Manager, Capital Maintenance & Replacements

Calgary TELUS Convention Centre; Calgary; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading convention center in Calgary is seeking a full-time Manager for Capital Maintenance and Replacements. The role involves managing facilities projects, ensuring adherence to safety protocols, and engaging with stakeholders. Candidates should have a relevant engineering degree and significant experience in project management. A comprehensive salary and benefits package is offered, alongside a commitment to a living wage.

Benefits

Life and dependent life insurance

Health and dental benefits

Employee assistance program

Pension plan

Access to fitness center

Qualifications

• 2-3 years of capital maintenance and replacement project experience.
• 5-10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Multi-discipline engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage projects that are related to infrastructure and equipment repairs and replacements.
• Provide technical expertise for Capital Improvement projects.
• Create business cases for potential projects.
• Create, manage, and monitor project baselines of scope, schedule, and budget.
• Ensure change order requests and documentation for approvals are submitted.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Negotiation skills

Interpersonal skills

Computer and software skills

Education

4th Class Power Engineering Certificate or Bachelor’s Degree in related Engineering field

PMP

Job description

Career Opportunity

The Calgary TELUS Convention Centre is looking to hire a full-time Manager, Capital Maintenance and Replacements, in the Facility Management and Capital Improvements department. Reporting to the Director, Facility Management and Capital Improvements, the Manager, Capital Maintenance and Replacements, is responsible for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and closing projects that relate to infrastructure and equipment repairs and replacements that meet CTCC capital thresholds. This position is responsible for following project management best practices, engaging meaningfully with external interested parties, working alongside external contractors as well as internal functional department management and employees to produce project deliverables as per approved project management plans, ensuring that CTCC business is not impacted, CTCC standards are maintained, and CTCC health and safety protocols are met.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage projects that are related to infrastructure and equipment repairs and replacements.
• Provide technical expertise for Capital Improvement projects.
• Create business cases for potential projects.
• Create, manage, and monitor project baselines of scope, schedule, and budget.
• Ensure change order requests, work requirements, permit applications, and other documentation for approvals are submitted.
• Create and manage stakeholder engagement and communications strategies, monitoring throughout the project lifecycle to ensure effectiveness to internal and external stakeholders.
• Create and manage project quality standards, monitoring throughout the project lifecycle to ensure compliance.
• Create, manage, and monitor project risk management plans, monitor risk throughout the project lifecycle and activate planned and unplanned risk responses, ensuring proper change control process as required.
• Create and issue documentation for tendering and RFP processes for project requirements as outline in the Centre’s policies and procedures manual.
• Create and manage project resource requirements, working closely with functional departmental managers to ensure resources are available for both operational and project needs.
• Approve, review, and input project invoices into Enterprise Business Management Software software.
• Manage the tracking and reporting of projects.
• Monitor and report on progress, threats, and opportunities associated with the execution of the CTCC’s capital plan.
• Keep abreast of industry trends and conduct on-going environmental scans to recommend adjustments to departmental goals and objectives as required.
• Facilitate meetings with internal and external interested parties, contractors, and resources to identify and review project requirements.
• Ensure outside contractors comply with contract terms, applicable codes, and security procedures.
• Work flexible and overtime hours as required by project schedules.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job-Related Skills

• Excellent communication, organizational, problem-solving, negotiation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to develop business relationships conducted in a professional manner.
• Excellent computer and software skills.
• Demonstrates self-confidence and interpersonal flexibility, perseverance, and integrity.

Core Competencies

Accountability - Sets enhanced objectives for self and others. Monitors performance trends and identifies opportunities to improve standards. Provides regular feedback and suggests alternative approaches necessary to ensure that organizational objectives and superior standards are achieved. Delegates responsibility and reallocates resources as needed to ensure that priorities are met for initiatives within area of responsibility.

Analytical Thinking - Determines criteria for assessing issues and opportunities. Establishes clear goals and priorities needed to assess performance. Identifies relationships and linkages between different information sources. Anticipates issues that are not readily apparent on the surface. Identifies root causes and effects. Establishes clear goals and priorities. Anticipates potential problems and develops solutions needed to resolve them. Systemically analyzes relationships between apparently independent problems and issues. Reviews and cross-reviews reports. Identifies trends as well as isolated events. Translates analytical reports into management presentations and provides guidance to resolve issues. Anticipates the possible outcome of potential solutions. Identifies areas of significant concern or opportunity. Probes and initiates research to identify critical problems.

Decision Making - Research and use data from a range of sources to make robust fact-based decisions. Review the immediate results, broad implications, and unintended consequences of a decision. Makes the right call; stays true and is not influenced by undue interferences or threats. Makes time-sensitive decisions even when only limited information may be available but is sufficient enough in order to exercise solid judgement.

Project Management - Manages projects in line with organizational strategy, identifying needs, settings objectives, specific goals, and supporting management decisions. Anticipates roadblocks to projects and plans for alternative solutions to allow continuity of project. Oversees a wide range of projects varying in scope, high influence, risk, cost, and internal stakeholder(s) and/or external partners. Evaluates project and manages database of lessons learned.

Risk Management - Manages highly sensitive complex situations. Conducts risk assessment when identifying or recommending strategic and tactical options. Develops and implements contingency plans in highly complex and sensitive situations where errors have a high level of consequences.

Education

• 4th Class Power Engineering Certificate or Bachelor’s Degree in related Engineering field.
• PMP

Experience and Requirements

• 2-3 years of capital maintenance and replacement project experience.
• 5-10 years of relevant industry experience.
• Multi-discipline engineering experience.

Core Company Success Traits

The CalgaryTELUS Convention Centre:

• Is Calgary’s meeting place, bringing the community together in a central hub to connect, learn, innovate, celebrate, support, and grow.
• Connects Calgary with the global community, leveraging our assets to create opportunities that impact the lives of Calgarians and Canadians.
• Takes pride in our city and in delivering Calgary’s message of hospitality, prosperity, and enlightened growth to countless visitors.
• Is honoured to promote Calgary to the world and host hundreds of events each year.
• Is responsible for promoting Calgary by working with partners to build Calgary’s reputation as the destination of choice.
• Is committed to providing a productive, comfortable, sustainable environment to our guests and employees.

As a registered Living Wage Employer in the Province of Alberta, we are committed to paying our employees a living wage, allowing them to meet basic living needs and participate in their communities.

The Convention Centre offers a comprehensive salary and benefits program that includes life and dependent life insurance, short and long-term disability, health, and dental benefits, travel medical emergency insurance, flexible spending account, employee assistance program, pension plan, flex and bonus hours, wellness programs, educational opportunities, and access to a fitness center.

Individuals interested in applying for this position can apply online at Careers - Calgary TELUS Convention Centre. This posting will close on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. We thank all applicants for their interest.

Visit our website at https://calgary-convention.com/