Senior Specialist, Program Management

L3Harris is dedicated to recruiting and developing high-performing talent who are passionate about what they do. Our employees are unified in a shared dedication to our customers’ mission and quest for professional growth. L3Harris provides an inclusive, engaging environment designed to empower employees and promote work-life success. Fundamental to our culture is an unwavering focus on values, dedication to our communities, and commitment to excellence in everything we do.

L3Harris is the Trusted Disruptor in defense tech. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, our employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains in the interest of national security.

Job Title: Senior Specialist, Program Management

Job Location: Montreal, QC

Job Code: 35034

Job Schedule: Day Shift

Compensation Range: Between $90,000 - $140,000 CDN annually

Essential Functions:

• Lead end-to-end project delivery for maine systems projects, from planning/handover through execution, installation, commissioning, sea trails/testing, and handover/closeout.
• Ensures major projects and programs are managed across company functional groups including finance, engineering, material, manufacturing, and quality.
• Lead strategic projects; and provide support with bids and proposal.
• Provide guidance and make decisions on project issues.
• Ensures compliance with internal program procedures and project control guidelines.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including scope definition, detailed schedules (using tools like MS Project), resource allocation, risk regisers, and mitigation strategies.
• Manage project budgets, cost control, forecasting, change orders/variations, and profitability (P&L responsiblity for assigned projects.).
• Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, stakeholders, classification societies, regulatory bodies, subcontractors, and internal teams. (engineering, procurement, production, installation, service.)
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams, including engineers, vendors, shipyard personnel, and offshore crews, while ensuring effective communication and collaboration.
• Monitor technical performance, design reviews, site surveys/pre-installation checks, (sometiems involving vessel visits.), and manage system integration/testing/commissioning activities.
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks, issues, and opportunities; implement corrective actions as needed.
• Produce regular progress reports and presentations for senior management and clients.
• Drive continuous improvement, lessons learned, and knowledge transfer across projects.
• Produce monthly project summary reports that include focus on EAC report predicting the total cost of a project at completion, based on actual performance so far and updated estimates for the remaining work.
• Keep management fully informed on progress.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (or higher) in Marine Engineering, Naval Architecture, Mechanical/Electrical Engineering, Maritime Technology, or a closely related field.
• 8+ years of relevant experience in marine/offshore project execution.
• Strong technical understanding of marine systems (e.g., electrical/power, automation, propulsion, or integration challenges).
• Familiarity with maritime standards/regulations.
• Excellent leadership, communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong ability to develop and track project schedules, manage risks, and monitor cost performance using established project management tools and processes.
• Experience coordinating project activities across engineering, procurement, and site teams to support design, testing, and implementation phases.
• Hands-on involvement in preparing project plans, technical documentation, change requests, and progress reports for internal stakeholders and clients.
• Demonstrated capability to manage vendor deliverables, monitor execution milestones, and support FAT/SAT and commissioning activities.
• Effective communicator able to translate project status, constraints, and decisions to technical teams, management, and external partners.
• Strong organizational skills with a track record of meeting deadlines, handling competing priorities, and driving tasks to completion.
• Willingness to travel (vessel visits, shipyards, client sites, offshore).
• Proficient with project management tools and software (MS Project, MS Office Suite, SharePoint, collaborative PM platforms).
• Demonstrated strong written and verbal communication skills both in French and English

Eligibility Criteria:

• Must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program;
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a government of Canada Reliability status and Secret Level 2/NATO Secret security clearance.

L3Harris is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and is committed to treating all of its employees and job applicants with respect and dignity and to maintaining a workplace free from discrimination. Anyone applying for a position will be considered without regard to the following: race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, nationality, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability, citizenship status, or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered, or any other characteristic that is protected by applicable human rights legislation.

L3Harris maintains a drug-free workplace and conducts pre-employment drug and alcohol testing and background checks, in accordance with applicable law. Such results are only accessible and viewed by individuals at L3Harris who have direct responsibility in the hiring process. If you fail to report for a drug and alcohol test, refuse to undergo such test or test positive for the presence of drugs or alcohol, the hiring process may be concluded or your offer of employment may be rescinded, in L3Harris’ sole discretion.

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At L3Harris, we foster an inclusive and equitable workplace. L3Harris is committed to treating all employees and applicants for employment with respect and dignity and maintaining a workplace that is free from unlawful discrimination. For applicants with disabilities, we will provide you with accommodation so that you have what you need in order to be at your best.

L3Harris performs background checks prior to employment as all applicants must be eligible for registration with the Controlled Goods Program and obtain and maintain a positive security assessment. Some positions may require a government of Canada “Reliability” status and/or Level 2 (Secret) security clearance. In addition, L3Harris performs pre-employment substance abuse testing where required.