Manager, Project Execution

Toronto Hydro•Toronto, ON

5d•CA$116,487 - CA$145,609•Hybrid

About The Position

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Capital Projects, the Manager, Project Execution is responsible for the day-to-day, end-to-end delivery of an outsourced portfolio of the organization’s capital, maintenance, and externally initiated programs. This includes providing technical review, guidance and management of Electrical and Civil projects and programs using selected vendors through all phases of the project or program delivery to ensure on-time and on-budget completion of assigned work program in compliance with approved Toronto Hydro standards, procedures, and commitments. The incumbent is responsible for supervising a team of professional and technical resources (internal and external) including providing coaching, feedback and mentoring on organizational processes and procedures. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Requirements

Post secondary education (Electrical and Civil Engineering preferred)
Professional Engineer (P. Eng) or Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T) in province of Ontario strongly preferred.
Five (5) – seven (7) years of professional experience in electrical distribution, system planning, design review and construction management
Three (3) - Five (5) years of supervisory or project leadership experience, people leadership experience strongly preferred
Valid class G license required
Significant experience of electrical and civil drawings for distribution systems
Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred
Experience with GEAR, SAP, technical design, project management tools
Strong working knowledge of the Microsoft Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
Experience in project tracking and reporting and financial management
Knowledge of third-party contract management, contract administration, offers to connect, coordination agreements
Knowledge of Health and Safety Legislation, Collective Agreements, utility practices and City of Toronto By-Laws
Strong and effective written and verbal communication skills
Models a customer focused approach in all decisions and actions
Invests in time required to develop relationships with internal and external stakeholders
Manages risks, models and promotes healthy and safe work practices
Links long-range visions and concepts to daily work, prioritizes work in alignment with operation goals, develops and implements long-term alternative strategies to achieve success for business
Actively supports employee development through coaching, mentoring and training
Well-developed stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
Learns and adopts continuous improvements efforts for all areas of responsibility

Responsibilities

Provide technical expertise and demonstrates ability to review engineering drawings related to utility infrastructure, road restoration and construction project cost estimation.
Demonstrates knowledge of Engineering and Construction standards and specifications, Municipal Consent Requirements, design and construction best practices.
Provides day-to-day iterative guidance and support to internal team and assigned vendor(s) to validate work package viability and timely cost-effective work completion (schedule adherence, actual vs. estimate, change order management) of assigned work to ensure the work meets system needs, and is delivered with a high degree of safety and reliability and in alignment with Toronto Hydro and other related standards, specifications and procedures. This includes design review and facilitation of design approvals and construction project estimations.
Participates in all construction/program meetings and works closely with the assigned third-party auditor to ensure compliance with all required processes and procedures is maintained during project work.
Reviews assigned projects, programs and scope packages and assesses if the assigned contractor has the capacity, skills and experience for the required work.
Looks for interdependence with other projects, programs and scope packages and validates with internal stakeholders as required.
Reviews budgetary estimates and initiates, as required, the change request process through Program Management
Takes actions to mitigate and resolve program delivery issues as they arise with internal and external stakeholders that could impact work program attainment, including administrative issues, customer issues, grid operations, design and construction concerns, materials management and resourcing issues.
Manages the relationship with assigned contractors and monitors contractor performance.
Confirms project execution is completed according to work plans. Leads short interval planning and review meetings to monitor safety performance, adherence to standards and quality, schedule attainment and resourcing.
Raises non-conformance issues to contractors and monitors corrective action and closure.
Conducts mid-year and year-end performance reviews with assigned contractor, and consolidates/delivers contractor evaluation feedback, with support from Senior Leader.
Reviews and oversee external services contractors to ensure the terms of the relevant contract are met, including correct invoicing and budgets are regularly monitored and reconciled.
Ensures details of contracts are managed, acting as gatekeeper to ensure work issued/contracted aligns to the work performance.
Acts as Toronto Hydro liaison to build and foster relationships with internal and external stakeholders such as the, City, Contractors, Auditors and Customers.
Supervises day-to-day activities performed by internal professional staff, students and external contractor resources.
Manages safety, attendance, performance, discipline and training and development.
Provides coaching and feedback to motivate and engage employee outcomes in the attainment of departmental goals and objectives.
Lead various departmental/divisional initiatives that align with corporate objectives.
Actively participates in internal and industry working groups/committees and keeps apprised of industry best practices that improve decision making, safety, service levels, operational performance or financial outcomes.
Up to 15% of monthly travel may be required to visit construction sites.