Sr. Project Manager (Steel Concrete)

What is the Opportunity?

As part of an alliance agreement Aecon Nuclear has been awarded a contract with Ontario Power Generation to support the Darlington New Nuclear Project (DNNP). Beginning in 2023 Aecon will support the validation phase design, procurement, early site preparation and site mobilization scope for the Construction of the Unit 1 Small Modular Reactor at the Darlington site.

The Sr. Project Manager role is a critical leadership position responsible for supporting work on the DNNP Nuclear Island bundle, reporting to the NI Project Director. This role will be supporting the steel concrete reactor building civil structures scope, and driving the critical path and focus on the constructability of the First of a Kind Small Modular Reactor. With a direct influence on business outcomes, the Sr. Project Manager serves as the driving force behind execution, stakeholder alignment, and issue resolutions, making this position vital to achieving key operational and financial goals.

What You'll Do Here :

• Responsible for overall coordination of project work in close cooperation with the Alliance Partner under the Project Integrated Contract to ensure collective focus on execution goals, and tracking / completion of all actions and deliverables across all work groups. More specifically, the Area Lead coordinates / ensures : Engagement into design and constructability reviews. Design to construction overall sequence is developed, consistently maintained / updated, and regularly reviewed for accuracy from design release package to construction. Creation and implementation of Action / Recovery Plans to address any schedule performance issues. Validation and monitoring of project metrics (Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule) for assigned work segments. Proactively manage risk and mitigation across the board of Partner. Any resource constraints impacting planned work are identified and reported. Any potential changes to Work are identified and mitigation are co-developed between the partner per the project change management procedure. Ensure all required materials and services have been identified and ordered, as well as any material delivery risks identified, and action / recovery plans assigned.
• Disposition lessons learned and opportunities, as requested by Lesson Learned Coordinator.
• To accomplish the above, the Area Lead will lead a functional team comprised of representatives from all departments across the project organization.
• Responsible for implementing the project readiness process for design, procurement up to manufacturing and construction execution.
• Attends (or arranges representation for) and supports project planning meetings, including T-meetings, integration meetings, internal and customer reporting meetings, etc (as required)
• Responsible for coordination of prerequisite and execution task readiness – includes schedule and risk review meetings with construction management, supervision, engineering, quality, procurement, and subcontractors to ensure logistics, execution strategy and schedule compliance are understood and achievable.
• Perform regular field tours to check work progress and meet with project site personnel.
• Review and approve purchasing requisitions, subcontracts, and invoice payments, within Limits of Authority.
• Participate in company-wide initiatives aimed at overall continuous improvement.

What You Bring to the Table :

We strongly encourage applicants who identify as Indigenous to apply to work with us on the Darlington New Nuclear Project. At Aecon, Indigenous is an umbrella term for First Nations (status and non-status), Metis and Inuit