Project Manager Construction & Commissioning / Chef de projet Construction & Mise en service

AL7303 GE Renewable Energy Canada Inc.; Brossard; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GE Renewable Energy Canada Inc. is seeking a Project Manager of Construction and Commissioning to oversee field operations, ensuring safety, quality, on-time delivery, and budget adherence.

The role requires strong leadership for construction sites, rapid problem-solving, and extensive travel within Canada. Ideal candidates have 10+ years in project management within construction or commissioning or 3-5 years direct experience, plus fluency in English and French.

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.

Responsibilities

• Participate in site work strategy definition with the Project Director, Construction Leader and Site Manager.
• Proactively anticipate mobilization activities and define required site trainings and resources.
• Prepare detailed mobilization planning and ensure resource loading.
• Lead mobilization tollgate review representing C&C.
• Track site documentation and issue to customer.
• Build project financial and physical progress tracking for site works.
• Perform financial analysis including budgets, costs to date, slippages, forecasts.
• Engage in risk mitigation and opportunity assessment.
• Travel to sites up to 25% of the time.
• Perform weekly site schedule updates with site manager and planner.
• Coordinate communications across project teams for planning and execution.
• Participate in customer and internal meetings.
• Identify scope changes and oversee quantity/quality impacts.
• Prepare RFQs and Purchase Requests for site works subcontracting.
• Manage vendor packages at site (piping, painting, electrical, scaffolding, machining).
• Prepare and lead site demobilization at project end.

Skills

EHS culture

Quality management

Hydroelectric background

Communication

Leadership

Field management experience

Travel willingness in Canada

Education

College or bachelor’s degree in management or engineering

Job description

Job Description Summary

The Project Manager of Construction & Commissioning (PMCC) will be responsible for controlling and supporting the field operations activities with respect to scope, schedule, and budget with the support of the project stakeholders. Le/la Chef de projet Construction et Mise en service (PMCC) est responsable du contrôle et du support des activités sur site en ce qui concerne les travaux, l’échéancier, et le budget, avec le soutien des parties prenantes du projet.

Job Description

The 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: Brossard, Quebec, Canada

Localisation : Brossard, Quebec, Canada

Additional Information

• Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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