Project Manager/Project Lead
No salary listed
Mid, Senior
Bachelor's
Ontario, Canada
In PersonOnsite at the Bruce Power site; site, manufacturer, and supplier visits as required.
Project & Program ManagementProject Management
About the job
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field, or equivalent education/experience, is required for Project Manager.
- Project Manager candidates need 5–10 years of progressive management experience, including 3–5 years in project management; lesser experience may be considered depending on business needs.
- A bachelor's degree in Engineering, Applied Sciences, Business Administration, Economics, or a related technical field, or equivalent education/experience, is required for Project Lead.
- Project Lead candidates need 2–5 years of progressive project management experience within heavy industry, power generation, nuclear, or similarly regulated environments.
- Familiarity with the Project Management Body of Knowledge is required for both roles; Project Management Professional or Program Management Professional certification is an asset.
- Strong knowledge of Earned Value Management and Change Management is required for both roles.
- Business acumen in capital project planning and estimating is required for both roles.
- Candidates need analytical and organizational skills and the ability to adapt to a highly technical project environment.
- Candidates need skill in managing stakeholder interests and conflicting priorities.
- Candidates need proficiency with Primavera P6, Eco Sys, Active Risk Manager, and Microsoft tools including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Power BI, and the ability to learn new tools and technologies.
- Candidates must provide a cover letter and resume indicating relevant education and experience; selection includes a competency-based interview and background reference checks.
Responsibilities
- For Project Manager: Lead large-scale, complex projects from initiation to completion, delivering on time, within scope and budget while balancing safety, quality, schedule, and cost.
- For Project Manager: Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines with stakeholders; create plans covering risks, resources, and budgets; and set milestones and performance benchmarks.
- For Project Manager: Build and lead cross-functional teams, assign roles and responsibilities, and ensure collaboration and compliance with nuclear, conventional, personnel, and environmental safety procedures; may act as Contract Manager.
- For Project Manager: Integrate the project into associated work management schedules, including online, outage, and MCR schedules; direct and monitor execution; update schedules; track performance; and report delays and changes.
- For Project Manager: Lead and develop the project team to meet execution goals.
- For Project Manager: Serve as the primary project contact, provide progress updates, address stakeholder concerns, and align project goals with stakeholder expectations.
- For Project Manager: Identify risks, challenges, and bottlenecks; develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans; and monitor compliance with legal, environmental, and safety regulations.
- For Project Manager: Develop and manage project budgets, optimize resources and costs, monitor financial performance and variances, and review and approve invoices, change orders, and procurement contracts.
- For Project Manager: Ensure deliverables meet quality standards, conduct site visits to monitor construction progress and resolve issues, and oversee commissioning and handover.
- For Project Manager: Conduct post-project evaluations, document lessons learned, ensure contractual obligations are met, and maintain project documentation.
- For Project Lead: Lead assigned scopes, work packages, or project phases in alignment with project objectives, coordinating execution under the Project Manager's overall accountability.
- For Project Lead: Provide day-to-day leadership to project team members, contractors, and partners, fostering accountability, safety, quality, and collaboration.
- For Project Lead: Support the Project Manager with analysis and recommendations on scope, schedule, cost, risk, and execution strategies; act as the Project Manager when delegated for meetings, coordination, or short-term coverage.
- For Project Lead: Apply approved project management processes to plan, execute, monitor, and control assigned project elements, including scope, schedule, cost, change control, and risk management.
- For Project Lead: Prepare and maintain work breakdown structures, schedules, estimates, forecasts, and performance reports for assigned scopes.
- For Project Lead: Monitor performance, identify variances and risks, and recommend corrective actions.
- For Project Lead: Coordinate engineering, procurement, construction, and contractor activities to meet safety, quality, schedule, and cost expectations.
- For Project Lead: Support contract administration by monitoring contractor performance and identifying risks or improvement opportunities.
- For Project Lead: Facilitate issue resolution, cross-discipline alignment, and stakeholder communication within the project team.
- For Project Lead: Ensure compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory requirements.
- For Project Lead: Chair and facilitate project meetings for assigned scopes, establishing clear outcomes and follow-up.
- For Project Lead: Conduct root-cause analysis and support corrective and preventive actions.
- For Project Lead: Visit sites, manufacturers, and suppliers as required to support execution.
- Both roles may perform other duties as assigned.
Desired Qualifications
- Project Management Institute certification as a Project Management Professional or Program Management Professional is considered an asset.
About the company
Bruce Power operates eight CANDU reactors at the Bruce site on Lake Huron, generating about 30% of Ontario’s electricity under a long-term power purchase agreement with IESO. It also produces and exports medical isotopes, such as Cobalt-60 for sterilizing devices and Lutetium-177 for cancer therapies, using a system that enables both energy and isotope production. The company is privately funded and owned by a consortium, while the site itself remains provincially owned, with employees holding many shares; it funds its projects, including major reactor refurbishments. Its goal is to provide reliable, carbon-free electricity to Ontario and extend the reactors’ life to 2064 while expanding the global supply of medical isotopes.
Company Size
1,001-5,000
Company Stage
Debt Financing
Total Funding
$1.6B
Headquarters
Kincardine, Canada
Founded
2001
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Simplify's Take
What believers are saying
- September 3, 2026 green bonds raised $800 million, bringing financing to $4.1 billion.
- Unit 3 returned in June 2026 ahead of schedule, proving refurbishment execution strength.
- September 2026 supplier summit and 100-plus pledges strengthen domestic capacity before tariff disruptions.
What critics are saying
- Units 3-8 refurbishment continues through 2033; any outage slashes Ontario supply and returns.
- Bruce C still needs impact assessment, municipal readiness, and Indigenous consent before construction.
- Heavy dependence on green-bond refinancing exposes 2064 life-extension plans to capital-market shocks.
What makes Bruce Power unique
- Bruce Power is Canada's only private nuclear generator, running Ontario's 6,400-megawatt Bruce station.
- September 2026 CNSC approval lets Bruce Power commercialize on-site hot-cell Lu-177 production.
- Bruce Power owns 95% Canadian sourcing and 27,000 Ontario jobs through its supply chain.
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Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance
- Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Health Savings Account/Flexible Spending Account
- Unlimited Paid Time Off
- Flexible Work Hours
- Hybrid Work Options
- Phone/Internet Stipend
- Wellness Program
- Mental Health Support