Project Coordinator - PLM Implementation

Telesat; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Telesat in Ottawa, ON, seeks a highly organized Project Coordinator to support the implementation of a new PLM system. Reporting to the PMO, you will coordinate project activities, maintain governance, engage stakeholders, and ensure project data is accurate and accessible.

Ideal candidates have 3–6 years in project coordination or PMO roles, with experience in enterprise programs (PLM/ERP/MES) and strong MS Office skills.

Qualifications

• 3-6 years of project coordination, PMO support, or project management support.
• Experience supporting PLM, ERP, MES, or similar enterprise transformation programs.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, IT, or related field.
• Strong understanding of governance processes and project lifecycle methodologies.
• Ability to influence and coordinate across teams without direct authority.
• Experience working with external vendors and implementation partners.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Track progress against project objectives and communicate schedule impacts or delays.
• Maintain project action item, decision, risk, and issue logs, ensuring timely follow-up and escalation where required.
• Assist project and workstream leads with planning, status updates, governance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support preparation and coordination of program reviews, milestone reviews, and program governance meetings.
• Coordinate project meetings, workshops, working sessions, and leadership reviews.
• Prepare agendas, capture meeting minutes, document decisions, and communicate follow-up actions.
• Assist with project communications, presentations, executive updates, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Facilitate collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, operations, IT, quality, supply chain, and business teams.
• Coordinate activities with vendors, implementation partners, and consultants, including tracking commitments and deliverables.
• Support change management, user engagement, communication campaigns, training coordination, and adoption activities.

Skills

Project coordination

Governance

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Team collaboration

Planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS Project

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Smartsheet

Oracle Primavera

Job description

We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Coordinator to initially support the implementation of a new enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. Reporting to the Program Management Office, the successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating project activities, maintaining governance processes, supporting stakeholder engagement, and ensuring project information is accurate, current, and accessible.
This position is ideal for an individual with 3-6 years of project coordination or PMO support experience who thrives in cross-functional environments and enjoys bringing structure, organization, and accountability to complex business and technology initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

Project Coordination & Governance

• Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Track progress against project objectives and communicate schedule impacts or delays.
• Maintain project action item, decision, risk, and issue logs, ensuring timely follow-up and escalation where required.
• Assist project and workstream leads with planning, status updates, governance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support preparation and coordination of program reviews, milestone reviews, and program governance meetings.
• Coordinate project meetings, workshops, working sessions, and leadership reviews.
• Prepare agendas, capture meeting minutes, document decisions, and communicate follow-up actions.
• Assist with project communications, presentations, executive updates, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Facilitate collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, operations, IT, quality, supply chain, and business teams.
• Coordinate activities with vendors, implementation partners, and consultants, including tracking commitments and deliverables.
• Support change management, user engagement, communication campaigns, training coordination, and adoption activities.

Reporting & Documentation Management

• Collect project performance data and maintain project dashboards and reporting tools.
• Prepare weekly and monthly status reports, executive summaries, milestone updates, and performance metrics.
• Manage project repositories and document control processes to ensure information is organized and accessible.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Operations Management, or a related field. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• 3-6 years of experience in project coordination, project administration, PMO support, or project management support roles.

Successful candidates will demonstrate:

• Experience supporting PLM, ERP, MES, engineering systems, or other enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of project coordination practices, project lifecycle methodologies, and governance processes.
• Ability to influence and coordinate across teams without direct authority
• Previous experience working with external vendors, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in preparing project reports, presentations, meeting documentation, and executive-level communications.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency using MS Office products (MS Project, CoPilot, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
• Experience in using Smartsheet, and Oracle Primavera is considered an asset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills

Security and Compliance Requirements

• Canadian Reliability Status (Minimum) is required
• Eligibility for Controlled Goods Program (CGP) Registration is required
• Ability to handle controlled, sensitive, and export-regulated technical data in compliance with Canadian and international regulations
• This role has no direct reports but will work and interact with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Working conditions are typical of a downtown Ottawa office environment.

Commitment: Full Time Hire - (FTE with Benefits)