Project Manager for Major Projects

The Project Planning and Implementation Service is responsible for establishing strategies that allow the City of Laval to optimize its infrastructure investments and carry out design and construction work. The Service is currently seeking a project manager for major projects to lead a major industrial project, essential for the territorial development of the City.

Reporting to the division head, you will be responsible for the implementation of the major projects under your responsibility led by the Service. More specifically, you will be tasked with planning, organizing, directing, and controlling all phases of the project management for which you will be responsible, in accordance with the governance framework of the City of Laval's projects and programs. You will be responsible for ensuring collaboration among all stakeholders, monitoring risk management and results while continuously acting to maximize efficiency in terms of costs, deadlines, scope, and quality of work.

• Hold a bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture;
• Be a member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec or the Ordre des architectes du Québec;
• Have a minimum of 10 years of experience in the construction field, including 5 years in managing major projects corresponding to the following specifications:
  • Having significantly participated in a project of $50M in present value scale;
  • Having played the role of project manager for several phases, including planning, of a major or highly complex project;
  • Having closely collaborated on the startup of a project (needs assessment, preliminary schedule, transfer and management of professional service contracts, etc.);

• Experience in the industrial or civil field, an asset;
• Have a good knowledge and have significantly participated in a project in an alternative mode, an asset;
• Experience in an operated environment or operational context, an asset;
• Master the tools of the MS Office suite, including Microsoft Project;
• Mastery of project management: planning, organization, control, budget and schedule monitoring, and prioritization;
• Depth of analysis, rigor, and quality of judgment.

Choosing the City of Laval means working for the third-largest city in Quebec on diverse and stimulating mandates. It also means having the opportunity to grow within a human, committed team that enjoys working with pleasure.

For this position, we offer competitive working conditions and social benefits:

• 3 weeks of annual vacation (pro-rated for the months worked in the first year);
• 16.5 public holidays per year including several days off during the holiday season;
• 3 weeks of paid sick days at the beginning of the year;
• Complete range of group insurance;
• Defined benefit pension plan;
• Work schedule allowing for work-life balance;
• Work location easily accessible with free parking;
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP);
• Possibility to accumulate overtime;
• Reimbursement of professional membership fees;
• Priority access to a CPE daycare.