Senior Project Manager - NET at Kinectrics in Toronto, Onta

Kinectrics is a wholly owned subsidiary of BWX Technologies focused on providing life cycle management services in the energy and utility sector. We develop innovative solutions for the global electricity and medical industries, helping empower a sustainable future. Trusted by clients worldwide, our employees provide expertise in engineering, testing, and inspection across a wide range of services. With offices worldwide and independent laboratories and testing facilities, we collaborate closely with clients to ensure utility assets perform safely, reliably, and efficiently throughout their entire life cycle.

Kinectrics takes pride in being consistently ranked as one of the best places to work in the energy and utility industry, where purpose and people mean as much as innovation and growth. That’s why we choose only the best and brightest to join us. To keep pace with the expanding energy and utility sector, Kinectrics has grown from a company of 300 to over 1,000 in only the last few years - and we aren’t looking to slow down. Join our diverse, supportive workplace for a rewarding career in the electricity industry.

Visit our website to learn more: www.kinectrics.com

The Opportunity

Position: Senior Project Manager

Employment Type: Permanent

Employment Level: Senior

Location: 800 Kipling Avenue, Toronto, ON

Department: Nuclear Equipment Solutions

Reports to: Sr. Director, Nuclear Equipment Solutions

Hours per week: 37.5

Number Required: 1

Salary Range: $120,000 - $145,000 . Exact compensation may vary depending on the individual experience and qualifications of each candidate. Applicants with greater or less than the minimum qualifications for this posted opportunity may be considered for alternate opportunities.

What We Offer

At Kinectrics, employees are recognized for their knowledge, experience, and contributions while working in a highly technical and challenging environment. Kinectrics puts you in the driver’s seat of your own career, setting you up alongside industry experts who will help you develop the skills essential to your professional growth in a dynamic, entrepreneurial, and rewarding work culture.

• Purpose: The work we do each day helps communities around the world. Find satisfaction in work that really matters, working alongside and as part of the best and brightest in the industry.
• Growth: To keep pace with Canada’s expanding energy and utility sector, we are growing more each day, which means more opportunities for you. We encourage our employees to grow alongside our company thanks to a number of significant training and personal development opportunities.
• Innovation: Our staff proudly develop innovations that push the industry forward.
• Diversity: The company is dedicated to promoting diversity in its workforce, up to and including the senior management level. Our diversity committee ensures we stay up to date on leading trends and best practices, creating a desirable workspace for each and every one of our employees.
• Total Compensation: Your talent deserves to be recognized. Kinectrics offers a competitive total compensation package unmatched by most industries throughout North America. Salary is just one component of the total rewards you will receive when working for Kinectrics. Other elements may also include pay for performance programs (merit pay and discretionary annual performance bonuses), comprehensive health benefits and wellness programs, membership discounts, employee referral bonus, eligibility for our pension plan, career development programs, and professional development/educational reimbursements.

