Senior Manager - Capital Projects & PMO; North America

Senior Manager – Manufacturing PMO (North America) | Calgary, AB

Shape the Future of Industrial Projects at Scale

At Orica, it’s the power of our people that drives progress. Every day, across the globe, we enable essential industries by delivering innovative solutions in mining, infrastructure, and manufacturing.

With over 150 years of industry leadership and 13,000+ employees worldwide, we are transforming how resources are mobilized—through digital innovation, automation, and smarter ways of working.

This is your opportunity to lead high-impact capital projects that directly influence the future of manufacturing across North America.

• Lead a multi-year capital portfolio across critical manufacturing assets
• Influence up to $50M+ investment programs in complex, high-hazard environments
• Partner with executive leaders, site teams, and global stakeholders while leading teams across Carseland, AB and Winnemucca, NV
• Drive project excellence, governance, and operational readiness at scale
• This role can be based in the Calgary, AB or Centennial, CO area, with leadership responsibility for teams supporting Carseland, AB and Winnemucca, NV
• Required to report to the Orica site at least three days a week

As the Senior Manager – Manufacturing PMO (NA), you will translate strategy into execution by ensuring projects are safe, well-governed, and deliver real business value while managing teams across key North American manufacturing locations, including Carseland, AB and Winnemucca, NV.

• Own and lead the North American manufacturing capital portfolio
• Ensure strong alignment between investment priorities, site strategies, and execution plans
• Drive stage-gate governance and decision‑making discipline

• Intervene early to address risks and underperformance

• Work directly with site leaders and asset owners to define project success
• Balance operational constraints with growth and compliance requirements
• Integrate projects seamlessly into live plant environments

• Elevate PMO maturity across the region through tools, coaching, and standards
• Strengthen contractor performance and commercial outcomes
• Embed lessons learned and continuous improvement practices

You’re a seasoned leader with a strong track record delivering capital projects in complex industrial environments.

• Extensive experience in capital project delivery, portfolio governance, or PMO leadership
• Background in chemical manufacturing, mining, energy, or heavy industry
• Proven ability to manage brownfield projects within operating plants

• Deep expertise in project controls (cost, schedule, risk, change)
• Strong understanding of process safety, regulatory compliance, and SHES standards
• Commercial acumen in contractor and vendor management

• Ability to influence without authority across diverse stakeholders
• Comfortable engaging from site floor to executive level
• Strategic thinker who translates complexity into clear, actionable decisions

• Safe, compliant execution across all projects
• Strong delivery performance (scope, cost, schedule)
• High‑confidence forecasting and decision‑making
• Operationally ready assets from day one
• Improved PMO capability across North America

• Safety‑led and values‑driven, with visible commitment to disciplined execution in high‑hazard environments.
• Strategic yet practical, able to connect portfolio decisions to business value and operational realities.
• Structured, data‑informed and comfortable managing complexity, ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Strong ownership mindset with the courage to elevate issues, challenge weak assumptions and drive accountability.
• Clear and credible communicator who adapts effectively to frontline, technical and executive audiences.
• Collaborative leader who builds trust, coaches others and creates alignment across diverse stakeholders and geographies.
• Resilient, decisive and outcome‑focused, while maintaining sound judgement under pressure.

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