Project Manager - Standards Development

Description

• Prepares meeting agendas, minutes, draft standards, within identified project timelines and budgets.
• Determines and manages the resources required to complete a project, and ensures deliverables are achieved on time and within budget. Renegotiates commitments or deadlines as circumstances dictate, ensuring "no surprises" at the expected completion.
• Applies industry knowledge to identify potential areas of new business opportunity (e.g. new standards requirements, training and education programs).
• Ensures coordination takes place with other departments within CSA Group that are involved with the development and publication of a standard or other business opportunities (e.g. Editorial & Production, Education Services, Sales, TIC).
• Delivers quality results on all assigned targets, objectives or goals on, or slightly ahead of, deadlines (on time, on target). Seeks clarity on priorities as needed.
• Manages the activities (determining the scope of work, required resources and project management) of volunteer members of standards development committees, in conjunction with the Chairs and Vice-Chairs of committees to develop technical content, technical writing, and high-quality documents

Requirements

• Strong leadership skills to effectively lead a diverse team
• Conflict resolution skills to deal with committee member
• Technologist or technical degree ( CET, BSc or B.Eng)
• Good interpersonal, communication and presentation skills required
• Understands Standards project management processes. Can apply the processes and procedures to ensure the timelines of projects are achieved within a defined budget.
• Knowledge of the standards industry, government policy, and industry environment for assigned area of expertise (e.g. electrical, climate change, etc.) including sector stakeholders, environment, trends, risks, influencers.
• Proven experience in influencing volunteer committee members
• Capacity to engage and manage a diverse stakeholder community (volunteers, with no formal reporting relationship to CSA Group, made up of industry experts, consumers, academia and regulators), and ability to manage conflict.
• Works well as part of a team, or is capable of effectively representing CSA Group with clients, customers or other external groups or associations.
• Problem resolution to deliver high quality and timely service
• 3-5 years’ experience in Standards Development or Project Management
• Understands and can explain the Standards funding model specific for their area of expertise.
• Computer proficiency
• Experience in writing proposals, business plans and technical documents
• Strong organizational and planning skills

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance