Senior Project Manager

The Senior Project Manager reports to the Manager, Projects and is accountable for leading the delivery of complex and strategically significant capital projects across the project lifecycle. The role provides leadership in project execution, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and commercial decision-making to ensure projects are delivered safely and in alignment with approved business objectives, scope, schedule, budget, and quality requirements. The Senior Project Manager serves as a trusted advisor and mentor within the Projects team, providing leadership on complex project challenges while supporting the continuous improvement of project delivery practices and organizational capability. 

Responsibility Area #1 – Strategic Project Delivery & Execution 

• Lead large, complex, and strategically significant capital projects from development support through commissioning and operational handover. 
• Establish project execution strategies that support business objectives, investment decisions, and long-term operational requirements. 
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and within approved scope, schedule, budget, and quality parameters. 
• Provide leadership to project teams, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders throughout project execution. 

Responsibility Area #2 – Health, Safety & Risk Leadership 

• Champion safety leadership and accountability across all phases of project execution. 
• Ensure project risks, regulatory obligations, environmental requirements, and compliance commitments are proactively managed. 
• Lead risk identification, mitigation planning, and issue resolution activities for complex project environments. 

Responsibility Area #3 – Stakeholder, Commercial & Contract Leadership 

• Lead relationships with senior internal stakeholders, customers, contractors, consultants, regulators, suppliers, and external partners. 
• Provide leadership through procurement, contract negotiations, contract management, and commercial decision-making activities. 
• Resolve complex project, commercial, and stakeholder issues to maintain project performance objectives. 

Responsibility Area #4 – Project Controls, Performance & Governance 

• Provide oversight of project cost, schedule, forecasting, reporting, change management, and risk management activities. 
• Ensure project controls processes are effectively implemented and utilized to support decision-making and project success. 
• Present project performance, risks, and recommendations to leadership and governance bodies. 

Responsibility Area #5 – Leadership, Mentorship & Organizational Capability 

• Provide mentorship, coaching, and technical guidance to Project Managers, Project Engineers, and other project team members. 
• Support development of project management capability, project delivery practices, and continuous improvement initiatives. 
• Promote a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation, and project delivery excellence. 
• Serve as a trusted advisor on complex project execution challenges and opportunities. 

REQUIRED KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES: 

• 7-10 years experience in a similar role, managing projects through development, execution , commissioning, and operational handover
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Business, or related discipline. 
• PMP designation
• Experience delivering major infrastructure, industrial, power generation, energy transition, renewable energy, utility, or related capital projects. 
• Progressive experience in capital project delivery, project governance, and project lifecycle management for large and complex projects. 
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing contracts, procurement strategies, project economics, and stakeholder expectations.  
• Advanced understanding of project controls disciplines, including forecasting, scheduling, earned value, change management, and risk management.  
• Ability to evaluate complex project risks and develop mitigation strategies that support successful project outcomes.  
• Strong leadership, coaching, and mentoring capabilities with the ability to develop project management capability across the organization.  
• Communication, negotiation, and influencing skills with the ability to align diverse stakeholder groups and support executive-level decision-making.  
• Knowledge of engineering, construction, commissioning, operations, regulatory, environmental, and safety practices associated with capital projects.  
• Strategic thinking and decision-making skills with the ability to balance technical, commercial, operational, and stakeholder considerations.  
• Ability to lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance project delivery performance and organizational capability.  

We would like to thank everyone for their application; however, only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.

Final candidates will be required to undergo a Security Clearance Check.

ATCO is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.