Senior Project Manager, Power Generation

HDR; Saskatoon; On-site; CAD 159,000 - 209,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time away

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Project Manager for our Power Generation team in Canada. You will lead natural gas and renewable energy projects as Owner’s Engineer or Advisor, with responsibility for schedule, budget, and client relationships.

You will provide leadership to project teams, manage risks, review contracts, and mentor staff while ensuring quality deliverables and alignment with client expectations across multiple concurrent projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering is required.
• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license is required or recognized.
• MS Office and MS Project experience are essential; Access experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive and proactive client relationships.
• Achieve project schedule, quality, and profitability goals.
• Lead proposal development, review contracts, and assess service risks.
• Provide daily leadership to project teams and technical staff.
• Communicate project plans and deliverables to client and team; ensure quality and conformance.
• Monitor budget and schedule; develop recovery plans as needed.
• Identify scope changes and manage contracted work.
• Provide training and mentoring on project management and consulting issues.
• Guide design or consulting work within engineering scope.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

MS Access

Job description

Join HDR as a Senior Project Manager in the Power Generation team, responsible for leading natural gas and renewable energy generation projects as Owner’s Engineer or Advisor.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive and proactive client relationships.
• Achieve project schedule, quality, and profitability goals.
• Serve as proposal champion/manager and assist with proposal preparation, review of contract terms and conditions, and evaluate risks associated with the services being offered.
• Provide daily leadership to the project team and technical staff in completion of project activities.
• Provide regular communication and coordination within the project team and with the client such that the project work plan and the client’s expectations on deliverables are understood and aligned. Monitor project deliverables for quality, completeness and conformance to the client’s expectations.
• Proactively monitor and maintain the project budget and schedule. Develop appropriate recovery plans in the event of potential shortfalls.
• Monitor the contracted scope of work and identify scope changes.
• Provide training and mentoring to project team staff on project management and project consulting issues.
• Guide design or consulting work in the manager’s area of engineering expertise.
• Routinely report project progress to the local and regional accounting and operations team.
• All other duties as assigned.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP Certification
• Experience designing or managing simple cycle and combined cycle EPC projects as owner, owner’s engineer, OEM, or EPC contractor.
• Have the ability to handle multiple concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated business development skills.
• Good communication, leadership, planning, and mentoring skills.
• MS Office, Adobe, and other relevant software experience.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering
• 10 years related experience
• Minimum 5 years project management experience
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
• Commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, health, performance, and success, including medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full‑time regular positions; temporary and part‑time roles eligible for limited benefits.) The pay range for Vancouver, BC is $159,000 – $209,000.

Location

Primary Location: Canada‑Saskatoon
Other Locations: Canada‑Alberta‑Calgary, Canada‑British Columbia‑Vancouver

Schedule

Full‑time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Power Generation

EEO Statement

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.