Project Manager I

Description:

The role will particularly require an incumbent with proven communication skills, leadership, negotiation skills, ambition, drive, team management and time management traits that would provide effective skills within your role to execute your projects and predict outcomes ahead of completion. SickKids is looking for an enthusiastic and passionate individual that is committed to their goals within their role and will lead with a can-do attitude. Your role will require you to be an efficient individual with the capabilities of solving problems, either with the team or individually; with support from the Project Director as required. An effective Project Manager within this role will require you to plan effectively; ensuring that the work is coordinated and organized and not completed in a haphazard approach.

The Project Manager is accountable for all aspects of a project life cycle from project initiation, planning, implementation through to closure, ensuring that all deliverables are achieved. The Project Manager is responsible to ensure that the project objectives, including schedule and budget are met and improved when possible.

The Project Manager needs to have a good understanding of healthcare planning, building sciences, design, infrastructure systems and construction along with the effects that each system and program has on the architectural, structural, mechanical, and electrical elements within the building. The Project Manager uses this advanced level of understanding to translate the user’s requirements into design and technical directives for the design disciplines, vendors, and construction trades. The Project Manager shall have a good level understanding of construction contract law, standard design agreements within planning stages, project management processes and procedures for facilities related work.

The Project Manager will be a direct report to the Project Director, Project Horizon Early Works, and will work closely with other Sr. Project Manager(s), Project Manager(s), Project Coordinator(s) to support and oversees the coordination between the various disciplines of the project to ensure that the end product meets the user’s functional requirements, the project schedule and project budget.

The Project Manager will be the direct contact between the Project Horizon Early Works Team and the overall Project Horizon Early Works project consultants, Authorities Having Jurisdiction and impacted third parties through all planning stages noted below:

• Preconstruction
• Preliminary Design Development (Schematic Design)
• Contract Document Development (Design Development)
• Implementation/Construction/Commissioning
• Occupancy
• Relocation
• Project Close Out
• Post Occupancy

The Project Manager will utilize project management best practices tools to ensure that SickKids’ Early Works projects meets budget (fiscal management), design (scope management), schedule (schedule management), safety, sustainability initiatives and quality.The Project Manager will be directly accountable to the Project Horizon Early Works team and work collaboratively with the Project Horizon Patient Care Tower (PCT) team, committees, and SickKids stakeholders. The incumbent will collaborate closely when required with other members of the Project Horizon Team, i.e., Project Managers, Coordinators, Change Engagement, Communications lead, Space Managers, Interiors, etc.