Project Manager

Job Description

Remarkable people, trusted by clients to design and advance the world.

Wood is recruiting for a Project Manager to join its Process & Chemical business focusing on providing comprehensive Transmission, Distribution, and Renewable project solutions across North America. This opportunity is Hybrid.

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The Role

Wood is currently seeking a highly motivated Project Manager to join our Process & Chemical team based in Vancouver, BC office, or remote work from the BC Interior. This role has overall responsibility for the successful execution of Transmission, Substation and Distribution projects. If you have a successful track record and thrive on challenges in a fast-paced environment, this is the opportunity for you.

Our Clients and Projects

Designing the future. Transforming the world.

Wood provides comprehensive Transmission, Distribution, and Renewable project solutions across North America, supporting utility and industrial clients in delivering reliable energy infrastructure.

What we can offer

• Meaningful and interesting projects delivered to industry leaders across power delivery and energy infrastructure sectors
• Flexible remote working arrangements that balance client, team, and individual needs
• Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion across our business with employee networks committed to giving all employees a voice
• Competitive salary with regular salary reviews to ensure we are rewarding at the right level in line with the market. Salary range for this position is CAD 140,000 - 170,000 per year.
• Flexible benefits package that can be adapted to suit your lifestyle
• Commitment to continued professional development through development plans tailored to individual needs and interests
• Global connections with leading industry experts around the world who are shaping the standards of our profession

In our recruitment and hiring process at Wood Canada Ltd., we want to emphasize that we do not employ artificial intelligence or automated systems to screen or select candidates. We are committed to ensuring fairness and inclusivity by relying on the expertise from a team of professional recruiters for the application reviews, interviews, and qualification assessments.

Responsibilities

• Safe, environmentally responsible, timely and on-budget delivery of substation, transmission and distribution projects on an EPCM basis.
• Successfully manage the project/program through its lifecycle, starting from project feasibility/definition, development of the project plan, scope, budget, schedule, procurement and contracting strategies, through to the engineering, procurement, and construction phases.
• Contributes to and reviews the project proposal and plan to determine timeframe, procedures for accomplishing the project, staffing requirements, and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project. Contributes to setting project evaluation parameters.
• Establishes project procedures and leads production of comprehensive project documentation including project plans, cost estimates, and schedules at various stages of project delivery, providing a clear roadmap for project teams.
• Responsible for delivery of agreed upon schedule and financial performance, proactively intervening to avoid slippage.
• Coordinate project team members and sub-contractors, as well as the client to ensure cost effective, efficient, safe, and timely completion of projects to meet and/or exceed client expectations.
• Maintains effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders (i.e. external clients, local governments, the public, and First Nations) throughout the project lifecycle.
• Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the client. Creates and issue monthly status reports to the project sponsors, the client and management regarding the overall project progress and performance, utilizing client systems where appropriate.
• Guides and directs a multidiscipline project team, which may include external specialists and involve staff from multiple offices and sites.
• Manage relationships with external suppliers and sub-contractors to resolve any cost, schedule, and quality issues as they arise.
• Coordinate safety and constructability reviews and engineering progression design review meetings.
• Negotiates changes to project scope or specification with the customer. Follows Change Management process to identify and approve modifications to scope, cost, schedule, and quality.
• Leads ongoing focus on management of project risks and key performance indicators through proactive risk identification and mitigation strategy development.
• Responsible for the project HSSE leadership, ensures a program of initiatives and auditing schedule are established and that HSSE and quality management issues are proactively addressed.
• Complete onsite field visits, mainly within British Columbia, as required to assist with seamless project monitoring and execution.
• Facilitates the setup of information management systems / applications as applicable to suit various life phases of projects and manage information management project team.
• Mentor and train junior project managers and project services support staff

Authorization to work lawfully in Canada without sponsorship from Wood is required.

Qualifications

What makes you remarkable?

At Wood, we are committed to equal opportunities and welcome all talented individuals to consider joining our team. So even if you don't match every statement below but feel you have some of the experience, knowledge or skills needed for this role, we encourage you to apply. It will take all of us working together to deliver solutions to the world's most critical challenges.

Expected:

• Engineering Degree from a recognized university along with a Professional Engineering Designation with EGBC and a Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of pertinent engineering or operations experience on transmission, substation, or distribution projects, including at least 4 years of increasing responsibility as a project manager.
• Proven project management experience and experienced in stakeholder management, risk and change management processes, various contract models and sound knowledge of project scheduling, monitoring, and forecasting techniques.
• Valid driver's license and clean driving abstract.
• Available to travel within AB & BC

About Us

Wood is a global leader in consulting and engineering, helping to unlock solutions to critical challenges in energy and materials markets. We provide consulting, projects and operations solutions in 60 countries, employing around 35,000 people. www.woodplc.com

Diversity Statement

We are an equal opportunity employer that recognises the value of a diverse workforce. All suitably qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective criteria and without regard to the following (which is a non-exhaustive list): race, colour, age, religion, gender, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or other characteristics in accordance with the relevant governing laws.