Senior Project Manager - Careers
Kinects Solutions Inc. (KSI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinectrics Inc., has developed an innovative and cost effective power line communication technology and related portfolio of products and applications for electrical utilities. As a new independent company KSI is looking for a Senior Project Manager.
Reporting to the Vice President of Operations, this role will be responsible for all aspects of the project implementation. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for completion of the project on time, on budget and on spec. To this end, the SPM performs a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, coordinating all resources and stakeholders; setting deadlines; assigning responsibilities; and monitoring, summarizing and communicating the progress of the project.
Key Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Take products from R&D to commercial production by scaling up from pilot levels to project rollout
- Plan projects in order to accomplish its goals within constraints such as time, cost and agreed to quality standards
- Develop intimate understanding of the project requirements and ensure that work proceeds on specification
- Manage budget and financials of each project ensuring on time and on budget performance
- Act as Account Manager for some clients
- Key interface between KSI and clients for project progress discussions and regular meetings presenting key milestone progress through project life cycle
- Establish and conduct product specific training for clients
- Extensive field experience in solution deployment and delivery both in managing internal and external deployment teams
- Coordinate field trials ensuring efficient deployment, effective field trial plans, and successful reporting of results
Qualifications will include:
- Degree in Engineering
- PMP designation
- Expert knowledge in MS Project
- Managerial experience, ideally cross functional
- Demonstrate ability in working with a high degree of independence and/or to lead and work in a team environment.
- Experience with technology startup companies is a plus.
- Prepared to work in a hands on environment
- Strong problem solving skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to effectively interface with customers
- Highly creative and enjoy collaborative problem solving in a time sensitive, team oriented environment
- Capable of learning new bodies of technical knowledge and specifications quickly and being able to demonstrate a high degree of resourcefulness
- Have a strong commitment to results, doing whatever it takes to bring projects through to success
- A combination of experience dealing with internal resources and external vendors/service providers
If you are interested in exploring this exciting career opportunity with Kinects Solutions Inc. email your resume to: hr@kinectssolutions.com
Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. No agencies please.