Senior Project Manager, Energy Transition

As a Senior Project Manager, Energy Transition, you will be part of helping Irving Oil meet the opportunities and challenges associated with the Global Energy Transition. Your goal will be to support projects including, but not limited to, Hydrogen, Green Refineries and Biofuels projects, and other renewable and Clean Fuel Regulations projects. As this overall project and initiative will continue to evolve for our organization, additional areas of activity can/will arise. Your success will be the development and execution of capital projects typically ranging between $1 to $150M on sites inside and outside the refinery and across our supply chain.

- Work Environment - Work onsite in our beautiful home office building with access to a fitness facility, onsite nurse, and a café

- Competitive Compensation – Including an annual bonus plan, pension plan, and parking allowance

- Flexible Benefits Plan – Including medical and dental benefits that are both in effect from day one

- Paid Vacation – Plus an annual option to purchase additional vacation

- Wellness Support – With an annual wellness allowance, paid personal care days and a 24/7 Employee & Family Assistance Program

- Opportunity to give back to some amazing causes in our community – Choose when and where to make an impact with a paid volunteer day, company volunteer opportunities, and a donation matching program

Your Responsibilities

- Lead the conceptual development, detailed engineering, and execution of Energy Transition projects from concept to completion in compliance to IOL’s internal gate review processes

- Submit funding requests for each phase, completing the Project Charter, Execution Plan and other corresponding project and internal documentations. Also responsible for interfacing with internal/external engineering, internal/external stakeholders, regulators, 3rd parties, construction, and commissioning teams

- Direct the completion of engineering packages and work orders, construction and commissioning documentations ensuring procurement, contracts deliverables and regulatory applications are complete until the close out of project

- Define project scope, activities, and deliverables in support of business goals across all phases of the project lifecycle

- Responsible for safety, schedule, cost, and quality

- Coordinates project meetings and effectively communicates project meeting minutes, action plans, expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion

- Draft and submit budget requests and recommend subsequent budget changes where necessary

- Develop and deliver regular KPIs, progress reports, presentations, and other necessary project communications

- Proactively manage risks, changes in project scope, cost, schedule, and critical path

- Identify potential problem areas and recommend contingency and mitigation plans

- Coach, mentor and supervise junior and intermediate project managers

Your Skills

- Leader and facilitator with excellent communication skills

- Strong people skills (motivation, engagement, performance management)

- Responsive, proactive, open and accessible, ability to create mutual trust and respect with colleagues

- Stakeholder management

- Maintain an open dialogue with team members so that all opinions are heard, evaluated, and addressed

- Innovation and problem-solving ability, set and maintain priorities, persistence, tenacity, customer focus, strong organizational aptitude, calm and resilient in difficult/stressful situations

- Developed financial acumen

Your Experience

- Bachelor’s degree or higher

- Minimum 15 years’ experience in project management within the engineering/construction or related sector

- Experience in renewable projects or energy transition is an asset

- P. Eng. or PMP is an asset

Irving Oil is committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive work environment. We thrive on the good energy that’s created when our people from different backgrounds, identities, cultures and experiences share their unique perspectives. Diversity is key to our success and inclusion is everyone’s responsibility.

Management, Project Management, Refinery Operations

Bachelors