Project Manager (FIFO)
Full Time Permanent
Job Overview
Our client is seeking a Project Manager on FIFO (fly-in-fly-out) basis in Baie-Comeau working on a large capital project for their client. (>25million)
Role Summary
The Project Manager leads assigned projects end to end—from FEL planning through execution, commissioning, and handover—owning outcomes for safety, quality, scope, budget, schedule, risk, and reporting.
Reporting & Interfaces
This role reports to the Regional Projects Controls & Services Manager with a dotted line to project sponsors/site leadership and close partnership with Project Controls. The PM collaborates across the Large Capital Group—engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and external partners—to ensure that all facets of delivery are accurate, measurable, auditable, and reportable to the project team and stakeholders.
Stakeholders
Daily interfaces include project management, project controls, procurement, construction, engineering service providers, suppliers, contractors, and third-party service providers, as well as site operations, EHS, finance, and supply chain.
Governance & Reporting
The Project Manager presents consolidated status, risks, and forecasts to the Monthly Capital Leadership Team and the Project Steering Committee, ensuring decisions are informed, documented, and aligned to business objectives.
Our client is seeking a Project Manager on FIFO (fly-in-fly-out) basis in Baie-Comeau working on a large capital project for their client. (>25million)
Role Summary
The Project Manager leads assigned projects end to end—from FEL planning through execution, commissioning, and handover—owning outcomes for safety, quality, scope, budget, schedule, risk, and reporting.
Reporting & Interfaces
This role reports to the Regional Projects Controls & Services Manager with a dotted line to project sponsors/site leadership and close partnership with Project Controls. The PM collaborates across the Large Capital Group—engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and external partners—to ensure that all facets of delivery are accurate, measurable, auditable, and reportable to the project team and stakeholders.
Stakeholders
Daily interfaces include project management, project controls, procurement, construction, engineering service providers, suppliers, contractors, and third-party service providers, as well as site operations, EHS, finance, and supply chain.
Governance & Reporting
The Project Manager presents consolidated status, risks, and forecasts to the Monthly Capital Leadership Team and the Project Steering Committee, ensuring decisions are informed, documented, and aligned to business objectives.
Accountabilities
- Establish and maintain the Project Charter and Project Execution Plan (PEP); define success criteria and governance.
- Build the project WBS/CBS with Project Controls; baseline scope/cost/schedule and manage change (MOC), risks, and opportunities.
- Direct multi-disciplinary engineering, set contracting/procurement strategies (EPC/EPCM/OEM, lump sum, unit-rate, T&M), and oversee tendering, awards, and contractor performance.
- Lead construction readiness, field execution, and pre-commissioning/commissioning/start-up through to performance testing, turnover, and capitalization.
- Ensure robust cost and schedule control (forecasting, trends/variances, accruals) and produce timely, auditable monthly reports.
- Confirm systems and structures are correctly set up (codes, WBS/CBS, commitments) so data is transparent and decision-ready.
- Drive continuous improvement and lessons learned across the portfolio.
Primary Aim
- Deliver projects safely, on time, and within budget, with transparent data and controls that enable effective management of risks and opportunities.
- Must be bilingual in English and French.
Key Responsibilities
- HSE Leadership & Governance: Champion the zero-harm safety culture; lead hazard identification, risk assessments, and constructability reviews. Ensure compliance with corporate standards, regulatory requirements, and site procedures
- Scope, Planning & Controls: Own the Project Charter and Execution Plan; define success criteria, scope boundaries, and baselines. Partner with Project Controls to implement cost/schedule systems (EVM, forecasting, trend & variance analysis).
- Engineering, Procurement & Contracting: Orchestrate multi-disciplinary engineering and manage interfaces across owner/EPC(EPCM)/OEMs. Set sourcing strategy and contract models, develop bid packages aligned to the WBS, and evaluate tenders.
- Construction Management & Commissioning: Lead site readiness, permitting, and construction mobilization. Coordinate pre-commissioning, commissioning/start-up, performance testing, handover, and capitalization; complete close-out with lessons learned.
- Stakeholder & Financial Stewardship: Serve as primary interface to asset owners, operations, EHS, Finance, and external partners. Prepare and manage funding approvals, ensure auditability of all project costs, and protect commercial/contractual positions.
Required Qualifications
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (mechanical, electrical, civil/structural, chemical, or related). P.Eng. or equivalent professional registration preferred.
- Experience:10+ years delivering large (>$25M) industrial capital projects in heavy industry (aluminum/metals, mining/minerals, pulp & paper, chemicals, energy, or similar).
- Expertise: Proven leadership across FEL, baselining, and execution; hands-on with project controls, risk, and change management.
- Aptitude: Strong contracting/procurement acumen (EPC/EPCM/OEM), claims prevention/management, and contractor oversight.
- Technical Skills: Proficiency with schedule and cost tools (e.g., Primavera P6/MS Project, cost forecasting, EVM); familiarity with enterprise systems (e.g., equivalent ERP systems).
- Communication: Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; executive-level reporting and Steering Committee engagement.
- Mobility: Ability to travel and work extended periods on site. Cross-border (US/Canada) travel eligibility required.
- Language: Bilingual English/French an asset (may be required for Quebec-based sites).
Performance Measures
- HSE leading/lagging indicators; zero significant incidents.
- Delivery to approved scope, schedule, and budget (variance and predictability).
- Quality of project controls (accuracy of forecasts, change discipline, audit readiness).
- Stakeholder satisfaction and operability at handover; effectiveness of lessons learned.
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