About the role
Job Title
Senior Project Manager Job Description Position Summary The Senior Project Manager oversees large, complex projects in the construction and material handling industries, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and in compliance with technical and contractual requirements. Serving as the primary customer interface, this role leads multi‑disciplinary teams and subcontractors, manages risk and financial performance, and mentors junior project managers to drive successful outcomes on projects valued at $50M+.
Essential Functions / Responsibilities
Assume administrative, contractual, technical, and financial control of assigned projects. Organize and lead the project team; supervise and mentor Project Managers (levels 1 and 2). Preserve integrated system design to meet performance and technical specification requirements. Manage the project master schedule to achieve timely completion of contracts. Provide monthly project status reports to leadership and stakeholders. Act as the primary interface with customers, ensuring strong relationships and clear communication. Lead multi-disciplined teams and subcontractors, managing conflict, establishing priorities, and coordinating concurrent activities. Promote effective collaboration among departments and foster team development. Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities. Travel as required, including extended periods during commissioning and acceptance phases. Manage project cash flow and deliverables against price/time curves, exercising overall profit responsibility.
Qualifications/ Requirements
10+ years of progressive project management experience, with a proven track record of successfully delivering medium to large projects ($50M+). 10+ years of experience in the construction and/or material handling industry. Strong leadership capability to build, unify, and motivate project teams. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (verbal and written).
Preferred skills/ Qualifications
Vanderlande ICS, platform solution experience strongly preferred Primavera P6, Smartsheet or Asana JD Edwards, Oracle ERP – for financial oversight, cash flow management, and deliverables tracking.
Excel (Advanced), AutoCAD / Revit
Power BI or Tableau – for project dashboards, risk tracking, and performance reporting.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt / Black Belt) Skills/ Competencies Independent decision-making ability with strong financial acumen. Demonstrated subcontractor management experience. Ability to manage diverse internal disciplines and complex stakeholder groups, including consultants within the airport and security industry. Sound knowledge of contract law and its application in project environments.
Travel
This role requires 50% travel domestically and internationally.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EEOC Statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
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About Vanderlande Industries
Vanderlande is a market-leading, global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports and parcel sectors. Its extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers' business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements.
Vanderlande's warehousing solutions are the first choice for many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers in food, fashion and general merchandise across the globe. The company helps them to fulfil their promise of same-day delivery for billions of orders, with nine of the 15 largest global food retailers relying on its efficient and reliable solutions.
As a global partner for future-proof airport solutions, Vanderlande's market-leading baggage handling systems and related passenger solutions are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. These are active in more than 600 airports, including 12 of the world's top 20.
Vanderlande is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions that address the challenges in the parcel market. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world's leading parcel handling companies.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 9,000 employees, all committed to moving its customers' businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 2.4 billion euros, it has established a worldwide reputation over the past seven decades as a global partner for future-proof logistic process automation.
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About the role
Job Title
Senior Project Manager Job Description Position Summary The Senior Project Manager oversees large, complex projects in the construction and material handling industries, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and in compliance with technical and contractual requirements. Serving as the primary customer interface, this role leads multi‑disciplinary teams and subcontractors, manages risk and financial performance, and mentors junior project managers to drive successful outcomes on projects valued at $50M+.
Essential Functions / Responsibilities
Assume administrative, contractual, technical, and financial control of assigned projects. Organize and lead the project team; supervise and mentor Project Managers (levels 1 and 2). Preserve integrated system design to meet performance and technical specification requirements. Manage the project master schedule to achieve timely completion of contracts. Provide monthly project status reports to leadership and stakeholders. Act as the primary interface with customers, ensuring strong relationships and clear communication. Lead multi-disciplined teams and subcontractors, managing conflict, establishing priorities, and coordinating concurrent activities. Promote effective collaboration among departments and foster team development. Identify, assess, and manage project risks and opportunities. Travel as required, including extended periods during commissioning and acceptance phases. Manage project cash flow and deliverables against price/time curves, exercising overall profit responsibility.
Qualifications/ Requirements
10+ years of progressive project management experience, with a proven track record of successfully delivering medium to large projects ($50M+). 10+ years of experience in the construction and/or material handling industry. Strong leadership capability to build, unify, and motivate project teams. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills (verbal and written).
Preferred skills/ Qualifications
Vanderlande ICS, platform solution experience strongly preferred Primavera P6, Smartsheet or Asana JD Edwards, Oracle ERP – for financial oversight, cash flow management, and deliverables tracking.
Excel (Advanced), AutoCAD / Revit
Power BI or Tableau – for project dashboards, risk tracking, and performance reporting.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Lean Six Sigma (Green Belt / Black Belt) Skills/ Competencies Independent decision-making ability with strong financial acumen. Demonstrated subcontractor management experience. Ability to manage diverse internal disciplines and complex stakeholder groups, including consultants within the airport and security industry. Sound knowledge of contract law and its application in project environments.
Travel
This role requires 50% travel domestically and internationally.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EEOC Statement
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
Not the right fit? Search for Project Manager jobs in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Vanderlande Industries
Vanderlande is a market-leading, global partner for future-proof logistic process automation in the warehousing, airports and parcel sectors. Its extensive portfolio of integrated solutions – innovative systems, intelligent software and life-cycle services – results in the realisation of fast, reliable and efficient automation technology.
The company focuses on the optimisation of its customers' business processes and competitive positions. Through close cooperation, it strives for the improvement of their operational activities and the expansion of their logistical achievements.
Vanderlande's warehousing solutions are the first choice for many of the largest global e-commerce players and retailers in food, fashion and general merchandise across the globe. The company helps them to fulfil their promise of same-day delivery for billions of orders, with nine of the 15 largest global food retailers relying on its efficient and reliable solutions.
As a global partner for future-proof airport solutions, Vanderlande's market-leading baggage handling systems and related passenger solutions are capable of moving over 4 billion pieces of baggage around the world per year. These are active in more than 600 airports, including 12 of the world's top 20.
Vanderlande is also a leading supplier of process automation solutions that address the challenges in the parcel market. More than 52 million parcels are sorted by its systems every day, which have been installed for the world's leading parcel handling companies.
Established in 1949, Vanderlande has more than 9,000 employees, all committed to moving its customers' businesses forward at diverse locations on every continent. With a consistently increasing turnover of 2.4 billion euros, it has established a worldwide reputation over the past seven decades as a global partner for future-proof logistic process automation.