Bachelor's degree required; engineering or project management preferred.
3+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management on large engineering or construction projects.
Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary teams and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including presentations to senior management.
Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work across various disciplines.
Detail-oriented with a knack for managing multiple priorities under deadline pressure.
Familiarity with reading technical drawings and specifications.
Responsibilities
Lead diverse teams of engineers and designers from project initiation to completion.
Prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules for management and client approval.
Maintain regular communication with clients to manage expectations and resolve issues proactively.
Track and report project performance against plans, including financial forecasts and budgets.
Analyze project risks and establish contingency plans to mitigate potential issues.
Facilitate project meetings and ensure effective coordination of work activities.
Administer subconsultant agreements and manage invoicing processes.
Benefits
Opportunity to lead and mentor a diverse team of professionals.
Engagement in medium to large-scale projects with significant impact.
Access to professional development and business development initiatives.
Dynamic work environment with a focus on collaboration and communication.
Involvement in strategic decision-making and project delivery.
Full Job Description
Job Description
This Opportunity
WSP is currently initiating a search for a Project Manager. As a Project Manager with us, you will lead a diverse group of engineers from project initiation through completion with minimal oversight. This includes regular communications and coordination with clients, managing expectations, writing, and managing proposals, creating change orders, composing budgets, invoicing and project closeout.
Your Impact
Lead teams of Engineers, Designers and other staff through project completion;
Lead the teams through the successful completion of medium to large projects while managing more than one project at a time;
Prepare project work plans, proposals, and schedules, and obtain management/client approval;
Maintain regular communication with clients regarding project status and project quality, and proactively resolve issues;
Manage relationships with project stakeholders, including internal and external clients and vendors, regulatory authorities and technical agencies, and the public. This involves keeping the stakeholders informed of progress and issues in order to manage expectations on all project requirements and deliverables, and meet the project schedule;
Proactively track, analyze and report on actual performance against the plan, and prepare cost and schedule reporting, both for clients and as part of internal reporting processes. Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal departments;
Analyze project management and project delivery risks, establish contingency plans and identify trigger events and responsibility for initiating mitigating action;
Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals; with input from others, compile a comprehensive and realistic scope of work, and prepare a complete and accurate fee estimate, in a format suitable for obtaining the required management approvals
As Team Leader, provide mentoring, assistance, encouragement and motivation to team members. Provide general administrative and technical leadership for the project; Maintain all project records and monitor correspondence
Schedule and facilitate all project meetings required to successfully coordinate work activity
Administer subconsultant agreements as assigned.
Implement and manage the kW Quality Control Plan for each project
Proactively track and report workload management throughout the project
Management of client and subconsultant invoicing
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree
3+ years of experience in Project and/or Program Management and experience on large, engineering and/or construction projects
Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams of project professionals; concurrently managing issues, scope and quality while bringing projects to successful completion within the cost and time requirements
Exceptional written and oral communication skills, including experience making presentations to senior management
Exceptional interpersonal skills
Ability to work well with people from many different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience
Clear, concise, and tactful communication with senior management, clients, peers and staff
Strategic, conceptual analytical thinking and decision-making skills
Adaptability and flexibility including the ability to manage deadline pressure, ambiguity and change
Experience negotiating contract terms
Proficiency with computer office productivity (i.e., MS Office) and project management software tools
Detail oriented with ability to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines
Familiarity reading drawings and specifications
Preferred Qualifications
Project or Program Management Professional certification (i.e., PMP)
Experience in an engineering consulting environment
Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, project management
Experience in project planning, cost management and schedule management, and methods of analyzing and reporting project performance on financial and other KPIs
About WSP
WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
