Senior Project Manager

Sr. Project Manager

SALARY RANGE : $120k - $150k

About the Company

Our client is a Toronto-based energy transition company who has been helping clients in the built environment since 2003, save, sustain, and thrive by developing responsible energy and carbon management solutions.

With their team of like-minded climate crusaders, they are guided by our impassioned vision to take all of their clients to net-zero by 2050 and have won three consecutive Canadian Business Excellence Awards.

Since 2003, they have been developing custom energy and carbon management solutions for cost and consumption improvements, conservation and efficiency, and renewable generation.

The ideal candidate will :

Provide Senior Project Management and leadership capability to deliver innovative renewable energy, deep carbon and energy reduction infrastructure solutions for customers’ facilities which include university campuses, colleges, hospitals, long-term care facilities, municipalities, commercial buildings and industrials.

Responsibilities include :

Provide expert project management to oversee of the implementation of all assigned distributed generation, energy and carbon reduction projects, and assist in detailed feasibility studies, development, delivery and presentation of such.

This includes electrification of building heating systems using innovative heat pump applications, advanced RCx and controls leveraging proprietary technology, thermal energy and battery storage systems, ground and roof mount solar PV, on-site generation technologies and central plant heating and cooling systems.

• Manage project financial objectives based on budget, defined scope and schedule expectations by utilizing project management policies and procedures with regular reporting to the VP Clean Infrastructure Solutions
• Use your exceptional communication and organizational skills to exceed clients’ expectations, project performance and outcomes.
• Effective communication with utilities and implementation-specific engineers to ensure project success.
• Maintain the highest level of health and safety, quality and customer satisfaction while balancing project financial goals and timelines.
• Working collaboratively with clients and other stakeholders to create best value and achieve goals set out in each project charter.
• Serve as a mentor and leader to the project delivery team. Assist with the professional development and growth of the junior members.

Typical duties :

• Lead the project management team (project coordinator, construction manager, project engineers and project administration) to plan, resource, supervise and coordinate the activities of subcontractors, trades and engineering functions to assure successful project outcomes.
• Undertake project coordinator, construction manager and project administration roles and responsibilities on projects that are not assigned that level of resource as appropriate.
• Oversee project construction ensuring compliance with specifications, codes, bylaws, installation techniques, standards, and safety activities.
• Develop and maintain professional relationships with customers, consultants, subcontractors, and trade personnel. Lead all communication with project stakeholders including progress meetings.
• Work with project financial management function to prepare SOV’s (Schedule of Values) to ensure profitable completion of each project / task to effectively manage billings, cash and cost.
• Analyze financial, contract management and other management reports and tools to define project problems and solutions.

Assist in the analysis of financial impacts of contract risks.

• Hold responsibility for customer and manufacturer’s approval of detailed job submittals created for projects.
• Recommend and implement improved performance and increased efficiency on projects.
• Confer with management team to identify, plan, and develop methods and procedures to obtain greater efficiency, which includes the scheduling and sequencing of energy loads.
• Work with the account executives and business development functions in the creation of cost estimates for project proposals, studies and RFP responses.
• Presentation (as required) of project proposals to existing and potential customers.
• Cooperate and support interdepartmental, interdivisional, intercompany goals, directives and initiatives as and when required.

Experience / Requirements :

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical or mechanical engineering, Construction Management or Architecture or an Associate’s Degree with equivalent work-related experience and 10+ years of direct project management experience in the energy project and / or building construction industry.
• Professional engineer’s (P.Eng) license is considered an asset.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Certified Energy Manager (CEM) certification preferred.
• Specific experience in Healthcare, Municipal and / or Higher Education work environments is an asset.
• Specific experience in the delivery of ESCo style energy / carbon reduction projects where the results are guaranteed is highly preferred.
21 hours ago