Project Manager Construction & Commission

AL7303 GE Renewable Energy Canada Inc.; Niagara Falls; On-site; CAD 105,000 - 155,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Renewable Energy Canada Inc. seeks a Project Manager Construction and Commissioning to lead mobilization planning, cost tracking and risk mitigation on site projects in Canada. The role demands leadership for safety, quality and on-time delivery across multiple site operations.

The successful candidate will coordinate with project teams, manage vendor packages, and travel to sites up to 25% of the time, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards.

Qualifications

• Strong and demonstrated EHS culture.
• Attention to quality management and continuous improvement of quality culture.
• Strong hydroelectric background.
• College or bachelor’s degree in management or engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) is recommended, or relevant proven field experience.
• Field management experience is a plus.
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal (English and French).
• Availability to travel within Canada, 10+ years in project management organization in Construction or Commissioning or 3-5 years of direct experience.

Responsibilities

• Participate in site work strategy definition with the Project Director, Construction Leader and Site Manager.
• Anticipate mobilization activities, tooling, safety equipment, warehousing, offices, accommodations, and trainings.
• Prepare detailed mobilization planning and ensure resource loading requirements are met.
• Lead mobilization tollgate review representing C&C in project reviews.
• Track site documentation for timely issuance to the customer (methods, site quality plan, commissioning reports).
• Build project financial and physical progress tracking structures for site works and update monthly.
• Perform detailed financial analysis including budgets, costs to date, slippages, claims, and forecasts.
• Proactively engage in risk mitigation and opportunity assessment.
• Travel to sites about 25% of the time to review and engage with site operations.
• Perform weekly site schedule updates for planned vs. actual progress with site manager and planner.
• Coordinate communications across project teams for planning and execution.
• Participate in customer and internal meetings.
• Identify scope management changes for site works and manage quantity/quality impacts with stakeholders.
• Prepare RFQs and Purchase Requests for site works subcontracting.
• Manage vendor packages at site (piping, painting, electrical, scaffolding, machining, etc.).
• Prepare and lead site demobilization at project end.

Skills

EHS culture

Quality management

Hydroelectric background

Communication skills

Leadership

Travel availability Canada

Education

College or bachelor’s degree in management or engineering

Job description

Job Description Summary

Project Manager Construction and Commissioning (PMCC) is responsible for preparing and controlling the different phases of field operations for a project. This role is crucial to ensure that site works are completed safely, at the required quality standards, on time and within budget. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in construction sites management, strong leadership skills, and the ability to solve problems quickly and efficiently.

Primary Responsibilities

• Participate in site work Strategy definition with the Project Director, Construction Leader and Site Manager
• Proactively anticipate the activities required for site mobilization, including tooling definition, safety equipment, warehousing requirements, offices infrastructures, worker’s accommodations, and define the required specific site trainings
• Prepare the detailed mobilization planning using framework documentation and checklists, and ensuring that resources loading requirements are met as required
• Lead the mobilization tollgate review representing C&C in all the project related reviews
• Track the project site documentation for a timely issuance to the customer (methods, site quality plan, commissioning reports, etc.)
• Build the project financial and physical progress tracking structure for site works and update monthly
• Perform detailed financial analysis including, but limited to, establish budgets, report costs to date, slippages, claims, and forecasts
• Proactively engage in risk mitigation and opportunity assessment
• Travel to sites 25% of the time to review and engage with site operations
• Perform the site schedule weekly updates for planned vs. actual progress in collaboration with the site manager and project planner
• Coordinate communications across the project teams to secure project planning and execution
• Participate in customer and internal meetings
• Identify the scope management changes for site works and provide oversight to team stakeholders for quantity and quality impacts
• Prepare the Request for Quotations and Purchase Requests for site works subcontracting
• Manage specific vendor packages at site (piping, painting, electrical, scaffolding, machining, etc.)
• Prepare and lead the site demobilization at the end of the project

Required Qualifications

• Strong and demonstrated EHS culture
• Attention to quality management and continuous improvement of quality culture
• Strong hydroelectric background
• College or bachelor’s degree in management or engineering (Mechanical or Electrical) is recommended, or relevant proven field experience
• Field management experience is a plus
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal (English and French)
• Leadership skills
• Availability to travel within Canada, 10+ years in project management organization in Construction or Commissioning or 3-5 years of direct experience

Desired Characteristics

• Project Management Certification
• Experience with technical concepts (including hydropower technology, i.e., turbines, generators, mechanical and electrical balance of plant systems, etc.)

Location

Canada

Pay and Benefits

For candidates applying to a Canadian-based position, the pay range for this position is between $104,900.00 and $154,900.000 CAD. The specific pay offered may be influenced by a variety of factors, including the candidate’s experience, education, and skill set.

Bonus eligibility: annual bonus

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

Additional Information

Addressing the climate crisis is an urgent global priority and we take our responsibility seriously. That is our singular mission at GE Vernova: continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to help decarbonize it. If we want our energy future to be different…we must be different. Our mission is embedded in our name. We retain our treasured legacy, “GE,” in our name as an enduring and hard‑earned badge of quality and ingenuity. “Ver” / “verde” signal Earth’s verdant and lush ecosystems. “Nova,” from the Latin “novus,” nods to a new, innovative era of lower carbon energy that GE Vernova will help deliver. Together, we have The Energy to Change the World. www.gevernova.com