Project Manager

Overview

Senior Project Manager – Project Management – CONVERGIX Automation Solutions

Location: London, ON or Cambridge, ON

Company: CONVERGIX Automation Solutions – a global automation systems integrator that designs, builds, tests, and integrates custom solutions to automate customers' operations across diverse end markets.

Role Summary

The Senior Project Manager reports to the Director of Project Management and is responsible for managing cost, schedule, and scope while leading a cross‑functional project team. The role requires strong customer leadership, execution excellence, and the ability to deliver business results that meet or exceed Convergix expectations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver projects to customer satisfaction, on time, with a “beat the budget” mindset while managing and mentoring project team resources.
• Strictly adhere to and coach team members on Convergix’s project management fundamentals.
• Initiate and sustain project documentation consistent with the Convergix Project Workbook, including budget management, labor forecasts, risk register, schedule, open issues list, change management/ECO tracker, lessons learned, and final acceptance testing.
• Facilitate design reviews with special attention to scope creep while applying pre‑determined risk mitigation plans.
• Maintain a detailed schedule (MS Project for complex jobs) with a clearly identified critical path and ensure the customer and project team are aware of related constraints.
• Help the team identify unplanned costs and their root causes that feed into Convergix’s systemic problem‑solving efforts.
• Work closely with Engineering and Supply Chain to ensure timely design release, ordering of materials, and help develop Supplier Statements of Work for outsourcing of custom sub‑systems.
• Control all project changes that impact scope, schedule, budget, or FAT/SAT acceptance testing by logging initial change requests and following Convergix change management process.
• Document lessons learned during all project phases and document per Convergix standards.
• Lead customer review meetings for project proposals and initiate regular project updates to customers consistent with the Project Execution Map while interacting with all levels of management, clients, contractors, and vendors.
• Travel to customer site and oversee the Site Acceptance Testing and final buy‑off.
• Perform any additional reasonable tasks as required.

Qualifications and Experience

• Reliable transportation and the ability to travel within the United States and Canada.
• Project Management experience; PMP certification preferred.
• Technical capacity and experience in the custom automated equipment business is an asset.
• Experience managing a diverse portfolio of high‑value projects with new and existing customers.
• Team‑oriented approach to leadership.
• Highly developed problem‑solving skills.
• Facility proficiency is a must.
• At least six (6) years of experience in engineering or a related industry.
• At least two (2) years of experience in project management or a related field.
• Two (2) years from an accredited university with a degree in engineering or a related field.
• Two (2) years of progressively responsible engineering experience or any combination of experience and training that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities.

Physical Demands

• Regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to feel objects, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, talk, and hear.
• Occasionally lift or move up to 25 pounds.

Perks of Being Part of the Team

• RRSP with company match.
• OT after 40 hours for hourly employees.
• Long‑term disability.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Virtual online Tele‑health.
• Benefits Plan that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage.
• Profit sharing.

What Does CONVERGIX Value?

• Integrity – Respect, Transparency, Commitment.
• Excellence – Continuous Improvement, Innovation, Collaboration, Communication.
• Passion – Momentum, Sense of Urgency, Growth, Success, Velocity.

CONVERGIX Automation Solutions has an accommodation program in place that provides reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities. If you require a specific accommodation because of a disability or a medical need, please contact Human Resources.