Senior Project Manager - Engineering (Vancouver based)
Saint-Gobain
- Vancouver, BC
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Completes phased engineering studies of projects for North American facilities developing and evaluating conceptual alternatives in support of business needs.
- Prepares Capex authorization requests and presents to Senior Management for approval.
- Develops and maintains sound business relationships with Engineering's Customers, Vendors, Suppliers and contract resources and ensures alignment with our needs and expectations.
- Optimal use of competitive bidding, Low-Cost Country (LCC) sourcing techniques to designated countries for competitive installation costs.
- Provides Project Execution Plans, including Critical Path Schedules, Resource Plans, Project Risk Registers, and Budget and Variance reports.
- Strict regard for Project Scope and Change Management procedures.
- Utilizes World Class Manufacturing and Early Equipment Management tools on new designs and installations.
- Collaborates with global internal and external project management experts to assure Best Practice implementation within our facilities.
- Directs project engineers; coordinates external vendors, installation contractors.
- Trains and leads the project management community in identification and application of efficient project management tools and techniques.
- Key Contributor in assuring company's immediate and long-term capital program objectives is achieved.
- Assures capital program is implemented cost effectively. Prepares capital cost estimates, capex budget requests, project spending variance reports, purchase orders, as well as invoice approvals. Assures projects achieve business benefit prior to closure. Develops reliable cost effective project resources and methods, employing competitive bidding, low cost country sourcing where advantageous.
- Directs project engineers; coordinates external vendors, installation contractors.
- Insures adherence to documentation systems, Intellectual Property development and protection.
- Recognized Project Management Expert for industrial facilities, experienced in directing engineering, consulting and construction resources within heavy industrial manufacturing environments on major capital project teams.
- Demonstrated record of project assignments completed on/under budget, on/ahead of required dates.
- Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical, Civil, Chemical or Electrical Engineering or equivalent experience with a successful record of accomplishment safely leading the completion of several major industrial project installations throughout North America
- Five (5) to Ten (10) years of related industrial, engineering or contracting experience.
- Continuous learner in field and shares knowledge, flexible in assuming job assignments
- Driven, self-guided, accountable and collaborates well in a team environment
- Highly organized, documents meeting agendas, actions, trip reports, best practices. Provides innovative solutions.
- Strong commitment to cost savings, profit improvement delivery, efficiency.
- Superior communication, organization and presentation skills.
- Project Management training and certifications.
- Professional Engineering registration.
- Gypsum technical expert.