Senior Manager, Capital Projects (Major External Projects)

Toronto Hydro•Toronto, ON

8d•CA$147,140 - CA$183,925•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Capital Projects (Major External Projects) is responsible for leading the successful planning, coordination, and delivery of complex utility and infrastructure projects. This role will oversee a portfolio of strategic capital projects, including major transit expansions, waterfront developments, bridge infrastructure, distributed energy resource (DER) initiatives, and utility coordination programs. The successful candidate will provide leadership to a team of managers and technical professionals while managing relationships with municipal agencies, transit authorities, developers, regulatory bodies, contractors, and other key stakeholders. This position requires a strong combination of utility engineering expertise, commercial acumen, project delivery experience, and stakeholder management capabilities. This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree in Engineering (Electrical strongly preferred)
Registered Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) in the Province of Ontario
Minimum ten (10) years of experience in design, construction and commercial project execution and commercial agreements.
Minimum of seven (7) years of strong people leadership experience
Strong knowledge of design, construction, contract administration, and project delivery practices.
Demonstrated experience in developing and managing partnerships with internal/external stakeholders
Masters level degree – Business Administration or Engineering (preferred).
Project Management Professional (PMP) designation (preferred).
Strong understanding of utility relocation, utility coordination, permitting, and regulatory approval processes.
Strong knowledge of project management principles, risk management, contract administration, and capital project delivery.
Superior verbal and written communication skills; ability to effectively communicate ideas and influence change with people at all levels of the organization

Responsibilities

Oversee and manages the development of strategy, forecasts, plans, execute and report for a portfolio of capital constructions projects for both customer and externally initiated projects
Leads the delivery of large-scale utility and infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, schedules, budgets, and regulatory requirements.
Provides strategic oversight for utility coordination activities related to major capital programs, including transit expansions, station infrastructure projects, waterfront developments, bridge projects, and DER initiatives.
Develops and maintains strong relationships with key external stakeholders, including municipalities, transit agencies, developers, regulatory authorities, and project partners.
Leads commercial and contractual negotiations for complex project agreements, coordination agreements, and infrastructure-related arrangements.
Leads a team to drive departmental activities to comply with required environment, health and safety (EHS) legislation, regulations, policies, procedures and practices
Provides coaching and feedback to motivate and engage employee outcomes in the attainment of organizational goals; acts to address gaps in performance which may impact outcomes. Provides varied growth opportunities and supports specific rotations for all employees
Manages annual budget, plans, scorecards and measures consistent with corporate, divisional and departmental goals.
Oversee and manages the relationships, attainment and performance for all elements of a portfolio of capital construction programs.
Provides oversight of the management systems, processes and procedures to optimize safety, reliability, costs and outcomes in accordance with legal and regulatory obligations under various statutes and codes
Acts as the subject matter expert in the development and defense of regulatory evidence to support large construction projects portfolio.
Oversees the resolution of issues with internal and external stakeholders to mitigate and address risks associated with project/program attainment or organizational brand and reputation.
Up to 20% of monthly travel is required to visit construction sites, field visits, off-site meetings, and other work locations.