Sr. Manager, Project - New Nuclear

Description

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

Requirements

• Experience in mechanical component replacement and specialty welding preferred.
• Minimum of 15 years of project management experience, with at least 5 years in an EPC/Service in nuclear power construction environment.
• Excellent budgeting, costing, and scheduling skills.
• 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.
• Exceptional analytical and organizational skills.
• 10 years’ construction experience in a supervisory capacity in the nuclear sector.
• Certification in project management professional (PMP) preferred.
• 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 interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrates a sense of urgency, ownership, and strong commitment to achieving goals; ability to work in challenging, fast-paced environments.
• 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.
• Strong leadership skills with experience and a sound understanding of all disciplines, possessing unique strength in a specific discipline or construction area.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance