Wind Project Manager
Winnipeg, MB
Manitoba Hydro is consistently recognized as one of Manitoba's Top Employers! We are a leader among energy companies in
North America, recognized for providing highly reliable service and exceptional customer satisfaction. Join our team of Manitoba's
best as we continue to build a company that champions safety, supports innovation, and delivers on our commitment to customer
service - while actively fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace reflective of the communities we serve.
Great Benefits
- Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
- Defined-benefit pension plan for long-term financial security.
- Nine-day work cycle, typically resulting in every other Monday off to support a balanced approach to work, family life and
community.
Position Overview:
We are seeking a Project Manager to join our Project Management Centre of Expertise Department. Under the general direction of
the Manager of Project Management Centre of Expertise, the Wind Project Manager will provide strategic leadership and have
overall responsibility for project management requirements from the planning phase through closure for enterprise projects, such as
the implementation of Wind Power. The Wind Project Manager will collaborate across the enterprise in order to align with overall
corporate strategies and the Affordable Provincial Energy Plan.
Responsibilities:
- Direct activities and assignments and supervise the performance of project staff responsible for managing all phases of linear
infrastructure (transmission, distribution, and/or gas) capital projects and call for wind power, including planning,
environmental licencing and property requirements, design, procurement, construction, commissioning and project close-out.
- Interested Party Engagement: Collaborate with internal teams (e.g., Independent Power, Grid Infrastructure Planning,
Indigenous Relations, Supply Chain Management, Environmental Assessment, Enterprise Resource Planning, Legal,
Communications, Executive leadership, etc.), external partners, and regulatory bodies to gather requirements and ensure
project alignment.
- Provide expertise in the field of Project Management. Plan, develop, and deliver a project execution plan and key project
management deliverables across multiple business units as they relate to corporate investments.
- Provide leadership, direction, and mentorship to project team staff in the management of project controls, project estimates,
technical scope of work, and schedule.
- Monitor project participants' progress and hold parties accountable for initiating and/or adhering to the technical scope of the
work, the project schedule, and the approved budget.
- Responsible for establishing a risk management plan and project contingency allowance based on risk impact assessment
and managing funds accordingly.
- Reporting: Prepare regular progress reports for team and senior management, highlighting key milestones, challenges, and
performance.
- Change Management: Manage deviations to the technical scopes of work, project estimates, and schedules, and form
recommendations on how to deal with their impacts.
- Resource Management: Regularly liaise with section heads and managers throughout the enterprise to communicate capital
project priorities, ensure resource allocation to meet these priorities, and maintain knowledge of long-term requirements.
- Support project governance structure that empowers and enables project managers and teams and effectively solves
problems.
Qualifications:
- Graduate in Mechanical, Electrical, or Civil Engineering from a university of recognized standing, with a minimum of seven
years of related experience, of which five years of experience must have been in project management and administration,
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