Senior Project Manager, Equipment

VIA Rail; Montreal; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

VIA Rail is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead major capital projects in Montreal or Toronto. This role involves oversight of project governance, ensuring timely delivery, and managing multifaceted teams. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management experience, a strong background in operations, and fluency in both English and French. Joining VIA Rail means contributing to sustainable transportation solutions in Canada within a collaborative work environment.

Benefits

Numerous opportunities for career advancement

A wide range of health and wellness benefits for employees and their families

Unlimited telemedicine service

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years in project management experience in operations or transportation.
• PMP Certified is a strong asset.
• Excellent written and verbal proficiency in English and French.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage new capital projects under a Major Program.
• Ensure rigorous follow-ups on project delivery while respecting deadlines.
• Collaborate between departments, particularly Operations and PMO.

Skills

Project Management

Team Management

Negotiation

Analytical Skills

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Administration

Tools

Microsoft Office suite

Job description

Did you know that VIA Rail is carrying out ambitious projects to modernize its services and infrastructure? From our new ultramodern train fleet to ongoing improvement of our infrastructure and reservation system, we’re building the future of transportation in Canada. Working for VIA Rail is being a part of a collective effort in sustainable mobility.

The Senior Project Manager of the Program Management Office (PMO) reports to the PMO Senior Manager and will be working in close collaboration with the different teams of the Corridor Fleet Renewal (CFR) program responsible for execution. They are responsible for the coordination, integration and oversight of the program governance. Throughout the processes, the Senior Project Manager plays a key decisional role to guarantee a qualitative, efficient and economic execution of the program and projects. They will be leading and managing large scale projects from the programs and business needs. The Senior project manager ensures project delivery, while following guidelines from the PMO. They will also have to ensure that projects under their responsibility provide the required results in terms of timeline, cost, quality, scope, risk and benefits.

• The incumbent can be based in Montreal or in Toronto

Responsibilities :

Project Management activities in a Major Program :

• Lead and initiate new capital projects under the envelop of a Major Program including the preparation of business cases for prioritization;
• Ensure progress of the different project phases with rigorous follow-ups of project delivery while respecting fixed deadlines;
• Establish and management of scope, budget, forecast, schedule, dependencies, risks, issues of each project;
• Define the project acceptance criteria and manage the quality process;
• Ensure collaboration between the different departments and business units, particularly the Operations, the PMO and Technical Services;
• Ensure that key decisions, change requests and usage of contingencies options are well documented;
• Prepare and participate to meetings are different committees at multiples levels including with suppliers;
• Ensure the elaboration of a communication and change management plan;
• Manage the workload of the project resources to ensure quality and timely project delivery;
• Support the Rolling Stock Acquisition (RSA) project with tracking milestones, project deliverables, budget and KPI.

Program governance :

• Ensure appropriate quality management processes (Gate Reviews) are implemented and rigorously followed;
• Produce and maintain program KPI;
• Lead the lessons learned process.

Internal clients project management activities :

• Lead and manage projects from internal business units while following PMO processes and industry best practices. Requirements :
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Administration with a minimum of 10 years in project management experience in the field of operations or transportation or large-scale program management. A combination of education and relevant experience may be considered;
• Basic understanding of Finance, Procurement, Maintenance and Operational processes;
• Experience in successfully executing projects involving vendor interactions and coordination of internal multifunctional teams;
• PMP Certified, strong asset;
• Hands-on knowledge of project management activities development and project management tools and methodologies such as Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent written and verbal proficiency in both official languages (English / French), strong asset;
• Aptitude to manage and mobilize a team;
• Capable to collaborate effectively with multifunctional teams;
• Exceptional planning and organizational competences;
• Strong communication skills; openness toward others;
• Disciplined, focused on quality, team player contributing to the success of projects with other knowledge workers;
• Excellent interpersonal skills, and the ability to establish and maintain effective work relationships within the team and with clients;
• Ability to work under tight deadlines and manage parallel activities as part of multiple projects. Strong ability to achieve results;
• Experience working in a matrix management environment;
• Creativity and resourcefulness in solving complex problems; demonstrated customer orientation;
• Good with numbers; strong analytical skills;
• Capacity to lead and influence team members by their attitudes and professional competence;
• Good negotiating skills and ability to influence others .

At VIA Rail, we are proud to be an employment-equity employer and we strive to form teams that reflect the diversity of Canadian society. We aim to remove barriers to employment accessibility and aspire to provide an inclusive and equitable work environment where everyone is valued, regardless of their identity or differences, to enable them to reach their full potential.

If you need assistance in making the recruitment process or the position you are applying for more accessible, please let us know. Alternate arrangements may be offered to individuals who request them at any stage of the recruitment process. All information received in relation to arrangements will be kept confidential.

Note that we will only contact those who are selected for an interview.

Why choose VIA Rail?

• A close knit team of happy co workers;
• Numerous opportunities for career advancement;
• An environment that supports employee health and well being;
• A wide range of health and wellness benefits for employees and their families, including unlimited telemedicine service;
• To contribute to a sustainable transportation service connecting Canadian communities;
• First as an employer of choice and as the most trusted carrier among transportation companies in the 2022 Canadian Reputation study published by Leger.

Join our 3,000 other employees in helping provide Canadians with a safe, accessible, environmentally sustainable way to travel!