Track Project Manager (Supporting the Go Expansion Program)

January 20 2025
Industries Consulting services
Categories Administrative assistant,
Toronto, ON • Full time

Job Description

  • (Internal Title: Project Management III)
    • The Project Manager will be responsible for managing specific projects within their designated corridor(s)
    • They will work closely with the Corridor Design Lead/Manager and other team members to ensure the successful execution of the projects
    • Responsibilities include developing project plans, coordinating design activities, monitoring project progress, managing project risks and issues, and ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of the design scope
    • Serve as the main point of contact for project-related communication and coordination with internal and external stakeholders
    • Deliver project technical strategies while providing administrative and discipline specific support and oversight to the OnCorr project Technical Management Office activities to ensure coordination of efforts and successful completion
    • Execute objectives and controls activities during the development and implementation phases of the OnCorr project in conjunction with Managers and project teams
    • Manage and contribute technical recommendations to the pre-construction process by reviewing all plans, and associated documents to ensure optimal coordination of projects throughout the RER network; develops recommendations for proposed projects consistent with strategic plan and business objectives
    • Implement standards and manage critical paths/milestones, by monitoring mechanisms for projects; regularly reports to Director on project status
    • Manages conflicts effectively to ensure resolution is reached with minimum disruption to workflow; tracks issues and manages the investigation of potentially serious situations that could impede the overall quality and management of projects and implements corrective measures; makes contingency recommendations to minimize negative cost impacts to minimize negative cost impacts
    • Execute and manage the assigned project or project elements from inception through to completion
    • Establish new project plans in consultation with stakeholders, including clients
    • Assign the human and material resources required to complete the project successfully
    • Formulate a resource allocation strategy and utilize this to distribute work and budgets
    • Authorize work management and project delivery control per the project plan
    • Monitor project staff performance to ensure excellence and adherence to specified deadlines
    • Review and ensure adherence to the overall scope, schedule, and budget
    • Identify risks and implement mitigation strategies and contingency plans
    • Supervise, track, and report on performance against project requirements, schedule, milestones, budgets, quality measures, and KPIs, and address issues with corrective actions as appropriate
    • Evaluate project effectiveness by consulting with clients and project staff

Working Conditions

  • Office-based

Qualifications

  • Experience:
    • Minimum of 8 years of experience in Project Management
    • Knowledge of railway corridor infrastructure and related construction projects
  • Education:
    • Completion of a degree in applied science, engineering, or a related discipline - or a combination of education, training and experience deemed equivalent
  • Licenses OR Certifications:
    • Holding a recognized Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
    • Valid Professional Engineering (P.Eng.) license recognized by the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) or equivalent qualification is preferred
  • Skills and Competencies:
    • Advanced skills in Microsoft Office
    • Proficient in Project Management software
    • Thorough understanding of prevailing Project Management methods
    • Expert knowledge of tools and metrics needed to evaluate project performance
    • Strong ability to identify and minimize risks in advance
    • Capability to detect, capitalize, and be sensitive to others' strengths
    • Strong supervision, delegation, and capacity development abilities
    • Detailed experience in effectively leading mid-sized multi-disciplinary project teams
    • Competent to perceive and ameliorate conflict and tension
    • Ability to arrange priorities and escalate competing risks to meet deadlines with minimum input from leadership
    • Keen eye for detail and adept problem-solving abilities
    • Must have demonstrated experience relaying and receiving information (written and verbal)
    • Expert ability to work collaboratively and independently in a structured, disciplined, technology-driven environment
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