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About the Role
Dillon Consulting Limited is seeking a highly motivated Senior Project Manager to join our Practices team. This role is central to our mission of continually improving project performance and building project management capacity across our national practices and disciplines.
Responsibilities
- Lead End-to-End Project Delivery: Manage complex, multi-disciplinary projects for external clients from proposals through completion, effectively meeting scope, schedule, budget and quality standards.
- Manage Project Teams: Act as the primary bridge across multiple disciplines to align workflows, clear roadblocks and maintain project momentum to deliver projects successfully.
- Manage Client and Project Team Communications: Serve as the central point of contact for client leadership, delivering clear updates, managing scope changes proactively and building high-trust partnerships.
- Mitigate Risk and Monitor Financials: Proactively identify and manage project risks, maintain accurate budget forecasts, and implement mitigation strategies to protect project margin.
- Root Cause Analysis: Partner with Discipline Leads to conduct root cause analysis on persistent negative variances and co-create corrective actions to implement into workflows.
- Direct Intervention: Provide support for higher-risk projects to mitigate losses, manage scope changes, and ensure appropriate reserves are in place.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, Environmental Science, Planning, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Project Management Professional (PMP®) designation is a strong asset.
- Deep understanding of how professional services firms operate including pricing and winning work, project delivery, billing and payment, resource management, and project financial reporting.
- Exceptional ability to present complex project performance data clearly and facilitate difficult conversations regarding project health.
- Proven ability to identify trends across disciplines and develop systemic solutions to improve project delivery efficiency.
- 10+ years of experience in project management within the engineering, environmental, or planning consulting industry.
- Experience with federal Environmental/Impact Assessments and/or linear (transportation, pipeline, transmission, etc.) Environmental Assessments would be considered an asset.
- Proven track record of managing multi-disciplinary teams and high-risk/complex projects using a variety of project management tools.
- Familiarity with financial management systems (ERP) and project performance dashboards.
- Experience challenging existing project delivery processes to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence.
Location
- Calgary
- Edmonton
- Winnipeg
- Brandon
- Fredericton
- Moncton
- Saint John
- St. John's
- Yellowknife
- Halifax
- Sydney
Work Type
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Flexible work hours
Experience Level
- 10+ years of experience
Education Level
- Undergraduate degree
Benefits
- 100% employee-owned share purchase plan
- Competitive health benefits
- Generous retirement savings plan
- Focus on wellness through subsidies and fitness memberships
About the Company
- Dillon Consulting Limited (Dillon) is a proudly Canadian, 100% employee-owned professional consulting firm specializing in planning, engineering, environmental science, and management.
- With over 25 offices and more than 1100 employees across Canada, we offer a wide range of services related to building and improving facilities and infrastructure, protecting the environment, and developing communities.
- At Dillon, we thrive on interdisciplinary collaboration, empowering our people to challenge conventional thinking and build careers focused on creating a lasting impact in our communities.
- Employee ownership is available to all team members, ensuring that the financial benefit created by our project work returns to the very people who created that value.
Equal Opportunity
- Dillon is committed to an inclusive, diverse workplace.
- Prospective employees are expected to fully align with Dillon's core commitment to Health & Safety.
- Dillon utilizes AI-assisted tools to support parts of our recruitment process to increase efficiency and fairness. All hiring decisions are made by our human recruiting team. By applying, you acknowledge and consent to this use.