Senior Project Manager, Transit Projects (17541)
Senior Project Manager, Transit Projects (17541)
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Job Description
Requisition ID: 17541
Department: Transit Services Dept.
Service: Transit Engineering Services
Branch:Capital Projects & Engineering Branch
Employment Type: 1 Fulltime TemporaryUp to 18 months
Work Hours: 35.00hours per week
Affiliation: MPE
Salary Information: $95127.76 $120309.28annually (2025 rates of pay)
Location: Transit Service 1500
City: Ottawa ON
Job Category: Transit Services OC Transpo
Application Close:23/05/2025
JOB SUMMARY
The Transportation Services department is responsible for providing a holistic transportation hub focused on addressing the planning implementation operations and delivery of all modes of transportation in the City of Ottawa.
As a Senior Project Manager within the Zero Emissions Bus Program you serve as the departments specialist for major projects and are responsible and accountable for organizing directing coordinating and supervising the implementation of business and technology solutions. The projects are highly complex; of multimillion dollar value; may have a high profile with the public; are a departmental/corporate priority; may involve significant risk; are often composed of several subprojects; and may extend over multiple years. These projects include major capital asset related projects i.e. new capital asset acquisition and lifecycle projects; and other related complex unique projects.
You provide consulting services to the department and the branch in the areas of project management business analysis process review and the implementation of redesigned processes and new technology solutions/processes/applications needed to support or expand business operations for the Transportation Services Department.
You lead project teams through contracted service providers consultants and/or assigned teams of staff. Under delegated authority you are responsible for all phases of project delivery from project inception through tendering/consultant selection/award assembling of project teams project implementation monitoring tracking and reporting on project status vetting all project expenditures and presenting completed results. Once the capital project is complete you are responsible for ongoing monitoring relative to lifecycle maintenance or for overseeing the transition/turnover to the operational support team.
You direct the implementation of project strategies and project work and manage the financial and human resources related/assigned to the project. You also participate in the hiring of internal and external consultants by preparing the Request for Proposal and/or Statement of Work.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Completion of 4 year university degree in Engineering Architecture Public Administration Business Administration Management Information Systems or related field which includes a concentration in project planning and management.
Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in the management of complex transportationrelated projects business analysis and project/policy development including directly related experience managing project human resources including external consultants and working with project budgets/financial processes.
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENCES
KNOWLEDGE
- Knowledge of the issues/principles involved in the provision of large IT projects knowledge of transit operations and trends
- Will need to understand how various transit operating processes and customer/vehicle data collection systems/processes impact transit planning transit operations transit revenue and client service processes
- Possess an understanding of asset acquisition/lifecycle management of major transit assets programs and processes ( e.g. IT systems automated systems messaging/communications systems lifecycle planning construction/renovation of major capital assets)
- Business process reengineering and business improvement techniques
- Principles of project management including cost containment/control and reporting; cost benefit analysis and techniques
- Process for developing Request for Qualifications & Requests for Proposals including acceptance review and selection of consultants
- Software testing methodologies and tools
- Supply management and procurement processes including but not limited to processes for developing RFPs/RFSOs/RFQs tendering contracting work and oversight of consultants
- Knowledge of project design development implementation and evaluation methods/techniques
- Protocols for developing submissions briefings major reports
- Processes for preparing project and division budgets
- Must possess the training experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance.
- Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures.
COMPETENCIES SKILLS AND ABILITIES
- Proven ability to work independently with minimum supervision and collaboratively with all staff as part of a team
- Able to supervise lead coach support train and motivate staff integrate the work of external consultants coordinate/assign work provide direct supervision to others build teams and manage work quality scheduling and completion in a complex unionized fastpaced customer support work environment
- Possess organizational skills and flexibility to plan initiate organize and prioritize own work and that of others and to deal effectively with multiple demands conflicting priorities pressures and deadlines
- Able to think and plan strategically
- Possess strong research analytical and problem solving skills
- Able to manage concurrent complex multimillion dollar and often highly sensitive projects and bring the projects to completion according to schedule and within budget.
- Able to manage activities of technical and nontechnical staff and consultants and to coordinate activities with others
- Able to prepare RFQs and RFPs and to review analyze and recommend acceptance of proposals from consultants
- Able to deal with sensitive and/or confidential work situations
- Able to work collaboratively and influence others to bring conflicting points of view to consensus
- Possess computer literacy in MS Office Suite in a Windows environment including use of the Intra and Internet
- Skilled in the use of complex advanced computer applications
- Possess excellent interpersonal communication and report writing skills
- Possess presentation skills to present information to internal/external audiences
- Thorough selfmotivated and reliable
- Organized analytical and attentive to detail
- Intuitive innovative and enthusiastic
- Innovative and able to demonstrate a resultsoriented approach to problem solving
- Exhibit tact discretion and sound judgment
- Possess a work record of good attendance and job performance
- Reinforce a positive client service attitude and handle crisis & contentious issues and situations calmly
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Language Requirement:English oral reading writing
- Experience and formal training combined with demonstrated performance and ability may substitute for stipulated academic requirements.
- Please save a copy of the job poster. Once the closing date has passed it will no longer be available.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest and effort in applying for this position. Only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.
The City of Ottawa promotes the principles of diversity and inclusion and adheres to the tenets of the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Ontario Human Rights Code. We encourage applications from members of Indigenous Black and other racialized communities persons with disabilities women and nonbinary persons persons of all ethnic origins religions sexual orientations classes gender identities and expressions.
Candidates are encouraged to selfidentify as a member of one or more designated employment equity groups in the selfidentification questionnaire.
The City of Ottawa provides accommodation to applicants during all parts of the hiring process upon request. If contacted to proceed to the selection process please advise us if you require any accommodation.
Accessible formats and communication supports are available upon request. Please contact the Employee Service Centre atextension 12211 or via email at .
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Contract
