Junior Project Manager- Automation & Manufacturing

1200 Accenture Inc Company; Toronto; On-site; CAD 35,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Junior Project Manager for Automation & Manufacturing to help deliver digital engineering and transformation programs for world-class clients. You will plan, coordinate, and manage projects from kickoff to closeout, aligning client, technical, and account teams while tracking scope, schedule, and budget.

This role requires strong organization, communication, and agile delivery skills, with cross-functional collaboration across Canada and beyond.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience in automation, controls, manufacturing, distribution, or technology delivery environments.
• Full software development life cycle (SDLC) Experience working directly with developers.
• Financial management skills in developing and tracking project budget & P&L.
• Hands-on experience with project management tools such as MS Project, and project management methodologies (margins, budget, timelines, scope, and quality to make better business decisions).
• A bachelor's degree or college diploma in business administration, commerce or a related discipline
• Valid passport and ability to travel within Canada, the US and internationally.
• English is required for this position as this role will be aligned to multi‑national teams where English is the common language across our North America Market.
• Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English‑speaking multi‑national teams, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Responsibilities

• Manage automation project delivery from planning through execution and closeout.
• Own integrated schedules, dependencies, risks/issues, status reporting, stakeholder coordination, milestone governance, resource planning, and alignment between client, technical, and account teams.
• Have overall accountability to lead and implement quality projects while meeting cost, schedule and scope using Agile Methodologies and tools.
• Direct large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners.
• Responsible for projects with moderate budgets.
• Directly manages all aspects of the project lifecycle and works with matrix business, corporate and partners to oversee all phases of the project, and to ensure that related project processes are completed as required (including, as applicable, change management, process management, transition to business/operations, system development, quality management, etc.)
• Develops or ensures development of project artifacts including charter, integrated plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related PM artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards (e.g.Management ,Risk, Audit, Compliance)
• Monitors and controls the project.
• Process recommendations and adjustments to the Accountable Executive and publishes periodic project status reports.

Skills

Project management

MS Project

SDLC

Budgeting

Time management

Stakeholder management

Agile methodologies

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business administration, commerce or related discipline

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Junior Project Manager- Automation & Manufacturing

We are: Looking to be part of a transformational digital engineering and manufacturing practice? How about an opportunity to help world‑class clients solve their biggest challenges and create products and services that customers love, quickly, efficiently, and sustainably? We are Accenture's Supply Chain and Engineering reinvention partner. We help organizations reimagine how products are designed, engineered, manufactured, and supported across the enterprise. By combining deep industry experience, data, digital technologies, and AI-driven innovation, we help clients drive greater efficiency, resilience, and business value throughout the product and asset lifecycle.

You are: A master organizer and communicator with an eagle eye for detail and a talent for delivering value to clients in the most efficient way possible. Your superpower Helping organizations perform better and achieve their goals through project management activities—plans, estimates, scope, and requirements, from kickoff to rollout. You’re a pragmatist who’s always ready to take the helm on technology projects. You bring creativity and flexibility to your game, and you’re a natural at building an atmosphere of trust, openness, and communication so partners work well together on shared objectives. Negotiating and time-management skills You have both in spades, along with a gift for getting diverse stakeholders on the same page when it comes to priorities and direction.

The Work:

• Manage automation project delivery from planning through execution and closeout.
• Own integrated schedules, dependencies, risks/issues, status reporting, stakeholder coordination, milestone governance, resource planning, and alignment between client, technical, and account teams.
• Have overall accountability to lead and implement quality projects while meeting cost, schedule and scope using Agile Methodologies and tools.
• Direct large-scale, complex projects often involving multiple internal and external constituents and matrix partners.
• Responsible for projects with moderate budgets.
• Directly manages all aspects of the project lifecycle and works with matrix business, corporate and partners to oversee all phases of the project, and to ensure that related project processes are completed as required (including, as applicable, change management, process management, transition to business/operations, system development, quality management, etc.)
• Develops or ensures development of project artifacts including charter, integrated plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related PM artifacts, while complying with applicable enterprise standards (e.g.Management ,Risk, Audit, Compliance)
• Monitors and controls the project.
• Process recommendations and adjustments to the Accountable Executive and publishes periodic project status reports.

Here’s what you Need:

• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience in automation, controls, manufacturing, distribution, or technology delivery environments.
• Full software development life cycle (SDLC) Experience working directly with developers.
• Financial management skills in developing and tracking project budget & P&L.
• Hands‑on experience with project management tools such as MS Project, and project management methodologies (margins, budget, timelines, scope, and quality to make better business decisions).
• A bachelor's degree or college diploma in business administration, commerce or a related discipline
• Valid passport and ability to travel within Canada, the US and internationally.
• English is required for this position as this role will be aligned to multi‑national teams where English is the common language across our North America Market.
• Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English‑speaking multi‑national teams, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.

Bonus points if you have:

• Knowledge of MES and/or Automation Controls domain.
• Knowledge of manufacturing business processes.
• PMP designation or equivalent.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full‑time employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below. The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position. The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role. It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate. Information on benefits is here.

Role Location Hourly Salary Range British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $25.41 to $49.45

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com

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