Reporting to a Senior Project Manager, the project manager directly manages the delivery of assigned capital projects. This includes managing the multi-discipline projects involving architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical disciplines, etc. As the project team leader, the project manager defines project requirements with clients; coordinates the activities of in-house team members, private sector consultants, and contractors; and ensures that project scope, time, cost, and quality objectives are met.
The project manager ensures all phases of project activities comply with government and ministry legislation, policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures. A key component of this position is working with stakeholders and industry to achieve results, requiring extensive professional knowledge of project management principles including knowledge of procurement, design, and construction disciplines.
As the project team leader, the Project Manager identifies project requirements with clients; coordinates the activities of all that support the project including in-house team members, private sector consultants, and contractors; and ensures that project scope, time, cost, and quality objectives are met. The Project Manager ensures all phases of project activities comply with relevant Government legislation, policies, guidelines, standards, and procedures. A key component of this position is working with stakeholders and industry to achieve results, requiring extensive professional knowledge of project management principles including knowledge of procurement, design, and construction disciplines.
The primary responsibilities for the Project Manger include, but are not limited to:
- Managing the planning, execution, control, and closure of assigned capital projects within approved scope, cost, and schedule.
- Initiating and directing the development of business cases to evaluate alternative capital development solutions.
- Managing project expenditures through all stages of project implementation to ensure maximum value within approved budget.
- Collaborating with project team members to establish feasible milestone dates that incorporate critical events and the operational requirements of the clients.
- Directing consultants to ensure quality control of deliverables, such as building system start-up/verification reports, design reports and contract documents, and to ensure completeness and compliance with ministry standards and guidelines, and code requirements including LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design).
- Determining which risks are likely to affect the project scope, cost and/or schedule and evaluating the likelihood of such risk.
- Developing Ministerial briefings and correspondence on project-related issues.
- Managing consultant and architect contracts and determining payment of associated invoices.
- Working in a multidisciplinary workstream Project Management Office (PMO) environment within multiple interrelated projects.
