Senior Project Manager - Redevelopment & Major Projects

Fraser Health Authority; Surrey; On-site; CAD 76,000 - 109,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation up to 4 weeks

Employer paid benefits

Municipal pension plan

Maternity top-up 87%

Transit subsidy 50%

Job summary

Fraser Health, based in British Columbia, Canada, invites applications for a Senior Project Manager to lead complex facilities projects at a greenfield Cloverdale site. The role integrates a community hospital with a regional cancer centre, delivering services including virtual health, inpatient, outpatient, emergency and surgical care.

You will coordinate planning, design and construction, lead cross-functional teams, manage budgets, schedules and stakeholder relations, and support ongoing

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering or related field.
• Professional designation plus 7–10 years' experience in project planning/design/construction management.
• Experience leading large capital projects across a large multi-site organization.

Responsibilities

• Manage planning and implementation of new facilities, major renovations, and a portfolio of smaller projects from planning through completion.
• Establish project team structure; direct staff and consultants; conduct performance evaluations as required.
• Establish effective communications channels; provide frequent reports to Redevelopment leadership.
• Monitor plans, budget, scope, schedule, expenditures, client satisfaction and risks; report variances.
• Lead business plan development, feasibility studies, budgets and implementation planning.
• Coordinate site master plans and asset leveraging opportunities.
• Engage consultants and contractors; manage contracts and resolve disputes within authorized limits.
• Liaise with municipalities for permits and approvals.
• Maintain relationships to promote site interests and influence decisions.

Skills

Leadership within teams

Project management

Communication

Detail-oriented

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Engineering/Interior Design

Professional designation

Job description

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $55.25 - $79.42 / hour

Job Summary

Are you passionate about making a difference? Are you innovative, energized by ever-new challenges, and the opportunity to do things differently? Join us on an exciting landmark project and make history!

Located on a greenfield site in Cloverdale, this project is the first net new hospital in BC in nearly 20 years. This is your opportunity to apply creativity, skill, intuition and perseverance to inspire, and get results. To build something big. Something meaningful for tomorrow. And to create lifelong memories and relationships along the way.

The project is complex and involves the integration of a community hospital with a regional cancer centre under one roof. This future focused hospital promises to be progressive in its clinical care delivery. When complete, the new facility will feature key acute care services including virtual health, inpatient, outpatient, emergency and surgical services integrated with a cancer centre focused on cancer care, treatment, research and education.

Connect with us!

Joining our team offers you opportunities to work in a rapidly growing organization with health professionals who are excellent in their respective fields. Fraser Health offers opportunities for career growth and advancement and competitive benefits, including but not limited, to:

• Start earning up to four weeks of vacation in your first year
• Comprehensive 100% employer paid benefits
• Immediate enrollment in a defined municipal pension plan
• 87% maternity top-up
• 50% subsidy on TransLink passes

*Eligibility based on employment status

Detailed Overview

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and supporting the planning, design and/or implementation of assigned large facilities projects with a high degree of complexity, including project planning, project management, communications, and contract management. Supervises assigned staff and provides leadership by directing work teams, contractors and consultants to ensure accountability and performance.

Responsibilities

1. Manages the planning and implementation of new facilities, larger renovation projects, and/or a portfolio of smaller projects from the initial planning and design stages through to implementation and completion; provides support by conveying policies and priorities, directing work and ensuring issues are resolved or escalated to appropriate level(s) to meet project deliverables and timelines.
2. Establishes project team structure by gathering input from stakeholders, identifying needs and skills required; directs and supervises assigned staff by assigning work, orientating staff, developing and implementing appropriate staff development and retention plans; conducts performance evaluations as required.
3. Establishes effective communications channels to ensure stakeholders are fully engaged and aware of project status; provides frequent clear and concise reports toRedevelopment leadership regarding ongoing issues, progress updates, challenges and opportunities.
4. Carries out project plans according to establishedRedevelopment project methodologies and systems to ensure successful and coordinated completion of project components by facilitating consensus with stakeholders. Monitors project charter, plans, budget, scope, schedule, expenditures, client satisfaction and risks; reports on variances and impacts to deliverables, and makes recommendations toRedevelopment leadership to mitigate cost overruns, maintain adherence to allocated budgets and timelines, and ensure delivery of a successful project.
5. Leads business plan development for large capital projects through the preparation of feasibility studies, analysis and solution development, development of the project charter, functional requirements, scope and design concepts, budgets and implementation planning.
6. Manages strategic space and facility planning initiatives including development of site master plans, regional planning studies, capital funding strategies and asset leveraging opportunities.
7. Serves as aRedevelopment site coordinator monitoring all planning and project activities on designated site(s), including those led by other site Redevelopment teams, identifying areas of overlap, conflict, and coordination; liaises with site andRedevelopment leadership to identify, recommend and implement management strategies.
8. Leads and oversees planning, design and contract preparation by engaging clinical planners, equipment planners, design consultants and various user groups for assigned projects; reviews and signs off schematic designs, design development documents, and working drawings and specs for functionality, attainment of program/facility needs, adherence to technical standards and specifications, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the design solution, consistency with best practices, energy & environmental sustainability, and building code compliance. Leads and/or facilitates all stages of project construction and operational commissioning.
9. Leads the engagement of professional consultants and contractors with support from Procurement; manages established contracts and oversees performance to ensure that consultants and contractors complete on obligations and deliverables; negotiates changes and resolves disputes within authorized limits.
10. Liaises with the Planning and Engineering Departments of various municipalities in geographic areas supported by Fraser Health; negotiates and establishes requirements and approvals for facilities projects such as development, building and rezoning permits, as needed.
11. Establishes and maintains a network of relationships and influence in order to promote site interests and issues and to influence decision making affecting project outcomes with internal groups/departments. Monitors adherence to established quality control/risk management protocols. Identifies, communicates, and works with appropriate stakeholders to mitigate potential risk management issues. Manages ongoing customer relations. Ensures Fraser Health's interests are represented in resolution of problems.
12. Manages the recruitment, orientation and professional development of employees through the formal assessment of training needs and development of training plans; ensures staff are knowledgeable and fully understand their roles and responsibilities.
13. Updates department knowledge of current and emerging facility design and innovations through evidence-based design concepts; uses design and construction research in the development and updating of design and construction standards and guidelines. Develops and coordinates facilities planning practices principles, standards and policy through application of evidence-based best practice and LEAN principles.

Qualifications

Education and Experience

Bachelor's degree in Architecture, Interior Design, Engineering or related field. Professional designation plus seven (7) to ten (10) years' recent, related, progressive experience in all phases of project planning/design/construction management for a large complex multi-site organization, or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities

• Knowledge of capital project planning and implementation processes including design, construction and procurement within current standards, codes, bylaws and regulations.
• Comprehensive knowledge of project management principles and methodologies and ability to coach team members on these skills.
• Ability to interpret construction drawings and construction specifications.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage planning, design and construction projects simultaneously.
• Broad knowledge of patient care delivery systems in primary, acute and community settings.
• Understanding of available resources for projects and applicable stakeholder groups including feedback and detailed analysis on project processes.
• Ability to supervise and provide direction to team members.
• Demonstrated ability to identify, plan, organize, prioritize and implement projects in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated ability to work within a dynamic project environment with changing priorities.
• Demonstrated attention to detail.
• Ability to operate related equipment including related software applications.
• Physical ability to perform the duties of the position.

About Fraser Health

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 50,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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