Planning Manager - Toronto, Canada - SYSTRA
Description
Country/Region:
CA- Field: Project Management- Location: Toronto, CA- Type of Contract: Permanent- Level of experience: 10-15 years- Job number:
Job description
Planning Manager
About SYSTRA Canada
SYSTRA Canada is part of the SYSTRA group, an international consulting and engineering group, a world leader in the design of transport infrastructures.
Imagining and implementing the safest, most efficient, and economical tailor-made transport solutions: this is what guides us daily.
Thanks to the know-how of our 7500 experts, we are involved in all phases of transport projects: Preliminary and design studies, construction phases, test and commissioning, operation, and maintenance.
Our engineers work with passion to provide people around the world with the opportunity to move freely every day.They are men and women who put all their business expertise and human qualities to work to transform the world through innovative means of transport.
Join them and let's invent tomorrow's public transport together.SYSTRA's ambition is to be the benchmark for transport solutions and an opinion leader in mobility.
Role and responsibilities
Reporting into the Planning & Schedule Management Lead for the GO Expansion Program the role forms part of the Integrated Program Delivery Team (IPDT).
- Managing IPD Best Practices to be incorporated in Management of Contracts.
- Engage all key Stakeholders on Contract Transformation under the PDP / IPDT Model.
- Managing IPD Practices that are part of Procedures, Processes and Training in the management of Contracts.
- Managing the change in model and structure related to Planning and Schedule Management among the PDP Commercial Team and Vendor Community.
Specific Responsibilities:
- Support the review to existing Planning & Schedule processes and procedures, and update based on IPDT Model Best Practices. Ensure updated processes align across GOE Program and achieve Best for Program decision making.
- Support the development and implementation Programwide project requirements that the projects must comply with for Planning & Scheduling to improve consistency and support the Program delivery approach including aligning and enhancing the current Project Procedures
- Support the development and deployment a Program Contingency Management Process.
- Manage Planning & Schedule Management IPDT Procedures, systems and toolsets for the Program Management of contracts across the GO Expansion Program.
- Support a Programwide view of Planning & Schedule considerations, assure consistency of approach.
- Support projects and their supply chains to deliver efficiently and effectively. Take a Program approach to removing consistent causes of cost and schedule overrun. Share best practice and lessons learned across the Program.
- Manage consistency of delivery approach
- Standardizing Program and project procedures ensuring integration and compliance with statutory and Metrolinx requirements.
- Manage and provide for "Best for Program" decision making by creating the capability of consistent and real time reporting linked to the Program Control Centre to establish decision making capability, which is joined up, knowledge led and aligned to Program level outcomes and objectives.
- Support Program level risk management: Identification and mitigation of risks/issues and optimization of opportunities across all aspects of the Program.
- Support stakeholder engagement at a Program level as required by the Stakeholder Management Plan.
Technical Management Expertise:
- Provides consistent management in the area of Planning & Schedule Management to program management stakeholders / colleagues that are dedicated to each of the program delivery units.
- Demonstrated experience in contract administration and contract management of large capital programs.
- Planning & Schedule Management experience on large capital transit projects
- Support in the management of stakeholder, vendor, contractor and project team relationships
- Advising and supporting transforming of delivery team and Supply Chain cultures through new delivery models.
- Experienced planning & scheduling in the development of innovative, methodical and robust solutions and procedures to resolve difficult contract issues, disputes and claims while adhering to polices and contract terms
Leadership Behavioral Qualities
- Provides full capability in the area of Planning and Schedule Management to program management stakeholders that are dedicated to each of the program delivery units.
- Takes responsibility for their actions, leads by example and acts in an ethical, legal and responsible w
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