Project Manager
Assignment Category
Nuclear Power / Energy / Infrastructure
Assignment Type
Long-term contract, potential to lead to full-time permanent based on performance
Location
Onsite at client location in Cambridge, Ontario. Travel to client sites as required.
About our Client
Our client is a leading Canadian organization with more than six decades of experience in the design, manufacturing, commissioning, and servicing of nuclear power generation equipment and related services. Its capabilities span critical nuclear components, fuel and fuel systems, plant services, and specialized manufacturing supporting complex, regulated environments.
Through a dedicated medical division, the organization also supports the global healthcare sector by developing, manufacturing, and delivering medical isotopes and radiopharmaceuticals used in life-saving diagnostic and therapeutic procedures worldwide.
Headquartered in Cambridge, Ontario, the organization employs approximately 1,800 people across multiple locations in Ontario and British Columbia and operates as part of a publicly traded, international nuclear technology enterprise. The organization is committed to empowering its workforce and fostering a collaborative, growth-oriented environment, encouraging continuous learning, innovation, and knowledge-sharing across all career stages. It values diverse skills, backgrounds, and experiences and provides opportunities for individuals to contribute meaningfully to nuclear innovation and global impact.
Role Description
As a Project Manager, you are accountable for managing the overall technical, cost, and schedule requirements of assigned contracts, ensuring company resources are effectively directed for successful contract execution. You will lead projects with influence, exercising control over budgets, schedules, and non-technical communication. This role requires a high degree of independence and emphasizes leadership through mentorship and coaching of less experienced Project Managers.
Deliverables
- Lead diverse, sometimes large (>15 members) teams, toward the successful execution of assigned contracts.
- Provides effective leadership through communicating expectations and instilling accountability.
- Directs the overall technical cost and schedule requirements on assigned contracts, including engineering and field services.
- Interfaces with customers to ensure that contract requirements are met including cost/schedule reporting, multi-phase design reviews and other engineering deliverables.
- Develops growth opportunities in the Nuclear Equipment business line.
- Takes corrective action as necessary to ensure compliance with technical specifications and schedule commitments.
- Develops proposals for component supply projects and leads technical and commercial negotiations.
- Coordinates subcontracting efforts to ensure that any outsourced work scopes meet all technical requirements.
- Leads negotiation of complex contract changes or claims and resolves any technical and/or commercial issues with customers and subcontractors.
- Analyzes the requirements with the customer, determines the strategy for the proposal and develops the execution plan for the project.
- Contributes to and reviews the project proposal or execution plan to determine time frame, cost, procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements and allotment of available resources to various phases of the project.
- Defines/designs activities (starting from existing solutions). Defines authority, roles and responsibilities for team members for unique requirements of the project.
- Manages change through defined change control process for the assigned process.
- Contributes to improving/developing systems, and with setting project evaluation parameters to improve profitability.
- Interprets contractual requirements and negotiates minor changes to project scope or specification with the project client/customer.
- Regularly reports project progress to senior management and/or the customer.
- Complex change management including claim management, bonus/penalty clauses (with significant risk).
Education, Experience and Qualifications
- A bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field.
- 15+ years of related experience, including at least 10 in project management within a project-based organization.
- Proven expertise in project planning, earned value management, and budget control.
- Experience with complex contract and client relationship management.
- Excellent communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
- Strong analytical capabilities with a knack for presenting large, complex data sets.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification considered an asset.
- Experience in the nuclear energy or power generation industry considered an asset.
- Proficiency in Oracle Primavera P6 and Microsoft Excel considered an asset.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Statement
SWC and our client believe diversity drives innovation. are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued and empowered to contribute. We encourage applications from women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities, visible minorities, and other underrepresented groups.
If you are interested in this opportunity and would like to learn more, please submit your resume to hr@strategicway.org. We thank all candidates for their interest, however only those selected to move forward will be contacted. SWC is an equal opportunity employer.