Project Manager in Burlington

Project Manager – Shape Technologies Group

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Responsibilities

• Initiates and integrates project across all functional groups including Customer's team.
• Identifies key project stakeholders and manages project stakeholder's expectations within the project business case constraints.
• Establishes communication channels and distributes key project information to provide a communication bridge between the project team and the Customer.
• Collects project requirements, develops scope definition, and establishes high level project goals and objectives for the project team in alignment with project contract documents and the Customer.
• Develops project cost and schedule baseline ensuring commitments from functional groups.
• Tracks and manages project critical path activities and deliverables.
• Provides project leadership and manages project execution.
• Ensures project quality objectives are met by developing a quality plan and performing quality checks (e.g. specification approvals, factory & site acceptance equipment tests).
• Reports project progress to the Senior Management.
• Monitors project risk and recommends mitigation strategies; undertakes initiatives to exploit opportunities to increase project value to the company and the Customer.
• Monitors and manages project changes and where appropriate issues Change Notices for Customer approval.
• Approves project invoicing according to the milestone payment schedule and work completed.
• Monitors project cash flow spending.
• Initiates, manages, or delegates management of subcontracts and subcontracted deliverables.
• Collaborates with Functional Managers to meet project resource requirements while ensuring optimum resource allocation across multiple PMO projects is achieved.
• Performs project close out according to the contractual acceptance criteria.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Excellent and experienced communicator at all levels of organization.
• Well organized with a positive approach to company standards and departmental policies.
• Excellent documentation maintenance skills.
• Relentless drive for continuous improvement and cost savings.
• Hands‑on approach to problem solving with a root‑cause and "dig deep" analysis attitude.
• Practices rigorous objectivity & cultivates balanced optimism.
• Knowledge seeker and unbiased facts source with coaching skills.
• Strong user of MS Excel.
• Good working knowledge of MS Project.
• Good working knowledge of AutoCAD.
• Good grasp of ERP and Purchasing systems.

Education and Experience

• Technical College or University degree in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience working as a Project Manager in a custom automation industry.
• Training in Project Management.
• Training in Quality – a strong asset.
• P.Eng. or PMP – an asset.

Compensation

• $110,000 – $125,000 per year.
• Plus overtime.

Seniority Level: Mid‑Senior level | Employment type: Full‑time | Job Function: Project Management and Information Technology | Industry: Machinery Manufacturing | Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada