Sr. Manager, Project - New Nuclear

AECON

The Role

Overview

Senior manager overseeing new nuclear build projects and driving business development.

Key Responsibilities

  • estimates
  • schedules
  • risk register
  • rfqs
  • constructability
  • procurement

Tasks

-Track team performance, providing feedback and support to maintain high standards. -Lead or participate in regular project meetings with project teams and clients to ensure deliverables and milestones are on target. -Strategize and develop RFQs & RFPs, working closely with US and Canadian BD and Operations teams, leading functional support teams as necessary to win. -Oversee, participate, and lead in the development and submission of nuclear construction estimates, schedules, risk registrars, and related planning deliverables. -Oversee the quality of work produced by the team, ensuring it meets required standards and specifications. -Advance means and methods for construction of proposed projects and technologies, including fabrication, modularization, sequencing, and durations. -Validate and monitor project metrics (Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule) for assigned work segments. -Create and implement Action/Recovery Plans to address schedule, quality, cost, or project profit performance issues. -Ensure you and your family receive the services needed to support your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. -Ensure adherence to safety standards, regulations, and company policies. -Maintain clear and effective communication with the team, stakeholders, and clients. -Identify and order required materials and services, addressing any material delivery risks with action/recovery plans. -Lead a functional team comprising representatives from all relevant departments, including Proposals, Estimates, Construction, Engineering, Client Representatives, and Project Controls/Planning. -Provide status and progress reports to customers, project teams, and management. -Identify, develop, and advance leads in the US new build nuclear sector, including strategic alliances, partnerships, and customers. -Coordinate project work groups to ensure unified focus on execution goals and tracking/completion of all actions and deliverables. Lead or participate in regular project meetings with project teams and clients to ensure deliverables and milestones are on target. Develop, maintain, and oversee company priorities, project teams and resources, project execution strategies, and related schedules. Validate and monitor project metrics (Safety, Quality, Cost, Schedule) for assigned work segments. Oversee, participate, and lead in the development and submission of nuclear construction estimates, schedules, risk registrars, and related planning deliverables. Advance means and methods for construction of proposed projects and technologies, including fabrication, modularization, sequencing, and durations. Identify, evaluate, and solve constructability and planning issues specific to projects. Create, evaluate, and implement ideas that improve designs, or construction planning that enhance constructability and Aecon’s competitive advantage. Prepare site setup and layout plans to facilitate optimal construction execution. Create and implement Action/Recovery Plans to address schedule, quality, cost, or project profit performance issues. Identify and report resource constraints impacting planned work. Identify potential changes to work per the project change management procedure. Collaborate with broader team leadership to produce, validate, and maintain a staffing plan and Manpower Loading Forecast (MFL) for assigned scope. Identify and order required materials and services, addressing any material delivery risks with action/recovery plans. -Identify potential changes to work per the project change management procedure. -Deliver and lead presentations and meetings to key stakeholders, ensuring proper communication of evaluations, deliverables, and nuclear construction insights. -Identify training needs and opportunities for team members to enhance skills and performance. -Prepare site setup and layout plans to facilitate optimal construction execution. -Develop, maintain, and oversee company priorities, project teams and resources, project execution strategies, and related schedules. -Lead a functional team comprising representatives from all relevant departments, including Proposals, Estimates, Construction, Engineering, Client Representatives, and Project Controls/Planning. Ensure all internal and client business processes are communicated and followed by the appropriate level of supervision. Assign tasks and allocate resources effectively to meet project goals. Track team performance, providing feedback and support to maintain high standards. Identify training needs and opportunities for team members to enhance skills and performance. Maintain clear and effective communication with the team, stakeholders, and clients. Ensure adherence to safety standards, regulations, and company policies. Oversee the quality of work produced by the team, ensuring it meets required standards and specifications. Attend and support project planning meetings, including integration meetings, internal and customer reporting meetings. Provide status and progress reports to customers, project teams, and management. Ensure adherence to all policies, standards, and procedures, including Safety, Quality, Code of Conduct, and Business Ethics Perform additional duties as delegated by the Director and/or VP of the New Build Nuclear Program. -Identify and report resource constraints impacting planned work. -Ensure adherence to all policies, standards, and procedures, including Safety, Quality, Code of Conduct, and Business Ethics -Coordinate project work groups to ensure unified focus on execution goals and tracking/completion of all actions and deliverables. -Collaborate with Aecon senior management and business development (BD) teams to advance priorities in the US for new build nuclear planning and construction. Identify, develop, and advance leads in the US new build nuclear sector, including strategic alliances, partnerships, and customers. Strategize and develop RFQs & RFPs, working closely with US and Canadian BD and Operations teams, leading functional support teams as necessary to win. Deliver and lead presentations and meetings to key stakeholders, ensuring proper communication of evaluations, deliverables, and nuclear construction insights. -Assign tasks and allocate resources effectively to meet project goals. -Ensure all internal and client business processes are communicated and followed by the appropriate level of supervision. -Perform additional duties as delegated by the Director and/or VP of the New Build Nuclear Program. -Attend and support project planning meetings, including integration meetings, internal and customer reporting meetings. -Collaborate with Aecon senior management and business development (BD) teams to advance priorities in the US for new build nuclear planning and construction. -Collaborate with broader team leadership to produce, validate, and maintain a staffing plan and Manpower Loading Forecast (MFL) for assigned scope. -Create, evaluate, and implement ideas that improve designs, or construction planning that enhance constructability and Aecon’s competitive advantage. -Identify, evaluate, and solve constructability and planning issues specific to projects.

