Program Manager (Projects)

Are you looking for a meaningful career that makes a difference in your community and beyond? Are you an outdoors person who enjoys the benefits of small-town living? Our client offers exciting careers that provide you the opportunity to have a small-town lifestyle. As part of our team, you will work in a safety-first environment, supporting challenging and impactful nuclear projects like the Life Extension program. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, ensuring constant growth and skill-building potential.

Working at our client's company, you can enjoy the benefits of small-town living, outdoor adventures, and a rewarding career. As part of our progressive, diverse, and inclusive workplace, you will work in a safety-first environment, supporting challenging and impactful nuclear projects like our Life Extension Program and medical isotope production. Ongoing training and development are part of every job, offering constant growth and skill-building potential.

To help achieve our business plans, our client currently has an opportunity for a Program Manager, Projects, within our Major Component Replacement (MCR) division.

This is a permanent, full-time position that offers competitive compensation, a world-class benefits program, and a pension package. The position is located on site in Tiverton, Ontario, along the sunny shores of Lake Huron.
The Program Manager, Projects, will carry out the responsibilities across the following areas:

Specific Accountabilities:

Program/Project Planning, Monitoring and Reporting

• Directs the efforts of Project Managers and/or integrated project team members in the delivery of their assigned missions and holds such accountability for the entire program
• Maintains compliance with four pillars of nuclear safety (Reactor, Industrial, Radiological, and Environmental) and upholds Company's Safety first, our number one One Value
• Ensures scope, design basis and project/program objectives are defined, best practices and lessons learned reviewed and incorporated into schedules, budgets, and specific project procedures and plans are established
• Accountable to inform senior management of issues, risks, threats, and opportunities to the performance of the program/project. They are also accountable for provide analysis of options, recommendations and recovery plans
• Evaluates project/program status against established milestones and objectives by analyzing the information presented. Measures performance and takes the necessary corrective actions to maintain commitments
• Supports the project managers and their teams in resolving challenges affecting the successful execution of work. Listens and responds appropriately to concerns, developing solutions that become process improvements
• Reviews project/program deliverables, validates adherence, and recommends their passage to the next phase of the program lifecycle using established processes for making major decisions for projects/programs
• Interfaces regularly with the customer and stakeholders throughout the project/program lifecycle in order to ensure execution is in line with commitments and expectations
• Participates in Project Delivery Organizations or Company decisions affecting long- and short-range courses of action for assigned programs
• Integration and Alignment with other Departments and Company Divisions
• Works with other senior managers to set overall strategy and objectives for the programs and projects
• Reviews and ensures quality of the project and program Risk Registers and mitigation and avoidance plans.
• Supports the development of and adherence to the program management plan to manage and execute projects. Utilizes the tools provided to manage the program through key metrics such as Earned Value Management
• Anticipates problems and proactively consults with other managers to identify issues that may hinder the success of a program/project. Develops strategies and presents solutions to affected groups for concurrence
• Builds strong cross-functional work relationships with other Company's departments to continuously improve performance and remove emergent challenges that may prevent the achievement of a key project milestone
• Represents the company in matters of program and project delivery as required at meetings, briefings, conferences, and with external authorities as requested
• Develops and delivers written reports and formal presentations to the customer, stakeholders and regulators on relevant matters specific to the program/projects and offers thoughtful responses to questions and concerns

Planning & Staff Leadership

• Evaluates workload projections and staffing requirements specific to program/project needs
• Effectively manages resources to meet the program requirements and sets priorities if required
• Ensures consistency across their program of projects, reflective of acceptable but ever-improving quality
• Guides and coaches staff on how to proceed when problems are encountered to ensure that they are resolved promptly and that decisions and initiatives are in line with divisional goals and strategies
• Attracts, develops, mentors, manages and retains qualified high-performance persons
• Ensures project staff receive regular performance and developmental feedback and that their functional manager is notified. Executes individual performance management and improvement plans as necessary

Knowledge and Skills

• Experience delivering EPC projects
• Knowledge of CSA N286-05: The Canadian Standard Association’s Management Systems Requirements for Nuclear Power Plants
• Highly developed skills in the following: Project management and controls; leadership; staff development; stakeholder management; communication both written and oral; construction methods; analytical and problem solving; decision making; interpersonal; organizational and negotiation skills
• Ability to manage key stakeholder interests while managing priorities and business interests
• A team player who can interrelate and operate effectively with peers and other associates within a collegial yet demanding and complex work environment
• Solid knowledge in various functional areas across different disciplines is needed in order to effectively manage, influence and control multi-disciplined teams in the successful delivery of the programs

Education and Experience

• A 4-year university degree in a relevant field
• A minimum of 10 years’ experience in a leadership role in an industrial/construction setting responsible for leading safety programs in a safety-critical or regulated environment, such as on a nuclear-licensed site
• Demonstrated ability to successfully manage and build multi-functional project teams to execute multi-million EPC projects in accordance with the established Company's Project Management guidelines or similar based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)
• Demonstrated record of project management and leadership skills on high-value capital construction programs and projects within the expected scope, quality, schedule, and budget. Experience (may be from more than one project) must span the entire program or project lifecycle from initiation to closeout
• Certification by the Project Management Institute (PMI) as a Project or Program Management Professional (PMP, PgMP) and/or demonstrated familiarity with the PMI Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®)
• Experience in Construction and Project Management in major utility and infrastructure projects is considered an asset