Senior Construction Project Manager

Job summary

Lead capital, maintenance, and pipeline projects through the full lifecycle, managing scope, schedule, cost, execution plans, contracting, procurement, and risks. Review engineering and vendor deliverables, ensure compliance and project assurance, coordinate stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and technical guidance.

Job details

Location: Edmonton or Calgary Specific Accountabilities Lead overall project management, development, engineering, and scoping activities across the full project lifecycle. Own project scope, schedule, cost estimate, execution plan, contracting strategy, procurement, risks, and supporting documentation. Manage, review, and approve third-party engineering deliverables, including drawings, technical reports, and material requisitions, against budget and schedule. Review vendor quotations, evaluate technical bids, recommend selections, and support material procurement with Supply Chain. Ensure projects are fit for purpose and comply with regulatory, environmental, health and safety, industry code, and corporate standard requirements. Coordinate and support design reviews, constructability reviews, PHA reviews, and related project assurance activities. Lead or support business initiatives, including cost-saving opportunities aligned with project business justification. Provide technical guidance and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned, standard updates, engineering plans, and contractor evaluations. Apply lessons learned from past projects to improve future project design and execution. Scope/Dimensions: Manage capital growth, maintenance or pipeline projects ranging from $500K to $200MM. Apply standard project management techniques, leveraging both internal and industry design and construction codes and standards. Facility and pipeline projects within the Liquid Pipelines Business Unit Facility projects include work inside of facilities (e.g. booster pumps, cooling facilities, piping, pump stations, manifolds, mechanical equipment, valves, pig traps, storage tanks, terminals, blending, etc) Oversees the development and/or implementation of technical solutions, ensuring efficient coordination of technical resources and with other internal and external stakeholders Provides informal leadership to peers Required Qualifications & Skills: Bachelor’s degree or diploma in Engineering (preferably Electrical, Mechanical, Piping, Project Management, or related field); P.Eng designation not required. 10+ years of progressively responsible experience in engineering and project management Demonstrated ability to be innovative, initiate and manage change. Capable of working independently, managing multiple projects and prioritizing tasks accordingly Ability to resolve complex issues based on depth and breadth of technical and business knowledge Awareness of interrelationships with other stakeholders both internal and external to the project team Effectively communicate technical and project issues and impacts to other technical and non-technical staff Valid Class 5 driver’s license with a clean driving record. Additional Attributes: Experience in budgeting, scheduling, and reporting for engineering projects. High degree of professional judgment, creativity, and latitude. Passion for advancing project management and engineering systems. If interested, send your resume to melissa.hughes@manpower.com or call 403-809-4215 for further details.

What you’ll do

Lead capital, maintenance, and pipeline projects through the full lifecycle, managing scope, schedule, cost, execution plans, contracting, procurement, and risks. Review engineering and vendor deliverables, ensure compliance and project assurance, coordinate stakeholders, and drive continuous improvement through lessons learned and technical guidance.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree or diploma in engineering or a related field and at least 10 years of progressively responsible engineering and project management experience; a P.Eng designation is not required. Candidates should be able to manage multiple projects independently, resolve complex technical and business issues, communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders, and hold a valid Class 5 driver’s license with a clean record.

Listed skills

• Regulatory Compliance · Preferred
• Risk Management · Preferred
• Project management · Preferred
• Procurement · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Project Management
• Engineering Project Management
• Scope Management
• Schedule Management
• Cost Estimation
• Project Execution Planning
• Contracting Strategy
• Procurement
• Risk Management
• Engineering Deliverable Review
• Technical Bid Evaluation
• Regulatory Compliance
• Health And Safety Compliance
• Design And Constructability Reviews
• Budgeting And Reporting
• Stakeholder Coordination

Job areas

• Engineering
• Construction
• Management & Leadership
• Energy

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