Requirements

  • project management
  • pmp
  • bachelor's
  • 15+ years
  • nuclear
  • ms office

What You Bring

-Excellent budgeting, costing, and scheduling skills. -Bachelor’s degree or diploma in construction management, engineering, or another relevant field with a focus on nuclear construction. Certification in project management professional (PMP) preferred. Minimum of 15 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years in an EPC/Service in nuclear power construction environment. 10 years’ construction experience in a supervisory capacity in the nuclear sector. Experience in mechanical component replacement and specialty welding preferred. Demonstrated knowledge of nuclear project work, financial operations, project control methods/standards, estimating, construction, and US employee relations. Exceptional analytical and organizational skills. Strong interpersonal skills. Excellent written and oral communication skills. Proficient computer skills, including typical MS suite programs. Excellent budgeting, costing, and scheduling skills. Strong leadership skills with experience and a sound understanding of all disciplines, possessing unique strength in a specific discipline or construction area. Ability to inspire trust in difficult situations by instilling confidence and engaging people on matters that affect them within the industry. Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities, capable of handling pressure and challenges specific to projects. Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all work tasks. Demonstrates a sense of urgency, ownership, and strong commitment to achieving goals; ability to work in challenging, fast-paced environments. -Certification in project management professional (PMP) preferred. -Minimum of 15 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years in an EPC/Service in nuclear power construction environment. -Ability to inspire trust in difficult situations by instilling confidence and engaging people on matters that affect them within the industry. -Strong interpersonal skills. -Bachelor’s degree or diploma in construction management, engineering, or another relevant field with a focus on nuclear construction. -Excellent written and oral communication skills. -Strong leadership skills with experience and a sound understanding of all disciplines, possessing unique strength in a specific discipline or construction area. -Demonstrates a sense of urgency, ownership, and strong commitment to achieving goals; ability to work in challenging, fast-paced environments. -Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail in all work tasks. -10 years’ construction experience in a supervisory capacity in the nuclear sector. -Experience in mechanical component replacement and specialty welding preferred. -Exceptional analytical and organizational skills. -Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities, capable of handling pressure and challenges specific to projects. -Demonstrated knowledge of nuclear project work, financial operations, project control methods/standards, estimating, construction, and US employee relations. -Proficient computer skills, including typical MS suite programs.

The Company

About AECON

-Spanning over 150 years. -Operates in civil infrastructure, urban transportation, and energy solutions. -Involved in planning, financing, and execution through public-private partnerships. -Advanced urban transportation projects, such as the Réseau express métropolitain (REM). -Advancing projects like the Darlington Small Modular Reactor. -Committed to sustainability and cutting-edge technology.

Sector Specialisms

Civil

Nuclear

Industrial

Utilities

Transport