Job Description

Our client, a Canadian multinational energy transportation company with a focus on the transportation, distribution, and generation of energy, has an immediate need for a Project Manager. This is a contract position for six (6) months located in Calgary, Alberta.

Description

The Project Manager (PM) works directly with the Business Sponsors and Business Leads to plan and execute on project deliverables and will coordinate with core project resources and key stakeholders as necessary through the project lifecycle. The PM is accountable for project governance and reporting, and as a member of the Program Development Office, responsible for ensuring coordination across initiatives and identification of interdependencies.

This role is responsible for managing all aspects of assigned projects within the Program Development Office, including development of the Program Charters, Project Charters and Project Plans detailing scope, schedule, budget, tasks, milestones, deliverables, and coordinating effective execution from conception through delivery of expected business results.

Key Responsibilities:

• Primary focus will be on executing business process optimization projects with varying scopes and complexities.
• Works with assigned Project Business Leads, Business Sponsors, and Executive Business Sponsors to develop an appropriate project charter, monitoring scope, providing project coordination, change management, risk management, as well as lessons learned.
• Contributes to business process optimization activities such as harmonizing multiple processes into one, identifying gaps, recommendations for automation, and understands integration with other interdependent programs.
• Acts as primary contact for project management related activities; lead project kick off meetings, project review sessions, manage project tasks, and monitoring scope, schedule and budget.
• Follows a fit for purpose PDO stage gating methodology and utilizes existing tools and templates.
• Collaborates with assigned Business Analysts and contributes to the team by conducting peer reviews to ensure QA/QC of project deliverables.
• Ability to prepare business cases, complete current and future state analysis, and understands system implementations.
• Ensures project governance is in place; including reoccurring biweekly and monthly project reporting on performance and risks.
• Coordinates with team peers to drive consistency across projects, ensure interdependencies are identified and managed, and provide general support.
• Acts as Business Partners with:
• GTM Operational Excellence Change Management resources to ensure project change impacts are assessed appropriately and change management plans are in place.
• GTM Training Management resources to ensure training needs are assessed and appropriate training documentation meets the needs and is successfully delivered to the business.
• GTM TIS Management resources to ensure system enhancements and/or system implementations are delivered timely and are in accordance with business requirements.
• Act as a cross functional Project Manager to support multiple areas of the business such as asset management, pipeline integrity, facility integrity, work management, compliance, etc.

Qualifications:

• Project Management Professional certification, Six Sigma certification (preferred)
• University degree or related construction or operational training and/or experience.
• 10+ years related experience within the oil and gas industry
• Must have oil and gas experience with Field Operations
• Complete understanding of project lifecycle gating controls, document and records management
• Basic understanding of pipeline commercial operations and of energy markets.
• Ability to support, adapt to change quickly, and move across various types of projects when needed
• Excellent writing skills, problem solving skills, interpersonal skills, oral communication skills, and time management
• Proficient at operating within a North Americanly distributed team
• Advanced experience with Microsoft Office products, especially Visio, Teams, and MS Project
• Ability to influence and negotiate with clients and vendors

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