Project Manager, Operations Management, Project & Program Management

We are an employee-owned, multidisciplinary engineering consulting firm serving clients across North America and beyond. Our team of engineers, scientists, technologists and support staff is dedicated to excellence in engineering and project management.
We believe a commitment to lasting relationships is just as critical as the expertise applied in our work. To us that means we put our people first. From professional development opportunities to an open, flexible and collaborative work environment, a career at KGS is like no other.
Working with us means you’ll be part of some of the most interesting projects across Canada, the U.S. and beyond. We believe we set our own boundaries by what we’re willing to attempt and strive to push the limit on what’s possible. That’s the KGS way.

The Role  We are looking for a Project Manager to join our Environmental Department with a focus on the Environmental Market in our Winnipeg office. As KGS Group continues to develop strong technical delivery teams, we are looking to support our teams with focused project management support. This role would include day-to-day project management tasks, scheduling and contract administration, management of priorities, and deliverable tracking.

You will be working in a friendly and collaborative environment with the opportunity to interface directly with clients and contractors.

Key Responsibilities  You will manage environmental projects of varying complexity and working directly with all levels of environmental staff, from field teams to other Project Managers, Senior Staff, and Department Management as required. Key responsibilities include the following, and where the Department Head may assign tasks as follows:
Provide project services support – proposal preparation, scheduling, estimating, procurement support, technical administration
Write and issue project communications: emails, memos, reports, etc
Coordinate project work for environmental or multidiscipline teams throughout the project’s lifecycle (from development and initiation to close-out)
Develop or modify project commercial documents and participate in procurement processes
Project-related field services such as inspection, auditing, supervision, quality assurance, safety, and contractor management
Tracking project financials, work effort, schedule and budget items for small, medium and large projects
Office-related construction services such as invoice review and payment certification, schedule updates, permitting submissions, etc
Leveraging both training and experience, provide or coordinate multi-disciplinary technical and constructability review of drawings, specifications, work plans, etc  It is not anticipated that the Project Manager will be asked to conduct engineering design and seal deliverables such as drawings, etc. That said, the project manager should have a very strong technical background in environmental engineering and construction so that they can provide value to both internal and external clients in terms of non-design technical advice, drawing review, project scoping, and project execution

Provide mentorship to junior project managers, project engineers, project coordinators, and administrative staff
Champion and lead project management-related and/or multidiscipline engineering pursuits
Support business development/marketing and proposal writing efforts
Travel to work sites may be required periodically as needed
Working with the Quality Management team to uphold quality standards and procedures
Working with the Health and Safety Management team to reinforce safety as a top priority, compliance with local legislated and best practice safety needs and ensure required safety training and equipment is available to all staff
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