Senior Project Manager

Aplin; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Aplin is seeking an experienced industrial Project Manager in Saskatoon to provide senior leadership over planning, construction, commissioning, and handover of major projects. You will coordinate contractors, suppliers, engineering teams, and stakeholders to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery with rigorous safety and quality standards.

Responsibilities include leading project planning, procurement, sequencing, and readiness activities, tracking progress, costs, and risks, and delivering regular

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project management experience on industrial projects.
• Extensive experience coordinating multiple contractors and suppliers.
• Experience working within an operating industrial facility.
• Strong understanding of project schedules, budgets, contracts, risk, and change management.
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Engineering degree in Mechanical, Process, Industrial, Chemical, or related discipline is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for project planning, construction, commissioning, schedule, budget, safety, and contract management.
• Coordinate multiple contractors, suppliers, engineering teams, and project stakeholders.
• Lead project planning, procurement, construction sequencing, commissioning, and operational readiness.
• Monitor project progress, costs, schedules, risks, quality, and change management.
• Review contractor schedules, RFIs, change orders, and project documentation.
• Lead construction completion, punch-list activities, commissioning, and project handover.
• Prepare and present regular project updates and reporting to leadership.
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs, manage risks, and improve project timelines.
• Maintain project risk, cost, change, and contract documentation.
• Ensure safety requirements and project standards are consistently followed.
• Support project closeout and final documentation.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Budget management

Contract management

Communication

Education

Engineering degree (mechanical/industrial/chemical)

Job description

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership for project planning, construction, commissioning, schedule, budget, safety, and contract management
• Coordinate multiple contractors, suppliers, engineering teams, and project stakeholders
• Lead project planning, procurement, construction sequencing, commissioning, and operational readiness
• Monitor project progress, costs, schedules, risks, quality, and change management
• Review contractor schedules, RFIs, change orders, and project documentation
• Lead construction completion, punch-list activities, commissioning, and project handover
• Prepare and present regular project updates and reporting to leadership
• Identify opportunities to reduce costs, manage risks, and improve project timelines
• Maintain project risk, cost, change, and contract documentation
• Ensure safety requirements and project standards are consistently followed
• Support project closeout and final documentation

Qualifications

• 15+ years of project management experience on industrial projects
• Extensive experience managing construction and commissioning activitiesProv ed experience coordinating multiple contractors and suppliers
• Experience working within an operating industrial facility
• Strong understanding of project schedules, budgets, contracts, risk, and change management
• Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Engineering degree in Mechanical, Process, Industrial, Chemical, or a related discipline is an asset

Work Requirements

• Must be based in or near Saskatoon
• Regular in-person meetings in Saskatoon
• Travel to a remote project site on a fly-in/fly-out basis
• 11-hour workdays while onsite, including a 1-hour unpaid lunch
• Additional hours may be required with approval

If you are an experienced industrial Project Manager looking for a senior leadership opportunity involving construction and commissioning, we’d like to hear from you.

We believe diverse teams build stronger companies, and we welcome applicants from all backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

To be considered, applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada, including holding any required permits.

Accommodation is available upon request throughout all stages of the recruitment process.