NOW HIRING: Automation Project Manager
Job Description
We are seeking an experienced Automation & Controls Project Manager, to manage a portfolio of industrial engineering projects for clients across British Columbia and Western Canada. The Project Manager will oversee multiple projects and client relationships while coordinating technical teams, managing scope, schedule and commercial performance, and ensuring successful project delivery.
Responsibilities
- Manage multiple automation, controls, electrical and instrumentation projects from initiation through closeout.
- Develop and maintain project scopes, schedules, budgets, resource plans and execution strategies.
- Coordinate controls, automation and electrical engineering resources to meet client deliverables and project milestones.
- Provide sufficient technical oversight to identify risks, challenge assumptions and ensure engineering teams have the information required for successful execution.
- Serve as a primary point of contact for clients throughout project execution.
- Manage project changes, priorities, schedules and competing client requirements.
- Monitor project financial performance, including budgets, forecasts, resource utilization and change management.
- Coordinate internal engineering disciplines and external client stakeholders.
- Support planning and resource allocation across a portfolio of concurrent industrial projects.
- Participate in project meetings, client discussions and technical reviews.
- Identify project risks early and develop practical mitigation strategies.
- Support broader project management and PMO activities as required.
Must Haves
- 1015 years of heavy industrial engineering/project experience with 510 years of technical experience within controls, automation, instrumentation or a closely related discipline prior to Project Management.
- 5+ years of project management experience managing engineering or industrial projects.
- Demonstrated ability to manage projects or programs involving multiple stakeholders, technical disciplines and competing priorities.
- Working knowledge of electrical systems sufficient to understand project requirements, identify issues and effectively communicate with electrical engineering teams.
- Experience managing client-facing industrial projects.
Nice To Haves
- PMP designation or formal project management training.
- Experience managing a portfolio of projects simultaneously.
- Experience within chemical, food processing, refining, oil and gas, or similar industrial environments.
- Experience supporting PMO activities or broader program management.
- Experience managing projects across multiple client accounts.
- Established industrial experience or network within the Lower Mainland.
Work Environment
This position is a remote, Vancouver-based role with occasional travel to client sites throughout the Lower Mainland.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, BC.
Pay And Benefits
The pay range for this position is $110.00 - $125.00/hr.
Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.
Job Type & Location
This is a Contract position based out of Vancouver, BC.
Workplace Type
This is a hybrid position in Vancouver,BC.
À propos d'Actalent
Actalent est un leader mondial dans les services dingénierie et de sciences ainsi que dans les solutions de talents. Nous aidons des entreprises visionnaires à faire progresser leurs initiatives dingénierie et de science grâce à laccès à des experts spécialisés qui favorisent léchelle, linnovation et la rapidité de mise sur le marché. Avec un réseau de près de 20 000 consultants et 5 000 clients à travers les États-Unis, le Canada, lAsie et lEurope, Actalent dessert de nombreuses entreprises du Fortune 500. Nous sommes fiers dêtre lune des 500 meilleures firmes de conception de lEngineering News-Record (ENR) pour nos services de conception en ingénierie et un lauréat du prix ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® tant pour le service client que pour les talents.
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About Actalent
Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.
The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.
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