Continuous Improvement Project Manager

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 Continuous Improvement Project Manager is a vital role within the Continuous Improvement (CI) team and the overall organization. Under the direction of the CI Director or Sr. Manager, this role is responsible for the implementation of assigned improvement initiatives as well as planning and implementation of Aecon CI program elements (Lean Construction tools and best practices, under our Building Smarter program) to enable our operations teams to achieve predictable, excellent and ever-improving results in project execution.

What You'll Do Here

• Overall : responsible for implementation of core corporate and sector CI program elements, including (not limited to) :
• Conditions of Satisfaction
• Last Planner System and other industry planning standards
• Standardization of best practices
• Problem solving tools, including active problem-solving efforts (kaizen & workshops, value stream mapping, A3, etc)
• Good understanding of lean assessment tools.
• CI / Lean training across the project / organization
• Construction collaboration tools / standards like Big Room, visual management, 5S, leader standard work, effective huddles / communications / meeting run streams
• Waste reduction efforts, including overseeing our waste reduction program / data / implementation efforts
• Single Point of Contact (SPOC) CI for their assigned area / project.
• Oversees / manages the project-based Continuous Improvement team (CI coordinators + any other roles).
• Maintains / manages the schedule and supporting tasks / action tracking related to the Continuous Improvement core deliverables and initiatives.
• Facilitates and chairs key stakeholder meetings related to key initiatives.
• Preparation and administration of communications (formal and informal) related to the promotion, development and implementation of CI deliverables & assigned initiatives.
• Prepares, maintains, and delivers presentations and training for CI deliverables and initiatives.
• Support analysis, screening, and evaluation activities on incoming input / proposed improvement initiatives from various sources (Waste Walks, lessons learned, KPI trends, field observations, etc.).
• Prepare supporting documents (procedures, templates, work aides, training material, etc.) for assigned initiatives.
• Coordination of activities across assigned projects and cross-sector stakeholders related to project-level and sector-wide improvements.
• Drafts CI Training Plans for implementation by corporate or sector training teams.
• Liaison and SPOC with Operations and support departments, sector training, Aecon University, and HR Systems (LMS) team as well as CI teams across other Aecon sectors.
• Adheres to the company’s sector quality program, and departmental policies and procedures.
• Operation within a budget assigned by the applicable manager, including development of estimates / budgets, regular review of cost performance for assigned initiatives / projects.
• Procurement (purchase requisitions, vendor coordination) of items as required to support initiatives.
• Responsible for supervision of all project CI team members for assigned project.
• Coordinate across all functions of the project as required to achieve assigned goals.

What You Bring to the Team :

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