Job Title : Project Manager Operational Improvement and Facility Upgrades
Duration: 1 year plus possible extension to 4 years
Location: Halifax or Sydney Nova Scotia Canada. Hybrid
As the Project Manager you will oversee multiple projects within the scope of operational improvement and facility upgrades. Your responsibilities will include managing project delivery coordinating with internal and external stakeholders and ensuring successful implementation according to project timelines and objectives.
Key Responsibilities:
I. Operational Improvement Project:
- Manage the delivery of an operational improvement project related to Loss claims.
- Build a new integration with Client and develop a new application to access Client data.
- Develop processes procedures and training materials to support users.
- Update or create technical documentation in accordance with Client standards.
- Work in accordance with an existing Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between internal and external stakeholders.
- Coordinate with an application developer and business analyst to perform the work.
II. Facility Upgrades:
a. Facility Security:
- Update or replace the security and access card system.
- Engage with the successful proponent of an RFP to develop an implementation plan.
- Comanage the implementation to successful completion.
- Coordinate communications with Client staff in collaboration with the internal Communications team.
b. Facility Meeting Spaces:
- Modernize meeting spaces in the Halifax and Sydney offices.
- Prepare and manage an RFP process to solicit a vendor for assessment and implementation.
- Develop an implementation plan and comanage the implementation to successful completion.
- III. Infrastructure and Software Upgrade Projects:
- Oversee upgrades for SQL Server Windows Server 2012 and .NET platforms.
- Identify impacted servers applications and users.
- Develop upgrade plans to ensure software is supported and minimize impact on users.
- Coordinate with internal client resources for project execution.
Mandatory Skills and Expertise:
- Minimum 7 years of experience as a Project Manager;
- Minimum 3 years of experience managing multiple unrelated projects in parallel;
- At least 5 years of project management experience within the last 10 years;
- At least 2 successful projects performing infrastructure and database upgrade projects in the past 3 years;
- Experiencing leading custom development upgrade projects;
- Experience using Microsoft Project for planning and SharePoint for document management;
- Experience writing / developing technical specifications of RFPs;
Optional Competencies:
- Experience managing projects with 3rd party vendors as part of the project team within the last 5 years.
- Experience in a StageGated waterfall governance model
- Previous experience with facility security upgrades
- Previous experience with meeting room upgrades to support a hybrid work from home environment.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Azure Services
- PMP or other industry recognized Project Management certification
- Previous experience with solution development which included training.
- Previous municipal experience is preferred.
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