Sr. Project Manager, Canada

Socket.dev; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RRSP Match - up to $5k

Extended Health Care

Dental Care

Life Insurance & AD&D

Weekly Indemnity

Long Term Disability

Job summary

Nordex SE seeks a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end execution of large wind projects in North America. You will manage governance, schedules, budgets, and stakeholder relationships, from sales handover to service transition.

The role demands 10+ years in wind project leadership, strong contract discipline, and travel across Canada/US. You will mentor teams and ensure HSE-first project delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management or related field.
• 10+ years in complex energy or wind project management, with large-scale project exposure.
• Proven ability to interact with customer executives and cross-functional teams.
• Experience mentoring project teams and leading governance across multiple workstreams.
• Eligible to work in Canada; ability to travel to the US as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project governance from Sales-to-PM handover through handover to Service.
• Manage integrated project performance balancing HSE, quality, schedule, cost, and cash collection.
• Serve as primary customer interface; communicate status, risks, decisions, and escalations.
• Maintain project controls: baseline schedule, critical path, risk registers, and change control.
• Coordinate with Commercial, Legal, Sourcing, and Finance on contracts and claims.
• Ensure compliance with Nordex QHSE policies and regulatory obligations.
• Mentor and coach project managers and multi-disciplinary teams.

Skills

Wind project management

Stakeholder management

Contract management

Scheduling & risk management

Leadership & mentoring

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Do you want to be part of an agile team where colleagueship truly matters?

As a global company, we interact with a variety of people and cultures. Integrity, Respect, Colleagueship and Ownership are the unifying force for all departments and regions around the world. It’s the individual that defines the team. And it’s the team that makes the difference. Join the #TEAMNORDEX and shape the future of energy with us.

POSITION SUMMARY

The role of Senior Project Manager, PM directly supports the company’s mission to develop and deliver clean power plants that make 100% renewable energy a reality for the world. The Senior Project Manager is accountable for leading the end-to-end execution of large, complex, and strategically important wind projects in the United States and Canada, from Sales-to-PM handover and execution readiness through installation, commissioning, customer handover, and transition to Service. This role is the primary customer-facing project/projectsleader and internal integrator across Commercial Project Management, Site Management, Engineering, Logistics, Construction, Quality, HSE, Sourcing, Legal/Contracts, Finance, and Service. The successful candidate brings deep North American wind-projectsexecution experience, strong commercial and contractual discipline, disciplined schedule and risk management, and the leadership maturity to influence senior customer executives, contractors, and global Nordex stakeholders while protecting safety, quality, margin, cash, and customer satisfaction.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Lead projectsexecution governance across the full project lifecycle, including Sales-to-PM handover, contract review, execution readiness, project team launch, weekly project meetings, operational plan reviews, customer reporting, commissioning, punch-list closure, customer handover, and PM-to-Service handover.
• Own integrated project performance for assigned projects, balancing HSE, quality, schedule, cost, margin, cash collection, contract compliance, customer satisfaction, and risk mitigation; ensure HSE has priority over quality, cost, and schedule when decisions are required.
• Serve as the primary customer interface for assigned projects, building trusted relationships with customer executives, construction leadership, owners engineers, contractors, and internal Nordex leadership; communicate status, risks, decisions, and escalations clearly and proactively.
• Establish and maintain project controls, including baseline schedule, critical path, milestone tracking, action logs, risk and opportunity registers, project forecast reviews, change control, claims strategy, cash collection plan, and documentation governance.
• Lead project forecast reviews focused on commercial management changes, risks and opportunities, liquidated damages exposure, contingencies, cash collection, tax/VAT considerations where applicable, and project cost-category assignment.
• Partner with Commercial Project Management, Legal/Contracts, Sourcing, and Finance to manage contractual obligations, change orders, claims and counterclaims, extensions of time, invoicing, additional payments, back-to-back subcontractor positions, and dispute avoidance/resolution.
• Support execution readiness bycoordinating the PM Ops reporting to the project/projects, by confirming project team structure, resource needs, site and construction readiness,logistics/material availability, contractor readiness, crane and installation planning, quality plan readiness, and required Nordex systems/tools setup.
• Coordinate the definition and implementation of technical solutions with Engineering and relevant global functions; escrow design, grid, commissioning, SCADA, quality, or technical issues with fact-based options and clear recommendations.
• Ensure robust schedule management, including weekly operational plan updates, monthly operational plan release, critical-path analysis, delay reporting, recovery planning, and early identification of threats toBoP, logistics, installation, commissioning, COD, TOC, and project handover milestones.
• Ensure all managed activities comply with Nordex QHSE policies, project-specific health and safety plans, local statutory requirements, quality control plans, ServiceNow/NCR processes, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory or contractual obligations.
• Exercise authority to intervene, stop, or prohibit work when an immediate HSE risk or improper handling of wind turbine components is identified; ensure timely reporting and closure of hazards, near misses, incidents, and corrective actions.
• Lead internal and external escalation of small, medium, and large project deviations using structured problem-solving, factual impact analysis, mitigation options, accountability assignment, and management communication.
• Coordinate project document management and digital project environments, including Teams/folder structure, PM tools, schedule files,Upvise/database inputs, contract summaries, lessons learned, handover documentation, punch lists, commissioning documentation, and evidence for contractual milestones.
• Support negotiation strategy with subcontractors, contractors, engineering, construction, transportation, cranes, and logistics providers to protect project deliverables, improve competitiveness, and enhance margins.
• Mentor Project Managers,SiteManagers,PQM,PMOps, LPM, TPMs, and project team members; coach teams on project governance, customer communication, risk management, commercial discipline, and Nordex processes.
• Represent Nordex professionally with customers, contractors, industry stakeholders, and global counterparts; reinforce Nordex values, ethical conduct, and a collaborative customer-service mindset.
• Travel to project sites, customer offices, contractor locations, and Nordex offices as required to support project delivery, escalations, safety leadership, customer engagement, and major milestones.
• Perform other responsibilities as assigned, including temporary coverage of Project Manager responsibilities for critical projects or absences when business needsare required.

