Senior Manager, Project Controls

Metrolinx is connecting communities across the Greater Golden Horseshoe. Metrolinx operates GO Transit and UP Express, as well as the PRESTO fare payment system. We are also building new and improved rapid transit, including GO Expansion, Light Rail Transit routes, and major expansions to Toronto’s subway system, to get people where they need to go, better, faster and easier. Metrolinx is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

At Metrolinx, equity, diversity and inclusion are essential to living our values of serving with passion, thinking forward and playing as a team.

Our Capital Projects Group (CPG) workforce is made up of driven and dedicated professionals who care deeply about working together to deliver infrastructure and make a positive impact in our communities. Join us as we build a knowledgeable and collaborative team that courageously changes how transit projects will be delivered.

Our Program Management department within our CPG GO/UP team is looking for a Senior Manager, Project Controls to join the team. You will provide day-to-day oversight and direction to a team of controls professionals in the areas of risk, cost, scheduling, quality, change and document control, to ensure the coordination of these disciplines on the project to monitor and control for on-time, on-budget, and quality delivery of the projects.

What will I be doing?

• Provide direction and expertise to project controls-related activities for assigned projects in support of the planning and execution of day-to-day monitoring of project performance.

• Manage the relationships and quality control of the project controls functions including estimating, scheduling, cost control, risk management, document control, change management, quality management and reporting for the project.

• Define the strategy, deployment, and modification of program and project controls systems as appropriate to support project-specific execution requirements.

• Build collaborative relationships with senior organizational leadership and external stakeholders (e.g., customers, tenants, local transit) to foster good relations, gain support, develop resources, drive results, realize project outcomes, manage conflicts, and represent the needs of customers, stakeholders, operations, and maintenance.

• Resolve issues and ensure consistency and data compatibility between the cost control, planning/scheduling, risk, quality and estimating functions and deliverables.

• Provide senior leadership oversight and direction to staff and project teams (e.g., defines team member roles, responsibilities, and expectations

What Skills and Qualifications Do I Need?

• Bachelor’s degree in construction management, engineering, project management, or related technical field. Active membership or accreditation in AACE, PMI, or similar association is a plus.

• Demonstrated experience with increasing responsibility in the Management of Project Controls on large projects, Transportation project experience and specifically transit experience is a plus, Experience is required across all project delivery methods, including Design-Build, Design-Bid-Build, and Public Private Partnerships/ AFP delivery.

• Exceptionally skilled in project controls theory, principles, and practice

• Demonstrable highly skilled experience of successfully managing competing objectives of external and internal stakeholders and recognizing materiality.

• Excellent problem solving and influencing skills to establish effective working relationships, negotiate and deal with a variety of contacts both internal and external to the organization, gain cooperation from individuals not under direct authority and comfort working with minimal supervision.

• Ability to communicate / interface effectively with senior management (e.g., CEO and CCO) and external stakeholders (e.g., Government representatives)

• Ability to engage and influence a wide variety of portfolio, program and project resources including but not limited to Engineers, Project Controls Professionals, Project Managers and External Stakeholders

• Excellent leadership skills to motivate a team, set high standards and clear expectations, manage expectations and outputs.

• Excellent writing skills with experience authoring technical quality management documentation – policy, plans, processes, procedures, guides.

• Excellent oral and interpersonal skills with demonstrated success working effectively and collaboratively in a large, integrated, matrix team environment at all levels of an organization.

Don’t Meet Every Requirement?

If you’re excited about working with Metrolinx but your past experience doesn’t quite align with every qualification of this posting, we encourage you to apply. You just might be the right candidate for this or other roles. We are always looking for great talent to join our team.

We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as Indigenous, Black, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

Accommodation:

We value the unique skills and experiences each person brings to Metrolinx and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. We are committed to the requirements of the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act and other applicable legislation so if you require accommodation during the hiring process, please let our Recruitment team know by contacting us at: 416-202-5601 or email [email protected].

Application Process:

All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. Metrolinx will be using email to communicate with you for all job competitions. It is your responsibility to include an updated email address that is checked daily and accepts emails from unknown users. As we send time sensitive correspondence, we recommend that you check your email regularly. If no response is received, we will assume you are no longer interested in pursuing the opportunity. Please be advised that a Criminal Record Check may be required of the successful candidate.

Should it be determined that any background information provided be misleading, inaccurate or incorrect, Metrolinx reserves the right to discontinue with the consideration of your application.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for further consideration will be contacted.

WE ARE AN EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE EMPLOYER.

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