About the role
SEM ltd is looking for a Project Manager. SEM ltd is a vendor of personnel for several clients throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The purpose of this job advertisement is to source highly skilled local professionals for job placement opportunities that align with their experience.
We require the services of an individual to join our clients’ engineering and project management team. The individual will support the execution of projects throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The Project Manager will oversee the successful planning, execution, and closeout of terminal station projects, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, budgets, and timelines. The role requires leadership in project management best practices, contractor oversight, and stakeholder coordination, with a focus on Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) excellence.
Position Requirements:
Job functions include but are not limited to:
· Lead terminal station projects from initiation to completion, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
· Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets, including regular reporting to leadership.
· Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure electrical designs, specifications, and deliverables meet corporate standards and applicable codes.
· Oversee and review tender packages, participate in contract evaluation and award processes, ensuring quality and value for our client.
· Manage project teams, including internal engineers, contractors, and consultants, to achieve project objectives.
· Conduct regular site visits to monitor construction activities, verify project progress, and provide support to site teams.
· Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks, and maintain the project risk register throughout the project lifecycle.
· Facilitate effective communication across stakeholders, ensuring that approved project changes are reflected in the active budget and schedule.
· Review and approve technical documentation, including commissioning procedures and electrical designs for terminal stations.
· Ensure contractor compliance with NL Hydro’s Contractor Safety Management Plan and corporate HSE policies.
· Support the development of technical specifications for major terminal station equipment (e.g., transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear).
· Lead project closeout activities, ensuring smooth transition of completed assets to operations.
· Promote continual improvement through lessons learned, innovative approaches, and sharing best practices with other project teams.
· Submit timesheets and documentation in accordance with project management requirements.
· Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or a relevant engineering discipline) registered with the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL) association;
· Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is preferred;
· Minimum of 7 years of progressive project management and/or engineering experience in high-voltage electrical projects, including terminal stations and transmission systems;
· Proven experience managing complex projects involving high-voltage equipment such as power transformers, current transformers, voltage transformers, circuit breakers, and disconnect switches;
· Strong background in coordinating and managing multidisciplinary project teams (e.g., electrical, civil, mechanical) and collaborating with design and construction groups;
· Demonstrated ability to manage projects on operational industrial sites, including contractor supervision and adherence to site-specific safety requirements;
· Proficiency in project management tools (such as Microsoft Project or Primavera) as well as excellent computer skills with Microsoft Office Suite;
· Ability to adapt to dynamic work environments and changing project demands;
· Valid Canadian driver’s license with Government Drivers Abstract
· Valid certifications in WHMIS 2015, Defensive Driving, Powerline Hazards, Emergency First Aid, Fall Protection, and Trenching and Excavating are considered assets;
· Must be able to provide a criminal records check
Anticipated Start Date: June 2025 Anticipated End Date: December 2026 (18 month contract with an option in favour of the Client to extend the service request for up to one-year increments on each end date).
Estimated Effort Time: 37.5 hours per week (office) or as required onsite.
To apply, please email you resume to talent@semltd.ca
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 18 months
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2025-06-18
About SEM Ltd
SEM as a company has come a long way from our origins in 1914, building rotating electrical equipment for telephone exchanges, into a world class spindle and servomotor manufacturer supplying customers that provide machinery to every industrialised country in the world.
SEM is also on a journey of cultural change, putting people at the centre of everything we do, and building an environment where respect and self-improvement are celebrated. We strive for excellence in our work, with the ultimate mission to provide the best quality servomotors on time to our customers. We know that the best way to achieve this is by having the right people and investing in them so they reach their full potential. We recently had our efforts in this area recognised with a Bronze Investors in People Award.
We design, manufacture and supply servomotors to drive system integrators and large OEMs worldwide. SEM’s core products are servo and spindle motors. These motors are used in motion control applications such as machine tools, robots, printing, packaging and process equipment where accurate control and positioning are required.
SEM as a company is unique; and it is the talent and excellence of our staff that keeps us in our world class position. In fact, our business model, named TogetherBetter, grew out of a people engagement initiative designed to empower everyone at SEM with the knowledge, skills and autonomy for them to excel in their roles. We believe that in order for us to be successful, we need to have a long-term vision, the tools and methodology to achieve it, and to believe in the importance of what we do.
We believe that our success as a company is all about our people, and as such make every effort to ensure that the benefits of our success are used to further improve our facilities and offering to our staff. We also believe that as part of SEM we have core values that go to the heart of what makes us unique and successful. This includes having pride in SEM and its products; taking responsibility and making decisions on a day to day basis; approaching challenges with a positive mind-set; engaging with everyone with respect; promoting safety and wellbeing of all our colleagues; and continually striving for excellence.
About the role
SEM ltd is looking for a Project Manager. SEM ltd is a vendor of personnel for several clients throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The purpose of this job advertisement is to source highly skilled local professionals for job placement opportunities that align with their experience.
