Project Manager I (Groundwater Strategy)

Requisition ID: 41164 

Organization

Located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Peoples, Vancouver has a commitment to becoming a City of Reconciliation. Vancouver consistently ranks as one of the world’s most liveable cities and is working towards being the greenest city in the world. Named among Canada's Top 100 Employers, BC's Top Employers, and Canada's Greenest Employers, the City of Vancouver seeks colleagues who can help shape and embody our core commitments to sustainability, reconciliation, equity and outstanding quality of life for all residents.

Consider joining our committed team of staff and being part of an innovative, inclusive and rewarding workplace.

Main Purpose and Function

Reporting to the Senior Hydrogeologist within the Development Water Resources Management Branch, the Project Manager manages the development of a Groundwater Strategy for the City of Vancouver.

This position is involved in all phases of the project life-cycle including planning, execution, control and closeout, and is responsible for the timely delivery of the project within budget and to a high level of quality. The Project Manager will assemble and manage project teams to successfully deliver the assigned project and will work closely with the project sponsors, key business stakeholders and user representatives to ensure that their requirements are well understood and addressed.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities

• Manages all aspects of the development of the City’s Groundwater Strategy.
• Manages project teams to successfully deliver the project. The team members could be internal departmental staff or external temporary staff or consultants.
• Makes effective recommendations to project sponsors on engagement of consultants.
• Assigns work to project team members, specifying deliverables, timelines and quality expectations. Coaches and mentors team members.
• Plans out the project in detail, clearly identifying project scope, budget and schedule as well as project risks, project organization and project management approach.
• Participates in confidential planning that may have City-wide operational and financial implications.
• Ensures that areas such as security, operational sustainment and human factors are well considered and addressed as part of the project.
• Documents the plans in a project charter document, as well as other documents defined in the Engineering Project Management Framework (PMF).
• Follows PMF and other Engineering requirements such as Organizational Quality Management (OQM).
• Executes the project according to the approved Project Charter.
• Organizes and leads meetings with project team, stakeholders and vendors as needed and manages actions arising from them.
• Facilitates stakeholder inputs to arrive at optimum solution.
• Identifies and proactively manages project issues and risks.
• Manages project costs to approved budget.
• Ensures that project performance meets expectations in terms of timelines and scope completion.
• Implements adequate internal controls for reporting to senior Management.
• Conducts regular project status meetings with project team members. Regularly reports on project status.
• Ensures proper project closeout at completion. Manages the sign-off process for project deliverables from stakeholders.
• Organizes and conducts a lessons-learned session.
• Documents and presents a project closeout analysis. Manages project documentation.
• Other duties/responsibilities as assigned.

Qualifications
Education and Experience:

• Training in Project Management methodologies preferably consistent with those provided by PMI (Project Management Institute).
• Degree in Geoscience, Engineering, or Water Resources Management from a recognized post-secondary institution or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.
• Considerable related experience in managing increasingly complex business projects, events or initiatives.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) designation an asset.
• Experience in hiring, developing and managing staff.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of project management methodologies, practices and processes.
• Knowledge of water resources management.
• Excellent leadership skills with the ability to motivate, engage and mentor staff.
• Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal and presentation skills.
• Ability to write effectively, prepare status reports and summaries.
• Ability to speak effectively in public through formal and informal meetings and presentations.
• Ability to communicate effectively with different stakeholders.
• Ability to manage large workloads and multitask effectively.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment in assigning and supervising work of others.
• Ability to develop and maintain effective working relationships with technical and professional staff, as well as customer departments.
• Ability to analyze and solve problems and take decisions or make recommendations based upon thorough analysis of facts.
• Ability to focus on details, while maintaining a balanced high-level view of an assignment.
• Ability to reconcile differing perspectives, develop consensus, and secure cooperation and support from both customers and team members.
• Ability to resolve conflicts arising within the project team or in interactions with customers in the most advantageous manner to all parties involved.
• Ability to manage change and assist others with adapting to change.

Where operationally appropriate and subject to change, the City of Vancouver has a Flexible Work Program. This program allows staff to work remotely 1 – 4 days a week from locations that are a daily commutable distance from their work at a City worksite.  At this time this position is eligible to be part of the Flexible Work Program.

Business Unit/Department: Engineering Services (1300) 

Affiliation: Exempt 

Employment Type: Regular Full Time 

Position Start Date: July 2024 

Salary Information: Salary Range 80: $97,032 to $121,294 per annum

Application Close: May 29, 2024

At the City of Vancouver, we are committed to recruiting a diverse workforce that represents the community we so proudly serve. Indigenous peoples, people of colour, 2SLGBTQ+ persons including all genders and persons with disabilities are encouraged to apply.  Accommodations will be provided upon request during the selection process. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion. 

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