We are seeking a highly organized and proactive Project Coordinator to initially support the implementation of a new enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. Reporting to the Program Management Office, the successful candidate will play a key role in coordinating project activities, maintaining governance processes, supporting stakeholder engagement, and ensuring project information is accurate, current, and accessible. This position is ideal for an individual with 3-6 years of project coordination or PMO support experience who thrives in cross-functional environments and enjoys bringing structure, organization, and accountability to complex business and technology initiatives. n

Key Responsibilities
Project Coordination & Governance
• Support the development and maintenance of integrated project schedules, milestones, deliverables, and dependencies.
• Track progress against project objectives and communicate schedule impacts or delays.
• Maintain project action item, decision, risk, and issue logs, ensuring timely follow-up and escalation where required.
• Assist project and workstream leads with planning, status updates, governance activities, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support preparation and coordination of program reviews, milestone reviews, and program governance meetings. Stakeholder, Team & Vendor Coordination
• Coordinate project meetings, workshops, working sessions, and leadership reviews.
• Prepare agendas, capture meeting minutes, document decisions, and communicate follow-up actions.
• Assist with project communications,



presentations, executive updates, and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Facilitate collaboration across engineering, manufacturing, operations, IT, quality, supply chain, and business teams.
• Coordinate activities with vendors, implementation partners, and consultants, including tracking commitments and deliverables.
• Support change management, user engagement, communication campaigns, training coordination, and adoption activities. Reporting & Documentation Management
• Collect project performance data and maintain project dashboards and reporting tools.
• Prepare weekly and monthly status reports, executive summaries, milestone updates, and performance metrics.
• Manage project repositories and document control processes to ensure information is organized and accessible. Qualifications & Experience
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, Engineering, Information Technology, Computer Science, Operations Management, or a related field. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered.
• 3-6 years of experience in project coordination, project administration, PMO support, or project management support roles.



Key Competencies Successful candidates will demonstrate:
• Experience supporting PLM, ERP, MES, engineering systems, or other enterprise transformation programs.
• Strong understanding of project coordination practices, project lifecycle methodologies, and governance processes.
• Ability to influence and coordinate across teams without direct authority
• Previous experience working with external vendors, consultants, and implementation partners.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in preparing project reports, presentations, meeting documentation, and executive-level communications.
• Intermediate to advanced proficiency using MS Office products (MS Project, CoPilot, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint)
• Experience in using Smartsheet, and Oracle Primavera is considered an asset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong collaboration and teamwork skills Security and Compliance Requirements
• Canadian Reliability Status (Minimum) is required
• Eligibility for Controlled Goods Program (CGP) Registration is required
• Ability to handle controlled, sensitive, and export-regulated technical data in compliance with Canadian and international regulations Working Environment
• This role has no direct reports but will work and interact with multi-disciplinary teams.
• Working conditions are typical of a downtown Ottawa office setting. n

📌 Project Coordinator (Ottawa)
🏢 Telesat
📍 Ottawa