Manager Projects

Ontario Power Generation Inc.; Pickering; On-site; CAD 111,000 - 161,000; Full time

Job summary

Ontario Power Generation Inc. is seeking a dynamic Manager, Projects to lead refurbishment planning across Engineering, Operations, and Maintenance, ensuring safe, predictable project execution and regulatory compliance.

The role coordinates cross-functional stakeholders, manages scope, schedules, and readiness, and drives improvements in work planning, scheduling, and governance through data-driven processes. Ontario-based leadership development and a strong safety culture are emphasized.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration or a related technical field. PMP certification is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 5 years’ progressive experience in project management, work management, maintenance planning, preferably in nuclear, utility, energy, or other highly regulated industry
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership role, specifically leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of project controls and work-management practices, including scope definition, work packaging, scheduling, resource planning, risk management, cost and progress reporting, and constraint management.
• Experience supporting large, complex refurbishment, outage, construction, or asset-management programs, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver against demanding schedule commitments.
• Proven commitment to safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in a high-hazard or highly regulated operational environment.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence decisions, resolve cross-functional issues, and provide clear updates to senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lead Integrated Work Management Planning: Develop and execute integrated work-management strategies for refurbishment scope, ensuring work is properly defined, prioritized, sequenced, and aligned with station outage and project milestones.
• Manage Project Scope, Schedule, and Readiness: Oversee planning and readiness of assigned refurbishment work packages, including scope definition, work order quality, materials availability, engineering inputs, permits, access requirements, and execution constraints.
• Coordinate Cross-Functional Stakeholders: Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Supply Chain, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Safety, Quality, Project Controls, and contractors to resolve interfaces and ensure work can proceed safely and efficiently.
• Drive Schedule Performance and Constraint Removal: Monitor critical-path activities, emerging schedule risks, backlog, and productivity performance; lead timely escalation and removal of constraints affecting planned work execution.
• Ensure Excellence in Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Compliance: Reinforce a strong nuclear safety culture and ensure all work-management activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements, station procedures, quality standards, ALARA principles, and environmental obligations.
• Provide Leadership to the Work Management Team: Lead, coach, and develop project and work-management personnel; establish clear accountabilities, performance expectations, and succession capability while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Optimize Work Processes and Digital Tools: Champion continuous improvement in work planning, scheduling, reporting, and governance processes. Use performance data and work-management systems to improve work package quality, predictability, and execution efficiency.
• Manage Performance Reporting, Risk, and Governance: Establish and maintain effective project controls, including status reporting, key performance indicators, risk registers, recovery plans, and management reviews. Provide clear, timely updates to senior leadership on progress, issues, decisions, and forecast outcomes.

Skills

Communication

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Leadership

Education

Post-secondary education in Engineering/PM/Business Administration

PMP certification

Job description

Education Level: Post-secondary education in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration or a related technical field

Shift: Days

Travel Required: 10%

Salary Range:$111,000.00 - $161,000.00

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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Manager Projects.

Job Overview

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) is looking for a dynamic, strategic and results-driven professional to join our team in the role of Manager, Projects.

The Manager, Projects leads the planning, coordination, and readiness of refurbishment work to support safe, predictable, and efficient project execution. Working across Engineering, Operations, Maintenance, Supply Chain, and project delivery teams, this role drives integrated work management, resolves execution constraints, and ensures work is aligned with project milestones, nuclear safety requirements, and regulatory obligations.

Key Accountabilities

• Lead Integrated Work Management Planning:Lead the development and execution of integrated work-management strategies for refurbishment scope, ensuring work is properly defined, prioritized, sequenced, and aligned with station outage and project milestones.
• Manage Project Scope, Schedule, and Readiness: Oversee planning and readiness of assigned refurbishment work packages, including scope definition, work order quality, materials availability, engineering inputs, permits, access requirements, and execution constraints.
• Coordinate Cross-Functional Stakeholders: Partner with Engineering, Maintenance, Operations, Supply Chain, Radiation Protection, Nuclear Safety, Quality, Project Controls, and contractors to resolve interfaces and ensure work can proceed safely and efficiently.
• Drive Schedule Performance and Constraint Removal: Monitor critical-path activities, emerging schedule risks, backlog, and productivity performance; lead timely escalation and removal of constraints affecting planned work execution.
• Ensure Excellence in Nuclear Safety and Regulatory Compliance: Reinforce a strong nuclear safety culture and ensure all work-management activities comply with applicable regulatory requirements, station procedures, quality standards, ALARA principles, and environmental obligations.
• Provide Leadership to the Work Management Team: Lead, coach, and develop project and work-management personnel; establish clear accountabilities, performance expectations, and succession capability while fostering a collaborative, high-performing team environment.
• Optimize Work Processes and Digital Tools: Champion continuous improvement in work planning, scheduling, reporting, and governance processes. Use performance data and work-management systems to improve work package quality, predictability, and execution efficiency.
• Manage Performance Reporting, Risk, and Governance: Establish and maintain effective project controls, including status reporting, key performance indicators, risk registers, recovery plans, and management reviews. Provide clear, timely updates to senior leadership on progress, issues, decisions, and forecast outcomes.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Project Management, Business Administration or a related technical field. PMP certification is considered an asset.
• Minimum of 5 years’ progressive experience in project management, work management, maintenance planning, preferably in nuclear, utility, energy, or other highly regulated industry
• Minimum of 3 years’ experience in a leadership role, specifically leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong knowledge of project controls and work-management practices, including scope definition, work packaging, scheduling, resource planning, risk management, cost and progress reporting, and constraint management.
• Experience supporting large, complex refurbishment, outage, construction, or asset-management programs, with the ability to manage competing priorities and deliver against demanding schedule commitments.
• Proven commitment to safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and continuous improvement in a high-hazard or highly regulated operational environment.
• Strong communication, stakeholder-management, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to influence decisions, resolve cross-functional issues, and provide clear updates to senior leadership.

The successful candidate willexhibituncompromising integrity and commitment to upholding corporate values, and the OPG Code of Business Conduct.

OPG is committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the selection process, please contact [e-mail] .

What makes a career at OPG different?

With operations across Ontario, OPG is one of the most diverse power producers in North America. As the largest generator in Ontario, we meet approximately 50% of the province’s electricity needs,largely fromlow-carbon sources like nuclear and hydro.

As we work to achieve our vision of Electrifying life in one generation, OPG and our family of companies are also helping advance the development of new low-carbon technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), refurbishment projects, and electrification initiatives to help power the growing demands of a growing economy. Join OPG and make history.

The Darlington New Nuclear Project is leading the way in the advancement of Small Modular Reactor (SMR) technology in Canada - the future of nuclear power generation! Using new and innovative technologies such as small modular reactors, hydrogen and battery storage, while expanding our hydroelectric and nuclear portfolios, we are changing the electricity landscape in Ontario.

The base salary range considers many factors including, but not limited to experience, education, and training, including any collective agreement requirements for union represented positions. It is not typical for the salary to be offered near the top of the range, and salary is dependent on numerous factors. For management roles, the base salary range does not represent the total compensation package. The total compensation package for regular full-time management roles includes pay-for-performance programs for annual and medium time periods. Maintaining a high-performance culture and excellence is a core expectation of every member of our leadership team and is rewarded through the established compensation framework.

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