Lead Project Manager, Project Management - Ottawa, Canada - University of Ottawa

University of Ottawa

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Ottawa, Canada

1 week ago

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The University of Ottawa—A crossroads of cultures and ideas

The University of Ottawa is home to a dynamic community of over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English.

Our campus is a crossroad of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas.

We believe in the power of representation, and that increasing the diversity of our faculty and staff supports this objective.

Our goal is to provide students with the best possible learning experience, in an environment that reflects the diversity of its people, their ideas, and their identities.

We are one of Canada's top 10 research universities—our professors and researchers explore new approaches to today's challenges.

One of a handful of Canadian universities ranked among the top 200 in the world, we attract exceptional thinkers and welcome diverse perspectives from across the globe.

Our employees come together around the shared purpose of constant improvement, personal development, service excellence, teamwork and a passion for learning with a desire to make uOttawa and the world a better place.

Everyone's contributions are valued, we all play a part in making uOttawa a world-class institution. Most importantly, we make it possible for you to achieve your full potential. Because at uOttawa, you belong

About the faculty/service:
Facilities

Facilities services are characterized by a dynamic and creative growing team where the winds of change are blowing, offering people like you opportunities to use your leadership and innovation skills to contribute to the achievement of their inspiring mission: to deliver best in class research infrastructure, reshape campus life and student experience, and provide a sustainable environment for students, researchers, teachers and community.

uOttawa's facilities encompass three main sites that are comprised of over 600,000 square meters of building space (over 6.4 million square feet), 42.5 hectares of grounds, 125 buildings and 4,500 beds in 11 residences.

There are over 150 employees in Facilities, including Project Managers, Energy and Commissioning Specialists, Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, Architects, and space Planners.

The facilities capital and operating expenditures are in the range of $100M for the University's $2.0 billion assets under management.

The 20-year Capital spending plan envisions $4.0 billion of new investment highlighted by uOttawa launch of project Top Shelf, a $300 million capital investment to build a new facility for the Faculty of Health Sciences at uOttawa's River Campus, as well as a tower at the Roger Guidon campus to house uOttawa's new Advanced Medical Research Center (AMRC).

Position purpose:

Reporting to the Senior Director, Project Management, Construction, the Lead Project Manager (PM), Project Management, is responsible for the delivery of between 8 and 12 construction, renovation, and energy optimization projects annually, having a combined value ranging between $8-$15 million.

The PM is wholly accountable and empowered for project decisions, and responsible to collaborate with internal clients while leading the project through each phase to ensure clients are satisfied with the services provided.

In this capacity, the PM will work with stakeholders to develop project plans, and manage their execution to deliver projects on time, on scope, and on budget while ensuring quality, operational alignment, and mitigating risks to the University.

In addition, the PM will collaborate with internal team members, vendors, consultants and partners to manage day to day project issues/changes, and oversee all financial and commercial matters needed to achieve project success.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

Manage the delivery of assigned projects through all states of project life cycle from initiation to project close out to ensure project outputs are being delivered as per project objectives, on schedule, to budget and to the required quality.

Ensure optimal development of assigned projects by directing the preparation of studies, designs, plans, specifications, and cost estimates. Ensure clear objectives are established by discussing project priorities with client, developing project work plans and schedules.

Proactively liaise with and report progress to internal client or project sponsor to ensure that they are informed of project progress and ensure that their opinions or requirements are taken into consideration as the project progresses.

Propose and negotiate options or alternative solutions with stakeholders to ensure projects are delivered as per expectations.

Establish and maintain positive and effective working relations with all members of the project delivery team and operations team to ensure the efficiency of interactions between the teams.

What you will bring:

Post-secondary certification or technology diploma in Engineering, Architecture