Project Manager
Role Overview
Leads multidisciplinary engineering projects from initiation through commissioning and closeout.
Coordinates engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and customer stakeholders to meet financial, schedule, quality, and customer-satisfaction objectives.
Serves as the primary contact for customers and internal stakeholders and leads project teams while managing risks, resources, budgets, and schedules.
Key Skills for This Role
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Role overview
Leads multidisciplinary engineering projects from initiation through commissioning and closeout.
Coordinates engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality, logistics, and customer stakeholders to meet financial, schedule, quality, and customer-satisfaction objectives.
Serves as the primary contact for customers and internal stakeholders and leads project teams while managing risks, resources, budgets, and schedules.
Key responsibilities
- Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource forecasts, accounting for commercial, technical, legal, and regulatory requirements and tracking progress through Nordion's product development process.
- Define project scope, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria with stakeholders; lead kickoff meetings and establish communication plans.
- Coordinate execution from concept through commissioning, monitor progress, and implement corrective action as needed.
- Manage change requests and ensure appropriate documentation and approvals.
- Conduct project reviews and prepare and present status reports to leadership.
- Manage customer expectations for scope, schedule, cost, and risk; coordinate communication across internal departments.
- Maintain risk and issue logs, implement mitigation, and report or escalate issues as needed.
- Follow environmental, health and safety policies, the Quality Management System, and other organizational procedures.
- Maintain project documentation, support audits, and deliver projects on time, within scope, and within budget.
Education and experience
- Post-secondary engineering or other technical degree.
- At least five years managing and/or leading multiple complex technical projects; engineering project management experience is desirable.
Skills and competencies
- Deep understanding of project management tools, techniques, and best practices.
- Experience applying traditional/waterfall, Agile, and visual management methodologies.
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Project, as well as relevant management systems.
- Basic understanding of business principles and contracts.
- Ability to learn tools and techniques quickly and grasp unfamiliar technical concepts.
- Strong persuasion, empathy, motivation, teamwork, interpersonal, collaboration, listening, and communication skills.
- Able to work independently, influence across the organization, adapt communication and team role, and prioritize concurrent projects.
- Fluent in English.
Assets and additional requirements
- Project Management Certification, such as PMP, is a strong asset.
- Nuclear industry or similar high-reliability or regulated-environment experience is an asset.
- Engineering project management experience and/or a technical engineering background is an asset.
- Occasional overtime may be required to meet project requirements.
About Sotera Health
Sotera Health provides sterilization, lab testing, and advisory services for the healthcare industry and describes its mission as safeguarding global health.
Its businesses include Sterigenics, Nordion, and Nelson Labs.
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