Job Description

Job Title: IT Project Manager IV

Duration: 12+ Months Contract

Location: Edmonton

Hybrid: Mon, Tue, Thu in office

Primary Focus

Primary accountability is to manage complex technical IT and OT (Operational Technologies) projects, valued up to $10MM, primarily focused on projects related to enhancements of Control, SCADA and Leak Detection systems, UTILIZING AGILE,SCRUM AND WATERFALL SOFTWARE METHODOLOGIES . This role will facilitate the development of technical solutions with key project stakeholders and ensure best practice change management procedures are followed when systems are modified, deployed, or integrated. The role requires a technical understanding of OT applications and infrastructure, plus associated cybersecurity.

Specific Accountabilities

• Perform fulltime project management activities for projects ranging in cost up to $10MM.

• Proactively manage all PMBOK knowledge areas and process groups to ensure maximum value is delivered to stakeholders while minimizing cost and optimizing schedules.

• Execute projects in accordance with the established Corporate standards following both standard waterfall and agile methods where appropriate. INCLUDING SCRUM PRACTICES TO ENSURE ITERATIVE DEVELOPMNT AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

• Ensure all PMO processes are followed and PMO documents are produced.

• Provide directed, well defined project mandates, supplemented with documentation, scheduling, budgeting, and ongoing project analysis as required.

• Develop and implement change management process, procedures, and tools to ensure that deployment is seamless and that critical systems are not disrupted.

• Develop business cases for new projects and operational initiatives.

• Apply project and organizational knowledge, leadership, and active facilitation to enable effective execution of project activities.

• Perform continuous evaluation of internal processes to ensure efficient and priority-based execution of related projects; identify and propose process improvements as required.

• Prepare status reports and deliver presentations to senior management and key stakeholders.

• Facilitate successful resolution of outstanding concerns or issues within projects, escalating as appropriate.

• Review and approve project deliverables.

• Provide timely and accurate status reports as required for the whole duration of the project

• Initiate, support, and develop strategies for continuing process improvement initiatives within the PCSLD department.

• Ensure project delivery efficiency:

o Work collaboratively with supervisors, managers, directors, other project managers, and other stakeholders

o Conduct root-cause analysis on projects and project issues

o Analyze statistical information to determine gaps/deficiencies and find opportunities for efficiency gains

• Provide governance and enforcement of project processes and standards:

o Schedules, reporting, project financials

o QC, QA, and compliance norms.

Scope

• The role requires accountability for multiple projects up to $10MM and typically 1-to-3-year duration.

• The role will require establishing and working with operational technology (OT) project teams.

• Projects will include the entire “technology stack” – the physical infrastructure to user experience

Contacts

• Primary Internal Relationships:

o Control Systems, Leak Detection, and SCADA Subject Matter Experts

o Peer project coordinators and managers,

o Client Control Centre clients, Engineering, Measurement department’s representatives and other stakeholders.

External relationships:

o Third party vendors

o Consultants

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