Project Manager - OPG Site

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth.

That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down.

Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more : www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position :

Employment Type : Permanent

Employment Level : Senior

Location : 910 Brock Road , Pickering, Ontario

Department : OPG Sites and Services

Reports to : Section Manager, OPG Site Engineering Services

Hours per week : 37.5

Number Required : 2

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment.

Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose : The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth : To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you.

We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.

• Innovation : Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity : The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level.

Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.

Competitive Compensation : We offer a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America.

Accountabilities : How You Will Make an Impact

• Apply a significant level of project management expertise to ensure projects are managed effectively (i.e., develop and manage scope, time, cost, performance, safety, communication, human resources, contracts, materials, risks, and quality).
• Accountability for advanced multidisciplinary projects with substantial scope and complexity and variable duration, covering a broad range of technical and commercial issues and with significant revenue and industry wide impact.
• Display strong leadership skills and independent judgement to be recognized by your peers and customers as a sound, practical and innovative project manager with extraordinary skills in the discipline.
• Take the lead role in consulting with clients and stakeholders to maintain strong relationships and enhance Kinectrics business capabilities
• Interact with a full range of skilled staff (e.g., Design Engineering, Nuclear Safety, Facility Staff, Procurement, and Construction) on highly unique or important matters
• Proactively and independently identify, investigate, and resolve complex project risks
• Provide timely and up-to-date project information, to Kinectrics Management, project team, and customer(s) in the form of proposals, reports, recommendations, and presentations
• Lead the development of new and innovative technical and project solutions and services to support customer needs beyond the scope of past practices or precedent.
• Manage vendor performance and support interdepartmental interfaces to achieve project goals.
• Identify and implement new and innovative solutions to resolve issues and enhance project efficiency while maintaining quality.
• Ensure that projects have an associated schedule including critical path, cost loading, Earned Value Analysis (EVA), relationships and logic ties, constraints, milestones, and codes
• Retain historical information for cost and schedule impact analysis for future work
• Independently plan, develop, write, and present major proposals
• Establish and communicate Project Execution Plans to define duties, responsibilities, and scope of authority to relevant stakeholders
• Provide mentorship and work direction to junior Kinectrics staff and review complex work of others for accuracy

What You Need to Succeed

• A four-year university degree in Engineering (Electrical / I&C, Nuclear, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil Engineering, and / or) or equivalent is preferred
• Experience : 6+ years of experience independently managing multi-disciplinary projects with significant scope and complexity demonstrating a clear understanding of project methodologies.

With clear demonstration of leadership skills and project management qualifications, applicants with lesser experience may be considered for a developmental position.

• Good working knowledge of basic generation plant design / operation related to Nuclear power plants, skid-based designs, or international power projects.
• Exceptional communications skills, written and verbal, formal and informal, in small and large groups.
• Ability to understand technical and business processes quickly, with initiative for continuous personal learning / improvement.
• Ability to learn and understand technical and business processes quickly and take initiative for continuous improvement.
• Ability to independently prepare and clearly present information to multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrates strengths in advanced and complex conflict resolution, problem-solving, and change management.
• High sense of personal accountability.
• Knowledge and experience in project accounting software (e.g., SAP), project scheduling software (e.g., Primavera P6), Microsoft Office tools and related project / technical software.
• The following are considered assets : Project management certification such as Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Project Management Professional (PMP) Ability to obtain Security clearance (or eligibility) for nuclear site access may be required Accreditation (or eligibility) as a licensed Professional Engineer of Ontario (PEO)
• Travel to multiple locations (including Greater Toronto Area, Kincardine and / or Tiverton) may be required.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.