities have been achieved may also be considered
• Engineers must be registered, or eligible for registration, with the Professional Engineers & Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador
• Minimum 15+ years of experience with relevant engineering and / or project management experience in the Power & Utility sector with a proven track record in delivering on schedule and budget
• Strong understanding of project management principles and objectives with a strong emphasis on project execution
• Ability to communicate at all levels of both internal and Client organization
• Work with minimal supervision and must be self – starter who takes ownership of tasks through to completion with success
• Good working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point. Knowledge of P6 considered an asset
• Excellent interpersonal and conflict resolution skills
• Good verbal and written communication
• Authorization to lawfully work in Canada without sponsorship from Wood is required
  
  

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.