Project Manager – Substations

The qualified candidate(s) will lead complex projects through their entire life cycle, including development, regulatory approvals, construction, and commissioning within a culture focused on safety and environmental excellence. They will provide outstanding project management skills and leadership of a project team throughout all phases of the project life cycle. Extensive experience in project development, stakeholder engagement, contract management and administration, scheduling, monitoring, tracking, reporting, and controlling projects within the electrical transmission lines andstationssector is required.

General Accountabilities :

• Lead and manage complex transmission lines and station projects.
• Implement quality assurance and control mechanisms by utilizing problem-solving techniques, audits and evaluations for ongoing project quality and continuous improvement.
• Manage and perform the entire life cycle of work programs, resolving performance issues, scheduling, and control.
• Define objectives, complete tasks, and produce deliverables critical to the project's success and in developing and implementing contractual agreements.
• Identify staffing, material, and project management support needs as required. Identify the project components, ensuring the project team understands the deliverables from start to finish.
• Manage risks related to the identification, quantification, response development, and response control throughout a project by establishing a project management process for identifying, analyzing, prioritizing, planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting.
• Develop and communicate risk response through acceptance, avoidance, or mitigation.
• Provide project management and facilitation services through all phases of systems project life cycles, including needs assessment, support business case development, support approval, project management implementation, and transition to operational status.
• Develop project strategies and plans and provide consultation and support for developing project management strategies pertaining to assets, technology, and systems. Identify opportunities for cost savings.
• Be responsible for the work of staff assigned to participate in the project teams or assist in other work activities by planning, organizing, assigning, and checking their work and giving advice, guidance, and direction as necessary.
• Accountable for developing and implementing project plans with subject matter experts. Plans include stakeholder engagement, real estate acquisition, safety, environmental, engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning.
• Perform other duties as required.
• Requires a strong knowledge of project management principles and business administration to plan, integrate, and coordinate all phases of substation projects, including engineering, procurement, construction, testing, and commissioning activities.
• Requires demonstrated experience leading complex electrical substation projects through the full project life cycle, from project initiation and scope development through detailed design, regulatory and environmental approvals, construction execution, commissioning, and closeout, within a safety-focused and environmentally responsible operating culture.
• Requires a solid understanding of electrical substation systems and infrastructure, including high-voltage equipment, protection and control systems, civil works, and interface with transmission and distribution networks, sufficient to effectively coordinate technical teams and manage risks.
• Requires working knowledge of project management systems and tools, including scheduling, cost control, risk management, document control, and reporting systems used to manage utility capital projects.
• This knowledge is typically acquired through a combination of formal post-secondary education in engineering, construction management, or a related discipline, along with progressive project management experience in the power or utilities sector.
• Requires experience in project management through all phases of a project life cycle, including needs assessment, business case development, approvals and stage gates, (i.e., environmental assessment, leave to construct, etc.), execution and commissioning.
• Requires experience managing multiple concurrent substation projects or work programs, leading cross-functional and contractor teams, and applying continuous improvement, quality management, and safety leadership principles.
• Requires 8-10 years of experiencein utility or EPC project environments, with several years directly related to electrical substations or power infrastructure projects.
• Demonstrates a solid adherence to safety policies and procedures and leads by example.
• Experience managing and controlling large capital infrastructure projects with such experience in linear infrastructure is regarded as valuable.
• Demonstrated professional communication skills, both oral and written, to communicate effectively.
• Demonstrated record of solving problems that require analysis of numerous variables and alternative solutions and exercising judgment.
• Demonstrated record of self-motivated behavior and perseverance to accomplish objectives despite obstacles.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate work (technical and non-technical) and work in a team environment.
• The ability to understand the business implications of decisions and the ability to strive to improve organizational performance.
• Flexibility and adaptability regarding changes to work, re-prioritization and managing multiple projects or tasks.
• The desire to assist others to meet their needs.
• The ability to build persuasive arguments based on logic and fact.
• The discipline to perform regular monitoring, control, and accurate reporting for projects.
• The ability to analyze financial results and data and take appropriate action.
• Willingness and ability to travel to project sites.

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