Decision Authority & Escalation:

• Authority to lead project-level governance, assign actions within the project team, request functional support, and elevate resource gaps or cross-functional blockers.
• Authority to stop work or elevate immediate HSE or quality risks in accordance with Nordex QHSE policy and project/site requirements.
• Responsible for recommending mitigation, recovery plans, change-order strategy, claims positioning, contingency usage, and customer communication approaches for management approval as required.
• Expected to identify and escalable deviations affecting critical path, major cost impact, contractual exposure, site team availability, quality standstill, or HSE severity using Nordex escalation protocols.

WHAT YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Project Management, or related discipline required; equivalent extensive industry experience may be considered.
• 10+ years of relevant experience managing complex energy, infrastructure, industrial, or large-scale construction projects, with preference for candidates having 15-20 years and substantial utility-scale wind execution experience in the United States and/or Canada.
• Minimum 8+ years in wind project management, wind construction, project operations, installation, logistics, commissioning, or comparable renewable-energy project execution leadership.
• Proven track record managing multiple large-scale projects or a portfolio of major project workstreams, including customer governance, contractor management, contract administration, financial forecasting, claims/change management, and execution recovery.
• Prior experience interacting successfully with customer executives, developers, owners’ engineers, construction management teams, senior internal leadership, and global functional stakeholders.
• Experience in mentoring or leading project managers and cross-functional project teams is strongly preferred.
• Must be able to work in Canada with no Company sponsorship and have the ability to travel to the US for training.
• Ability to successfully complete all Canadian regulatory laws surrounding pre-employment screening requirements.
• Driving is an essential function of the job. Must possess a full valid driver’s license and be insurable under our auto insurance policy. This position will be subject to periodic driver’s abstract checks to confirm continued insurability.

The pay for this role is exempt at $120k - $150k CAD salary with up to a 15% bonus. Individual compensation packages are based on various factors unique to each candidate, including skill set, experience, qualifications, and other job-related factors.

In addition to the opportunity to make our world a little more sustainable, we offer you:

• Basic Life and AD&D
• Dependent Life
• Optional Life & Spousal Optional Life
• Optional AD&D
• Weekly Indemnity
• Long Term Disability
• Extended Health Care
• Dental Care
• RRSP Match - up to $5k based upon what you contribute

Equal Opportunity:

Nordex adheres to a policy of equal employment opportunity and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

DEI:

We are committed to creating an environment and culture in which Diversity and Inclusion is recognized as a true opportunity and value for the organization. We welcome you to learn more by visiting this link:Diversity & Inclusion - Nordex SE