Career Opportunities

Project Manager

Position Description

Office Location:  Waterloo, ON
Reporting to:  Engineering Manager

The Project Manager works within a team environment and is responsible for execution of senior management-approved orders for air pollution control systems, including initiating, planning and controlling the full scope of the project, in accordance with the Project Management Milestone Chart.  The Project Manager will participate with senior management in negotiating and monitoring progress with customers, vendors, consultants, and internal personnel to ensure timely completion of the project, within the approved budget, and ensuring customer satisfaction. The Project Manager will participate in a weekly review of project performance with the Engineering Manager and senior management.

Duties

Responsibilities include:

• Project management, including the development of the Project Management Milestone Chart, specifically noting the cash flow projections (e.g., customer invoicing and vendor payment dates), ensuring that TurboSonic’s net cash flow remains positive at all times. The Project Manager will be responsible for cost control of the approved project, application of company standards, preparation of operating and maintenance manuals, and conducting training seminars for customer.

• Coordinates drafting, QA, field services, external consultants and purchasing functions to ensure project schedules are met.
  

• Maintains complete and accurate records and documentation. All communications with vendors must be in writing. The vendor’s contract must contain similar penalty clauses to those to which TurboSonic is obligated.  Failure by the vendor to deliver equipment in good quality and on time will not be acceptable and must not result in a cost to TurboSonic. Any quality issues and/or delivery delays will result in back charges to the vendor. The Project Manager will report on vendor progress and will keep management informed of problems at such times as they may occur.
  
• Communicates with customer during the course of the project. All customer requests must be in writing; verbal communications cannot be acted upon without written approval by the customer. Requests by the customer for additional drawings, equipment, consultants, site visits, etc., must be in writing and the customer must be advised of the costs associated with such requests and advised, in writing, of the back charge cost. Any such charges must have written approval by the customer before being acted upon. It is critical that any customer requests for equipment delivery delays be received in writing, in order to ensure that TurboSonic does not incur financial penalties. In such cases, the customer must adhere to the original invoicing schedule, the request for delays cannot negatively impact the cash flow.
  
• May require 25-30% travel.  Travel flexibility required for site meetings with customers for progress review, HAZOP meetings, equipment start-up and optimization.
  
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• B.Sc. Engineering – Chemical or Mechanical.
• Eligible for registration as Professional Engineer of Ontario.
• 3+ years experience as a Project Manager.
• Must be proficient in current computer operating systems and software, including Microsoft Office, database, project management, scheduling and specialized software packages.
• Familiar with equipment fabrication and installation of industrial equipment.

All responses are confidential. Please forward your resume, complete with references, by email to: TurboSonic Human Resources or in writing to:

TurboSonic, Inc.
Human Resources
550 Parkside Drive
Suite A-14
Waterloo, ON  N2L 5V4

Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.

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