We require the services of an individual to join our clients’ engineering and project management team. The individual will support the execution of projects throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. The Project Manager will oversee the successful planning, execution, and closeout of terminal station projects, ensuring alignment with corporate objectives, budgets, and timelines. The role requires leadership in project management best practices, contractor oversight, and stakeholder coordination, with a focus on Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) excellence.
Position Requirements:
Job functions include but are not limited to:
· Lead terminal station projects from initiation to completion, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, and within budget.
· Develop and manage project scopes, schedules, and budgets, including regular reporting to leadership.
· Coordinate with engineering teams to ensure electrical designs, specifications, and deliverables meet corporate standards and applicable codes.
· Oversee and review tender packages, participate in contract evaluation and award processes, ensuring quality and value for our client.
· Manage project teams, including internal engineers, contractors, and consultants, to achieve project objectives.
· Conduct regular site visits to monitor construction activities, verify project progress, and provide support to site teams.
· Identify, evaluate, and mitigate project risks, and maintain the project risk register throughout the project lifecycle.
· Facilitate effective communication across stakeholders, ensuring that approved project changes are reflected in the active budget and schedule.
· Review and approve technical documentation, including commissioning procedures and electrical designs for terminal stations.
· Ensure contractor compliance with NL Hydro’s Contractor Safety Management Plan and corporate HSE policies.
· Support the development of technical specifications for major terminal station equipment (e.g., transformers, circuit breakers, switchgear).
· Lead project closeout activities, ensuring smooth transition of completed assets to operations.
· Promote continual improvement through lessons learned, innovative approaches, and sharing best practices with other project teams.
· Submit timesheets and documentation in accordance with project management requirements.
· Other duties as assigned.
Education and Experience Requirements:
· Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (or a relevant engineering discipline) registered with the Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Newfoundland and Labrador (PEGNL) association;
· Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is preferred;
· Minimum of 7 years of progressive project management and/or engineering experience in high-voltage electrical projects, including terminal stations and transmission systems;
· Proven experience managing complex projects involving high-voltage equipment such as power transformers, current transformers, voltage transformers, circuit breakers, and disconnect switches;
· Strong background in coordinating and managing multidisciplinary project teams (e.g., electrical, civil, mechanical) and collaborating with design and construction groups;
· Demonstrated ability to manage projects on operational industrial sites, including contractor supervision and adherence to site-specific safety requirements;
· Proficiency in project management tools (such as Microsoft Project or Primavera) as well as excellent computer skills with Microsoft Office Suite;
· Ability to adapt to dynamic work environments and changing project demands;
· Valid Canadian driver’s license with Government Drivers Abstract
· Valid certifications in WHMIS 2015, Defensive Driving, Powerline Hazards, Emergency First Aid, Fall Protection, and Trenching and Excavating are considered assets;
· Must be able to provide a criminal records check
Anticipated Start Date: June 2025 Anticipated End Date: December 2026 (18 month contract with an option in favour of the Client to extend the service request for up to one-year increments on each end date).
Estimated Effort Time: 37.5 hours per week (office) or as required onsite.
To apply, please email you resume to talent@semltd.ca
Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 18 months
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 2025-06-18
About SEM Ltd
SEM as a company has come a long way from our origins in 1914, building rotating electrical equipment for telephone exchanges, into a world class spindle and servomotor manufacturer supplying customers that provide machinery to every industrialised country in the world.
SEM is also on a journey of cultural change, putting people at the centre of everything we do, and building an environment where respect and self-improvement are celebrated. We strive for excellence in our work, with the ultimate mission to provide the best quality servomotors on time to our customers. We know that the best way to achieve this is by having the right people and investing in them so they reach their full potential. We recently had our efforts in this area recognised with a Bronze Investors in People Award.
We design, manufacture and supply servomotors to drive system integrators and large OEMs worldwide. SEM’s core products are servo and spindle motors. These motors are used in motion control applications such as machine tools, robots, printing, packaging and process equipment where accurate control and positioning are required.
SEM as a company is unique; and it is the talent and excellence of our staff that keeps us in our world class position. In fact, our business model, named TogetherBetter, grew out of a people engagement initiative designed to empower everyone at SEM with the knowledge, skills and autonomy for them to excel in their roles. We believe that in order for us to be successful, we need to have a long-term vision, the tools and methodology to achieve it, and to believe in the importance of what we do.
We believe that our success as a company is all about our people, and as such make every effort to ensure that the benefits of our success are used to further improve our facilities and offering to our staff. We also believe that as part of SEM we have core values that go to the heart of what makes us unique and successful. This includes having pride in SEM and its products; taking responsibility and making decisions on a day to day basis; approaching challenges with a positive mind-set; engaging with everyone with respect; promoting safety and wellbeing of all our colleagues; and continually striving for excellence.