Senior Project Manager, Scientific Infrastructure

Priority may be given to the following designated employment equity groups: women, Indigenous Peoples* (First Nations, Inuit and Métis), persons with disabilities and racialized persons*.

• The Employment Equity Act , which is under review, uses the terminology Aboriginal peoples and visible minorities.

Candidates are asked to self-declare when applying to this hiring process.

City: Ottawa, Montreal or Boucherville

Organizational Unit: Office of Facilities Renewal Management

Classification: RCO

Tenure: Various Tenures

Language Requirements: Various language profiles

Work arrangements: Due to the nature of the work and operational requirements, this position may be eligible for a limited hybrid work arrangement (combination of working onsite and telework).

At the NRC, we recognize that Indigenous candidates may have important connections to their communities and you may be eligible for an exception to this work arrangement. Alternative work arrangements may also be considered to accommodate candidates as required. To learn more about these options, please contact the NRC Hiring team using the contact information below.

The intent of this selection process is to staff up to five (5) positions and to establish a pool of qualified candidates to staff similar Senior Project Managers positions within the National Research Council Canada. The eligibility list will remain active for a period of 12 months.

Note:

This position is being re-posted. If you had previously applied to this competition, there is no need to re-apply.

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The NRC has an important role within the Government of Canada's Defence Industrial Strategy , accelerating research and innovation, and helping Canadian businesses develop leading-edge technologies for civilian and military use.

With expertise across fields such as transportation, quantum science, medical countermeasures and advanced manufacturing, the NRC is hiring to drive the development of national sovereign defence capabilities. The following role will support the NRC’s contributions to defence priorities.

We are looking for Senior Project Managers (RCO) to join the NRC’s Office of Facilities Renewal Management. The Senior Project Manager would be someone who shares our core values of Integrity, Excellence, Respect and Creativity.

The Office of Facilities Renewal Management has the mandate to lead the prioritization of future NRC facility recapitalization projects and deliver research facilities and real property renewal projects to support NRC’s transformation journey into a more advanced research and technology organization that supports Canada’s science, technology and innovation ecosystem.

Under the direction of the Director Project Management Office (PMO), the Senior Project Manager provides project management support to Research Centres for the development of project charters and project management plans for scientific facilities and/or real property projects and ensures that the projects they are assigned are delivered, that schedules and budgets are adhered to, and that stakeholder expectations are met.

The incumbent leads a…