Are you looking for a role that will challenge you? If you answered yes, our Chalk River location is looking for an Senior IT Project Leader to manage the delivery of medium to high risk IT projects and use general knowledge of project management principles. Can you see yourself working with safety and licensing requirements, involving internal and external regulatory interactions? Does the idea of project planning appeal to you? If you answered yes, then this may be the job for you!
What will you be doing!
- Being a Project Leader for IT project or portfolio/program of projects
- Planning projects from initiation to implementation
- Drafting of project management documents such as project scope statements, project charters, project execution plans, risk management plans, risk registers etc.
- Identifying of stakeholders and their impact on the project success
- Identifying project team members and clearly understanding their roles and responsibilities
- Managing of the project team, stakeholders and vendors
- Estimating project duration and effort
- Experience with building project schedules in programs such as Primavera or MS Project
- Preparing project budgets
- Preparing various types of reports such as monthly progress reports, cost reports, stakeholder reports, two week look-ahead, etc.
- Updating project schedules at regular intervals to track progress against the baseline
- Understanding of earned value management
- Understanding of processed to secure funding through gating and sanctioning
- Supporting project team members
- Drafting of procurement documents such as statements of work or request for information.
- Developing a vendor evaluation matrix to be used to measure proponents in a fair and equitable manner
- Measuring project benefits against the requirements
- Confirming project deliverables align with expectations and standards
- Controlling project procurements
- Controlling project costs and working within the approved budget
- Identifying risks and risk resolutions
- Managing and controlling project scope as defined in the project scope statement
- Celebrating project successes
- Directing and managing all aspects of the project activities
- Managing stakeholder expectations
- Developing a communication strategy and managing as expected
- Closing out projects and filing all documents as records.
- Tracking lessons learned
- Ensuring a safe work place for everyone
- Other duties as assigned by your manager
What we are looking for:
- Education
- Graduation from a recognized educational institution in computer science OR
- Graduation from an equivalent formal educational program and relevant IT technical and project management experience.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) designation is highly desirable.
- Experience
- Ten (10) or more years of recent related industry and demonstrated experience in a technology field aligned with departmental deliverables
- Three (3) or more years of demonstrated experience in a supervisory/leadership or project management role
- Experience and understanding of project management methodologies
- Experience with the delivery of IT applications and SaaS solutions with and understanding of various methodologies including Agile, Scrum, Iterative and Waterfall.
- Experience with IT hardware solutions will be an asset (network, data centers, telecommunications, etc…)
- Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- Proven ability to successfully apply project planning, monitoring and control techniques, as well as accurately estimate resource and budgetary requirements
- Proven track record for managing efficient cost and schedule performance and quality of deliverables for contracted services for large projects
- Demonstrated ability to lead diverse teams of professional employees, consultants and contractors
- Consistently demonstrates understanding of project management principles (can quote principles and explain PMI concepts including EV and CPI)
- Consistently demonstrated ability to work independently, handle deadline pressures, and effectively escalate project issues.
- Demonstrated expertise in business systems analysis, technology-appropriate integration/deployment/development methodologies, and analysis and design techniques as applied over the entire lifecycle of an information system
- For software-related roles, demonstrated application in one or more SDLC methodologies (e.g. Waterfall, RAD, JAD, Iterative) and able to provide input to recommendations for application of methodology to optimize development.
- Ability to accurately estimate development efforts
- Understands software testing techniques and toolsets
- Demonstrated interpersonal, presentation and customer service skills to build relationships with internal staff and external suppliers
- Demonstrated oral and written communication skills to prepare required documentation
- Demonstrates influencing and negotiation skills to optimize the outcome of project deliverables, working in partnership with peers, business users and IT service providers.
- Remains current with industry trends and best practices as they relate to their IT specific area.
- Strong knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar.
- Communicates effectively in oral, written, and electronic form as appropriate for the needs of the project team.
- Demonstrated personal accountability.
- Makes effective presentations to project teams.
- Must be professional in all dealings and demonstrate tact, diplomacy, and sensitivity.
- Ability to multi-task, organize priorities and manage time well to meet deadlines.
- Adaptive, able to respond to changing conditions quickly.
- Logical thinking.
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to learn.
- Detail oriented, accurate.
- Get-things-done attitude.
- Security Clearance Eligibility Required
- Reliability Status with Site Access Security Clearance (SASC), which has a minimum requirement of 3 years of verifiable history in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, the United States and/or the United Kingdom. CNL implements security screening in accordance with the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat's “Standard on Security Screening” and the “Policy on Government Security.”
Why CNL?
Does working with a team across Canada to advance nuclear science and technology for a clean and secure world speak to you? We're reinventing ourselves to be the pacesetters so we can lead the charge in solving the problems that matter, like building the next generation of clean nuclear and hydrogen energy solutions, developing new and better-targeted cancer treatments, and continuing to lead the world in environmental remediation.
We offer a complete total rewards package :
- Paid time off (vacation, sick, floater & personal);
- Benefits effective day one, that’s right, no waiting period;
- Tuition support
- and a pension!
Do Our Priorities Resonate with You?
- Clean energy for today and tomorrow.
- Restore and protect the Environment.
- Contribute to the health of Canadians.
Location :
CNL works with employees across Canada to enable a remote workforce where possible. Our work-from-home employees are provided with the equipment required to be successful: laptop, monitor, external keyboard, and mouse, etc. Of course, we always love a visit to the site when possible!
CNL is committed to providing an atmosphere free from barriers that promotes equity, diversity, and inclusion in achieving our mission. CNL welcomes and celebrates employees, stakeholders, and partners of all racial, cultural, and ethnic identities. Read herefor more on our DE&I Commitment.
CNL also supports a workplace environment and corporate culture built on our Core Values: Respect, Teamwork, Accountability, Safety, Integrity, and Excellence. These values encourage equitable employment practices and career prospects inclusive of accommodations for all employees.
CNL is committed to being an equal-opportunity employer. If you require accommodation measures during any phase of the hiring process, please indicate via our ATS when applying. All information received regarding accommodation requests will be kept confidential.
The Chalk River Laboratories site is located on the unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabe people. As an organization, CNL recognizes and appreciates their historic connection to this place. CNL also recognizes the contributions that First Nations, Métis, Inuit and other Indigenous Peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and this province and country as a whole.
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