Senior Project Manager – Industrial Construction & Commissioning

Peter Lucas Project Management Inc.; Calgary; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health And Dental Benefits

Pension Matching Program

Job summary

Peter Lucas Project Management Inc. is seeking a senior Project Manager to oversee a multidisciplinary industrial project, including construction, commissioning, operational handover, and closeout.

The role involves collaboration with engineering, construction contractors, controls, operations, and maintenance, with travel to a remote northern Saskatchewan site and regular fly‑in/fly‑out assignments. The successful candidate will lead cost, schedule, safety, quality, risk, and contract

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of project management experience within industrial projects.
• Strong capability in coordinating multidisciplinary teams and contractors.
• Experience overseeing construction, commissioning, handover, and closeout.
• Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder-management, and decision-making skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead project execution across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
• Manage project budget, schedule, planning, safety, quality, risk, and contract performance.
• Coordinate multiple contractors, suppliers, engineering disciplines, and site stakeholders.
• Develop and manage construction and commissioning plans and schedules.
• Monitor contractor progress against baseline schedules and identify mitigation strategies for schedule impacts.
• Oversee project cost management, forecasting, change management, and progress reporting.
• Review and manage RFIs, material requirements, contractor deliverables, and project documentation.
• Review contractor schedules, resource plans, progress curves, and execution strategies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary construction activities involving civil, mechanical, piping, electrical, instrumentation, and supporting infrastructure.
• Lead commissioning planning, risk reviews, system turnover, and handover to operations and maintenance.
• Oversee punch-list completion and operational readiness activities.
• Review contracts and change orders and support claims management when required.
• Lead project meetings and prepare weekly and monthly project reports and presentations.
• Maintain project risk registers and identify opportunities to reduce cost, schedule, and execution risk.
• Promote a strong safety culture and participate in site safety reviews, risk assessments, and incident investigations.
• Support final project turnover, documentation, and closeout.

Job description

Peter Lucas Project Management Inc. is seeking a senior Project Manager to oversee a multidisciplinary industrial project, including construction, commissioning, operational handover, and closeout.

The role involves collaboration with engineering, construction contractors, controls, operations, and maintenance, with travel to a remote northern Saskatchewan site and regular fly‑in/fly‑out assignments. The successful candidate will lead cost, schedule, safety, quality, risk, and contract