Project Manager I

At Williams Engineering Canada, we brighten the lives of people in our community.
 
Knowing what we do reaches beyond a single project, we believe it's not only our responsibility but our core purpose to engineer cities that are safe, inclusive, and resilient.
 
We believe in the value of shared knowledge to better consult, create, and encourage diverse perspectives, to provide innovative solutions across the busiest cities and the most remote regions of Western and Northern Canada. We recognize that our people do much more than engineer solutions and solve our clients' greatest challenges; they have the opportunity to impact the communities in which they live, work, and build relationships in. In order to make a positive impact on our communities, we must start by positively impacting our own people. To us, this means providing fair compensation, training, advancement opportunities, and an open-door team environment. This also means maintaining a healthy work-life balance, which is why we offer a flexible work environment to support the unique and busy lives that our people lead.
 
There are many reasons why remote working helps people have more control over their work and balance their lives, that's why at Williams Engineering, we believe a remote work strategy makes business sense and helps us achieve our purpose of brightening the lives of people in our communities by reducing our carbon footprint. We operate on a fully remote option for any teammate who wants to when deemed appropriate by their manager.
 
If you join us, you have an opportunity to be a part of the impact that we create. We are looking for teammates who want to have an impact on the community though their work and are interested in taking on initiative to live out your Purpose though your work every day.

Reports to:  Team Lead, Project Manager

 

Based at:  Regional Office

 

Position Purpose:  A project manager helps to bring a client’s vision into reality. They are responsible for the planning, management, and delivery of projects; while adhering to the project’s scope, schedule, and budget. Business development and client management are an important part of their role, as the generation of revenue, and client satisfaction are connected in achieving project profitability. By facilitating new builds or assisting with retrofits, a Project Manager helps brighten lives in our community by providing healthy, safe, and sustainable buildings.  

 

Gross Project Fee Revenue Target: $750K

Manage Projects Between the Values of: $25K – $100K

 

Specific Responsibilities Include:

 

• Lead the preparation of proposals for smaller value multi-disciplined projects
• Assist Sr. PM with projects over $200K as required to learn larger complex projects. 
• Coordinate with Team Leads/Engineering Managers to identify resources for projects.
• Review project contracts to ensure scope and risk are considered and covered in relation to delivery of project with help from PM mentor as required.
• Create, execute, and modify project work plans as required
• Daily management of projects between the value of $50K – 80K, including identifying changes to a project that would modify the scope, fee or schedule. 
• Hold regular meetings with project team, ensuring the team is working together to achieve their deliverables. 
• Effectively apply our methodology and enforce regulatory standards to ensure project documents are complete, filed, peer reviewed and tracked in Project Management Software.
• Financial Responsibilities: Manage budget, revenue recognition, invoicing, and accounts receivables for a project. Follow up with clients, as required, regarding unpaid invoices.
• Champion project management processes and technology as a prime consultant or as a subconsultant.
• Ensure Safety standards are being followed by a project team by reviewing and signing Job Hazard Assessments.
• Project closeout – initiating a project profile and requesting a client reference letter. Internal and external lessons learned. 

 

 

Regional Responsibilities:

• Work with CDM’s and Regional Business Managers to acquire new business and keeping RLT informed of project progression.
• Assist regional revenue target in pursuing proposal work with RLT.
• Interact with clients on a regular basis, building client relationship and managing expectations.
• Continually seek opportunities to increase customer satisfaction and deepen client relationships.
• Adhere to WEC’s and the client safety policies and practices.
• Ability to represent the company to the staff, clients and community by ensuring the best image is presented

 

Qualifications and Experience:

• PMP certification, P.Eng. or C.E.T. designation preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in Consulting Engineering as a senior administrator or Project Coordination role

 

Skills and Competencies:

• Effective organizational and time management skills in handling multiple priorities, performing a variety of tasks, and meeting required deadlines.
• Understands basic revenue models, and cost-to-completion projections and makes decisions accordingly. 
• Understands our pricing model and billing procedures. 
• Ability to facilitate team and client meetings effectively. 
• Excellent interpersonal skills; a person who listens well, respects diversity of opinions and has an open, clear and succinct communication style.
• Strong presentation and project management skills.
• The ability to recognize and accurately define problems and solutions by collecting data and establishing facts to draw valid conclusions.
• A results oriented and decisive individual with the ability to delegate effectively.
• Experience and good judgement to plan and accomplish ambitious but achievable goals.
• Application knowledge of WEC systems and programs (including Sparrow, Power BI, Vision, Office 365, Newforma, PandaDoc)