Project Manager

Project Manager

We're looking for a Project Manager to lead complex automation projects from concept to completion. As a Project Manager, you'll be the driving force behind multi-million dollar initiatives - ensuring quality, timeliness, and customer satisfaction. If you're a strategic thinker with a passion for leadership, risk management, and delivering results, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

WHAT'S IN IT FOR YOU

Benefits:

• Compensation: $96,000 to $132,000 CAD Annually
• Annual Performance-Based Incentive Bonus
• 5% RRSP match
• Stock purchase plan
• Benefits package (health and dental) + $600 health spending account
• Half-Day Fridays
• Working on challenging engineering projects.
• Continuous learning and career growth with global mobility opportunities.
• A chance to contribute to something bigger - advancing the future of healthcare through automation.

Job Description

• Manages the day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple or large-scale automation projects <$10M in combined volume in order to provide a quality machine, on time and under budget
• Leads the project team to execute projects on schedule, at or below budget delivering the contracted scope of work to all applicable codes and standards.
• Key customer contact for assigned projects. Responsible for customer satisfaction. Maintain regular contact (verbal and written) with key customer representative(s) ensuring all key project events and issues are documented in writing.

Manage project risks including:

• Assessment and Identification of risks
• Develop and Implement Risk Mitigation Plan(s)

Project Planning:

• Oversee project schedule development and identify all critical path activities.
• Manage project resources. Ensures that adequate resources are assigned to all project tasks.

Project financial management:

• Working with the financial analyst, ensure all billings and invoicing is submitted on time. Ensure all project deliverables are accomplished and supporting documentation is prepared for each project milestone payment. Obtain necessary FAT, SAT any other customer approvals needed to enable on-time payment including Final payment and project closure.
• Project Forecasting – Prepare accurate financial and resource forecasts. Prepare reports as required by ATS Management.

Team Leadership:

• Encourages and mentors employees to ensure that the build team’s morale and efficiency is maintained at the highest level.
• Manage projects and project teams in accordance with all applicable ATS procedures. Ensure project teams follow the required procedures. Conduct regular team meetings and issue weekly project updates to the project team.

Compliance:

• Safety – Ensure that all project activities are conducted in accordance with ATS and Legal standards. Ensure that a PSHSR is prepared and acted upon.
• Demonstrate leadership in Health, Safety and Environment compliance.
• Hold team members accountable for health, safety and environmental compliance as part of the annual performance review process.
• Carry out hazard assessments, inspections, and audits as required by legislative framework and/or corporate requirements.
• Ensure that appropriate equipment, materials and protective devices are provided and maintained in safe condition.
• Provide information, instruction and supervision to employees.
• Take every precaution reasonable in the circumstances for the protection of employees.

Customer Relationship Management:

• Pro-actively handle customer concerns
• Elevate customer issues when required to the next level of ATS management
• Assists Applications Engineering with preparing quotations and customer interaction.

Management Reporting:

• Attend the project status meeting as requested by the Program Manager and/or Director, Project Management.
• Project Change Management: Ensure customer caused / requested changes are executed by the team only after receipt of customer agreement.

Qualifications

Education:

• Post- secondary college diploma, engineering degree or equivalent, specializing in electronics, electrical, mechanical or controls engineering; Completion of or in the process of achieving the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is an asset.

Experience:

• Must have experience managing automation projects in excess of $5 million with multiple disciplinary teams.
• Must have a proven track record of providing positive leadership and coordination to a multi-disciplined project design and construction team.
• Must have acted in a leading role with a minimum of three years’ experience in a variety of projects/markets on a multidiscipline team.
• Preference will be given to those who possess an excellent manufacturing or process engineering background, a superior mechanical aptitude and proven trouble-shooting skills.
• An ability to work effectively with customers according to deadlines and under pressure-filled conditions is essential.
• In addition, must be familiar with the use of computerized word processing and computerized spreadsheets and AutoCAD or similar drawing package.

Key Attributes:

• Leadership
• Negotiator / Dealmaker
• Problem solver
• Customer skills (management, satisfaction, relationship building)
• Technical
• Business knowledge and experience

Health, Safety & Environmental

All employees have the responsibility to work in a safe manner and report any health, safety or environmental concern to their manager or supervisor in a timely manner.

Health, Safety and Environment include:

• Work in compliance with divisional health, safety and environmental procedures
• Refrain from removing or altering safety devices or guarding unless hazardous energies are controlled through lockout-tagout methods
• Report any unsafe conditions or unsafe acts
• Report defect in any equipment or protective device
• Ensure that the required protective equipment is used for the assigned tasks
• Attend all required health, safety and environmental training
• Report any accidents/incidents to supervisor
• Assist in investigating accidents/incidents
• Refrain from engaging in any prank, contest, feat of strength, unnecessary running or rough and boisterous conduct