Project Planning Analyst

AAA-Canada; Saint-Laurent-de-l'Île-d'Orléans; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

AAA Canada is seeking a Project Portfolio Manager to lead the planning and progress tracking of the project portfolio, ensuring feasible schedules and on-time delivery to customers and end users.

You will drive integrated planning across engineering, procurement, manufacturing and project management, lead governance and risk reviews, and provide data‑driven analyses to support management decisions in our fast‑paced industrial environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree, ideally in engineering or administration.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Autonomy and respect for deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication with various stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills and multitasking.
• Familiarity with ERP systems, preferably Oracle.
• Understanding of assembly sequences and critical paths.

Responsibilities

• Maintain consolidated visibility of all projects in the stream.
• Assess the feasibility of new requests and prioritization changes.
• Recommend portfolio priorities based on customer commitments, financial objectives, and available capacity.
• Assess the impacts of changes and risks on capacity, procurement, engineering, and production.
• Synchronize needs and interdependencies between engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and project management functions.
• Ensure compliance with frozen horizons.
• Identify, consolidate, and monitor risks and constraints that may affect deliveries.
• Optimize critical paths to ensure adherence to the production plan, costs, and schedules.
• Define and monitor mitigation plans.
• Lead weekly and monthly portfolio reviews.
• Prepare performance indicators, scenarios, and risk analyzes.
• Analyze and elevate issues impacting deliveries or capacity.
• Provide the analyses necessary for management decision-making.
• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, planning, production, and project management teams to develop proactive, data-driven solutions.
• Act as a planning reference for tools, processes, and best practices.

Skills

Analytical skills

Detail-oriented

Team spirit

Interpersonal skills

Autonomy

Communication

Organization

Assemblies knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or administration

Tools

Oracle ERP

SQL

VBA

Power Query

Power BI

Job description

The incumbent is responsible for controlling the progress of the project portfolio, identifying/optimizing critical paths while taking proactive actions with various key stakeholders to ensure the overall viability of the plan. They are the main planning contact to contribute to optimal execution from engineering to project delivery to the end customer. They also lead initiatives using planning best practices to improve tools/processes to contribute to achieving objectives within budget and delivery times.

Embark on an exciting adventure with AAA Canada, where every application opens the door to new possibilities.

AAA is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Indigenous people, people with disabilities, and visible minorities to apply.

Main responsibilities

Project portfolio management

• Maintain consolidated visibility of all projects in the stream.
• Assess the feasibility of new requests and prioritization changes.
• Recommend portfolio priorities based on customer commitments, financial objectives, and available capacity.

Integrated planning

• Assess the impacts of changes and risks on capacity, procurement, engineering, and production.
• Synchronize needs and interdependencies between engineering, procurement, manufacturing, and project management functions.
• Ensure compliance with frozen horizons.

Risk management

• Identify, consolidate, and monitor risks and constraints that may affect deliveries.
• Optimize critical paths to ensure adherence to the production plan, costs, and schedules.
• Define and monitor mitigation plans.

Governance and decision-making

• Lead weekly and monthly portfolio reviews.
• Prepare performance indicators, scenarios, and risk analyzes.
• Analyze and elevate issues impacting deliveries or capacity.
• Provide the analyzes necessary for management decision-making.

Collaboration

• Collaborate with engineering, procurement, planning, production, and project management teams to develop proactive, data-driven solutions.
• Act as a planning reference for tools, processes, and best practices.

Desired profile

• Bachelor's degree, ideally in engineering or administration.
• 3 to 5 years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Strong team spirit and good interpersonal skills.
• Autonomy and respect for deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Effective communication with various stakeholders.
• Excellent organizational skills and management of multiple tasks.
• In-depth mastery of the Microsoft Office Suite.
• Familiarity with an ERP, preferably Oracle.
• Problem-solving skills: collect information, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Understanding of assembly sequences and critical paths.

Asset: reports via SQL, VBA, Power Query (M), Power BI.

• Bilingualism French-English required

About AAA Canada

AAA Canada is an on-site and off-site manufacturing company that offers specialized subcontracting and technical assistance services related to industrial engineering, production, and maintenance processes in the Aeronautics, Land Transport, and Defense sectors.