Job Description

The University of Ottawa-A crossroads of cultures and ideas
The University of Ottawa is home to over 50,000 students, faculty and staff, who live, work and study in both French and English. Our campus is a crossroads of cultures and ideas, where bold minds come together to inspire game-changing ideas. 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 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 Senior Manager, Project Management, oversees the delivery of a project portfolio valued between $40M to $60M, and is responsible for leading a team of 5-7 Project Managers (PM) each responsible for the delivery of 7-10 construction, renovation, and energy optimization projects annually. The SPM will provide the leadership, mentoring and coaching needed to enable PMs to achieve PM excellence in all areas including project planning, client satisfaction, commercial management and overall project performance. In addition, the SPM is accountable to interface with members within the Facilities\'s organization such as Planning, Operations, Facility Management, and Business Management and provide day-to-day guidance to PMs through each project phase to ensure projects are delivered on time, on budget and client/stakeholder satisfaction is achieved. The SPM\'s mandate also includes collaborating with the Project Management Office to implement PM rigour for each process gate, and effectively use process metrics and key performance indicators as a basis to implement continuous improvement initiatives.

In this role, your responsibilities will include:

• Program Delivery: Oversee a project management team responsible for the delivery of a program of projects of different scope. Provide coaching to team members and ensure consistency in practices and methodologies. In more complex situations, mitigate impacts and risks on the program of projects or on specific projects by providing guidance to the team to find alternate solutions.
• Project Management: Manage the delivery of 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. Identify and manage all project issues and risks to mitigate impacts on projects.
• Project Development: Ensure optimal development of 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 and plan assigned program.
• Stakeholder Relationship: 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.
• Contract and Performance Management: Monitor project progress according to contract requirements and ensure proper follow-up is made with professional consultants, contractors, suppliers and vendors. Develop key performance indicators and other tools to closely monitor and reinforce contract requirements with the support of professional consultants. Monitor the performance of professional consultants, contractors, suppliers and vendors and reinforce contract requirements to ensure the terms of contracts are fulfilled. Protect the University\'s interests and execute mitigation plans with non-compliant service providers and approve invoices in accordance with project requirements and terms of contracts.

What you will bring:

• Post-secondary certification or technology diploma in Engineering, Architecture, or Project Management with seven (7) years of relevant experience in the construction field;
• Five (5) years of experience managing a multi-disciplinary team;
• Demonstrated knowledge of construction methods, building systems and terminology;
• Ability to read and understand construction drawings, blue prints, specifications and contracts;
• Experience and in depth knowledge of procurement processes, laws governing construction contracts and contracting;
• Excellent leadership abilities in the delivery of projects;
• Excellent client service/management, interpersonal, problem-solving, verbal and written communication skills;
• Excellent Self-motivated, proactive and ability to multi-task;
• Bilingualism

Key Competencies at uOttawa:
Here are the required competencies for all or our employees at uOttawa:
Planning: Organize in time a series of actions or events in order to realise an objective or a project. Plan and organize own work and priorities in regular daily activities.
Initiative: Demonstrate creativity and initiative to suggest improvements and encourage positive results. Is proactive and self-starting. Show availability and willingness to go above and beyond whenever it is possible.
Client Service Orientation: Help or serve others to meet their needs. This implies anticipating and identifying the needs of internal and external clients and finding solutions on how to meet them.
Teamwork and Cooperation: Cooperate and work well with other members of the team to reach common goal(s). Accept and give constructive feedback. Able to adjust own behaviour to reach the goals of the team.

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The University of Ottawa embraces diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We are passionate about our people and committed to employment equity. We are at our best when everyone has a seat at the table, and when we are made to feel like we belong. We foster a culture of respect, teamwork and inclusion, where collaboration, innovation, and creativity fuel our quest for research and teaching excellence. While all qualified persons are invited to apply, we welcome applications from Indigenous persons, racialized persons, persons with disabilities, women and LGBTQIA2S+ persons. The University is committed to creating and maintaining an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The University is also committed to working with applicants with disabilities requesting accommodation during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes. Applicants with disabilities may contact to communicate the accommodation need. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

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