Accountabilities: How You Will Make an Impact

• Accountable for the successful delivery of large, complex, and strategically important nuclear parts, equipment, tooling, and field service projects, ensuring safe execution, technical excellence, schedule adherence, budget performance, and customer satisfaction.
• Lead multi-million-dollar projects and programs throughout the complete project lifecycle, from opportunity development, proposal preparation, contract award, engineering, procurement, manufacturing, testing, delivery, installation, commissioning, and project closeout.
• Serve as the primary interface with customers, suppliers, and key stakeholders, establishing trusted relationships and ensuring alignment on project objectives, scope, schedules, risks, and commercial outcomes.
• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary project teams consisting of engineering, design, procurement, quality, manufacturing, testing, operations, and field services personnel.
• Direct the execution of projects involving:
  • Custom-engineered equipment and tooling design, fabrication, assembly, qualification testing, and deployment.
  • Nuclear parts supply, including Commercial Grade Dedication (CGD), reverse engineering, refurbishment, and replacement component programs.
  • Field execution activities including inspections, maintenance support, installation, commissioning, and outage services.
• Establish project execution strategies, governance structures, schedules, budgets, resource plans, risk registers, and performance metrics appropriate to the complexity and significance of assigned projects
• Maintain full accountability for project financial performance, including revenue, margin, forecasting, cash flow, change management, risk contingencies, and overall project profitability.
• Identify, assess, mitigate, and communicate technical, commercial, quality, supply chain, and schedule risks to ensure successful project outcomes.
• Lead contract administration activities, including management of scope changes, claims, commercial negotiations, subcontract management, and customer communications.
• Ensure compliance with Kinectrics Quality Programs, nuclear safety culture principles, customer requirements, regulatory obligations, and applicable industry codes and standards.
• Drive robust project controls through regular monitoring and reporting of schedule, cost, scope, risks, milestones, and key performance indicators.
• Lead recovery planning and execution for projects experiencing schedule delays, budget challenges, technical issues, or resource constraints.
• Oversee procurement and supplier performance activities, including supplier qualification, surveillance, expediting, inspection coordination, issue resolution, and delivery assurance.
• Lead investigations, troubleshooting efforts, and corrective actions associated with manufacturing, testing, installation, operational, or quality-related issues affecting project deliverables.
• Ensure effective resolution of non-conformances, corrective action requests, lessons learned, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Mentor project managers, project coordinators, and technical staff while promoting project management best practices and strong execution discipline across the organization.
• Support business growth by developing customer relationships, identifying new opportunities, contributing to strategic planning, and supporting business development initiatives.
• Lead the preparation and review of complex technical and commercial proposals, project execution plans, schedules, estimates, and contractual deliverables.
• Champion a strong nuclear safety culture and Human Performance (HU) principles throughout all phases of project delivery.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What You Need to Succeed

Essential Competencies:

• Strong customer orientation and commitment to Kinectrics and Business Unit goals.
• Demonstrated skill in contract management and administration with positive track record of completing projects on budget and schedule in terms of client satisfaction.
• Demonstrated high level of initiative to propose and implement new ideas.
• Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary team situations with a variety of partners and diverse issues and roles.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage multiple projects of varying complexity and technical disciplines.
• Strong oral and written communications.
• Proven skills with a variety of software programs including MS Office, and MS Project.

Essential Knowledge, Experience and Qualifications:

• Minimum 10+ years of progressively responsible experience managing engineering, manufacturing, nuclear equipment, tooling, parts supply, or field services projects.
• Proven track record delivering large and complex multi-million-dollar projects within the nuclear industry, heavy industrial sector, power generation, or other highly regulated environments.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects involving engineered equipment, tooling, fabricated assemblies, nuclear replacement parts, refurbishment programs, and field execution activities.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, risk management, project controls, scheduling, earned value concepts, budgeting, forecasting, and contract administration.
• Knowledge of nuclear quality assurance programs, CSA N299 requirements, ASME codes and standards, Commercial Grade Dedication processes, and applicable regulatory requirements.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, quality assurance, testing, and field services organizations.
• Strong commercial acumen with experience managing project profit and loss, contract negotiations, scope management, and change control processes.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced project environment.
• Exceptional customer relationship management, negotiation, presentation, and communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent technical discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation or PMP certification would be considered a strong asset.
• Strong understanding and commitment to Human Performance (HU) principles and nuclear safety culture.
• Ability to obtain and maintain Nuclear Security Clearance.

This role requires the successful candidate to complete the security clearance process. The security clearance process is conducted in accordance with applicable regulatory requirements of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) and the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission (CNSC) and may take up to 12 months to complete.

This position may involve access to technology, technical data, or information that is subject to U.S. export control laws and regulations, including U.S. Department of Energy regulation 10 CFR Part 810. As a result, employment in this role may be contingent upon the individual's ability to obtain and maintain any required authorizations or approvals and to comply with applicable export control requirements. Eligibility will be assessed in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.

Kinectrics Inc is strongly committed to diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) and welcomes applications from all individuals. To learn more about our commitments please visit our diversity, equity and inclusion and indigenous relations pages.

As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a voluntary diversity survey. The collection of self-identification data is driven by our commitment to DE&I and ensures Kinectrics' continuous review and improvement of its programs. The information that you provide is strictly confidential and your responses will only be used for statistical purposes. Your responses do not affect your candidacy in any way.

Kinectrics welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

Kinectrics may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools during the initial screening of applications. All applications are also reviewed by a member of our Recruitment team to ensure a fair and comprehensive evaluation.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.