We are seeking a team player who has experience as Project Manager or in electrical, controls and automation or systems design in manufacturing environments, specifically food, beverage, and life science industries. The ability to travel within Ontario, Canada and outside of Canada is a must for this role's success.

The Senior Project Manager will join a high-performance team of engineers and technicians in the food, beverage and brewing industries, reporting directly to the Business Unit Manager.

The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for developing and executing projects to ensure work is completed on time, on budget and meeting the stated objective. The right individual shall possess diverse technical, operational and process systems understanding, complimented with a keen eye and willingness to dive into technical details where appropriate to do so. Refined communication, organizational, project management and negotiation skills are essential as is experience of delivering successful projects to the customer. The candidate will be recognized as a leader who works effectively both independently and in a team, environment demonstrating flexibility to ensure customer satisfaction.

What you'll be doing

• Complete Life Cycle Project Management of projects ranging from 1M – 120M.

• Gather Project Requirements: based on requests and information that has been provided by the customer.

• Establish Design Specifications: establish conceptual design parameters. Participate and coordinate meetings with the customer and equipment vendors to outline solutions and finalize the complete design.

• Clarify Project Deliverables: solidify the outcome of the project: i.e., what equipment will be in place; what technical requirements need to be met, etc.

• Create Project Budget: in partnership with the customer obtain official approval to invest an exact amount of capital funds. Budget creation through the gathering and prudent assessment of estimates provided by 3rd party vendors and/or contractors.

• Create Project Schedule Timelines & Milestones from Start to Finish: ensure all equipment and services can be purchased, scheduled and implemented in alignment to meeting the official launch date. Contact all vendors to obtain lead-times of equipment and services from the point of PO (purchase order). Create the skeleton model of the primary project task list with specific deadlines in alignment to ‘key' project milestones.

• Create, Issue & Award Tenders: 3-step process with the last step (award) typically done as a joint venture with the customer and their purchasing department (e.g., price negotiation, SLA's etc.)

• Overall Execution: organize and manage all installation activities i.e., dates of equipment delivery; identifying each step for installation; project schedule attainment; managing and updating project plan, keeping key stakeholders abreast of any changes to the plan, etc.

• Construction Management: on-site management when all equipment arrives, and the contractors are on site. Daily supervision of all contractors and overall site activities is required.

• Start-Up & Commissioning: go-live point where all equipment has been installed and now ready to begin production. Work with the vendors and provide hands-on technical assistance to troubleshoot equipment being commissioned.

• Final Acceptance & Project Closure: assist in the site acceptance tests to ensure all equipment and systems meet the performance guarantees originally committed to as part of the equipment supplier contract agreements.

Minimum qualifications

• Engineering Degree

• 10+ years of strategic and tactical project management experience in industrial beverage or brewing manufacturing, bakeries, high speed packaging of consumer goods, heavy industrial and/or pharmaceutical life science industries.

• Diverse experience in bulk materials handling CIP (filtration, utilities & services, filling and packaging, cartoners and case packers, palletizers).

• Diverse technical process systems understanding, complimented with a keen eye and willingness to dive into the details and trouble shoot, where appropriate, to ensure system performances are measured and achieved.

• Excellent English communication skills (verbal and written)

• Exceptional project, time and priority management skills

• Strong leadership, negotiation, meeting facilitation, and conflict resolution skills.

• Must have the ability to effectively interact with and communicate to all levels of a manufacturing organization – shop floor to board room.

• Led diverse project teams including engineers, designers, automation specialists, mechanical/electrical contractors, customer personnel etc.

• General understanding of regulatory requirements for electrical and safety systems i.e., CSA, ESA, etc.

• Good comprehension of construction work and its safety requirements

• Ability to work with a local team of professionals, internally and externally to ensure the execution of customer projects is successfully completed to the customer's satisfaction.

• Valid G class driver's license and personal transportation to travel to customer job sites.

Beneficial Qualifications

• PMP Certification

• P. Eng Designation

• In depth Knowledge of instrumentation, controls and automation, Rockwell Allen-Bradley.

• Experience working with SAP and SharePoint

• French communication skills (verbal and written)

About working environment

• Travel is required within Ontario, Canada and outside of Canada.

• Will be required to wear protective equipment in designated areas such as: hard hat, safety glasses, hearing protection, and steel toed safety boots.

• May be exposed to cold, heat and humidity, loud noise levels, and dust.

• Manual dexterity required to use desktop computer and peripherals.

• Overtime as required.

To be successful in this role

• The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for supporting the execution of projects for various customers within a variety of production and manufacturing industries. Their objectives will be to ensure work is completed safely, on time, on budget and meeting the stated project deliverables.

• The Senior Project Manager will demonstrate the ability to work autonomously, taking initiative to drive projects forward while embracing opportunities for progression, variety, and continuous learning within the business.

• The Senior Project Manager will possess strong communication, organizational, time management, and interpersonal skills. Assignments will consist of projects within Ontario with the potential of projects to be located across Canada and the USA.

• To be successful in this role, the incumbent must be hands on, adaptable, and possess the ability to lead, manage, and influence change within various organizational environments, while applying standard project management tools and applications.

• Travel to customer sites is expected and the incumbent must be comfortable working at customer sites for varying amounts of time.

Company DescriptionOpusing is a 100% Minority-owned and diversity-certified Digital Transformation and staffing firm that empowers startups, businesses, and corporations to leverage the power of Technology and Manpower to trigger unstoppable growth. The success of our clients is the only goal of our team, which is led by digital native professionals in creative thinking, programming paradigms, and commercial acumen.
We are a globally growing firm with our headquarters in Boston, USA. With a focus on addressing clients' unique needs by significantly enhancing their businesses, we offer unmatched staff augmentation, HR outsourcing, and IT & non-IT staffing services globally.
We have been a forward-thinking and trustworthy technology & staffing partner for top-tier brands since 2007. We have worked with fortune 2000 companies in North America -the United States, Canada, India, and the UK. We have been the primary go-to vendor for all our clients for Contract and Fulltime Professional services, Offshore Staffing & SOW-based project work.Company DescriptionOpusing is a 100% Minority-owned and diversity-certified Digital Transformation and staffing firm that empowers startups, businesses, and corporations to leverage the power of Technology and Manpower to trigger unstoppable growth. The success of our clients is the only goal of our team, which is led by digital native professionals in creative thinking, programming paradigms, and commercial acumen.We are a globally growing firm with our headquarters in Boston, USA. With a focus on addressing clients' unique needs by significantly enhancing their businesses, we offer unmatched staff augmentation, HR outsourcing, and IT & non-IT staffing services globally.We have been a forward-thinking and trustworthy technology & staffing partner for top-tier brands since 2007. We have worked with fortune 2000 companies in North America -the United States, Canada, India, and the UK. We have been the primary go-to vendor for all our clients for Contract and Fulltime Professional services, Offshore Staffing & SOW-based project work.