Location: Pickering, ON (100% Onsite)

Contract Duration: 18 Months

Hours: 40 Hours per Week

Pay Rate: $80.00/hr - $92.58/hour

Application Deadline: November 3, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST

About the Opportunity

Our client is seeking an experienced Project Leader, Safe Storage to lead and oversee the planning, coordination, execution, and closeout of complex projects within a multidisciplinary portfolio. The successful candidate will provide project leadership, ensure compliance with project governance requirements, and deliver projects safely, on schedule, within budget, and to the required quality standards.

Important:

Candidates should demonstrate significant project management experience within the nuclear industry or a comparable heavy industrial environment. Strong knowledge of project controls, including cost and schedule performance metrics (CPI, SPI, earned value management), is highly desirable.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the planning, organization, coordination, and control of assigned projects through all phases of the project lifecycle, from initiation through closeout.
- Apply established project management processes and governance related to scope, schedule, cost, risk, change management, communications, reporting, and phase-gating requirements.
- Ensure project objectives and commitments are achieved while maintaining safety, quality, budget, and schedule targets.
- Assist in the preparation of business cases, project background documentation, constructability reviews, and funding approval submissions.
- Develop and coordinate:
- Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)
- Project schedules
- Cost estimates
- Risk management plans
- Project management plans




- Contract performance specifications

- Collaborate with stakeholders to define project requirements and execution strategies.
- Coordinate design reviews, specification clarifications, procurement activities, tender evaluations, and contract award recommendations.
- Lead project meetings and maintain effective relationships with engineering, operations, construction, suppliers, and contractors.
- Monitor project performance using project controls and reporting tools, identifying variances and implementing corrective actions where required.
- Assess project risks throughout all stages and develop mitigation strategies.
- Manage scope, schedule, and cost changes in accordance with established processes and procedures.
- Resolve project issues and support stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery.

Education

- Four-year university degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or another relevant discipline.
- Additional post-secondary education or training in Project Management and/or Business Economics is considered an asset.
- An equivalent combination of education and related experience may be considered.

Experience

Candidates should possess 6+ years of progressively responsible project management experience, including:





- Managing projects throughout the full project lifecycle.
- Developing project requirements, scopes, schedules, budgets, and execution plans.
- Preparing estimates and forecasts.
- Participating in RFP, tendering, contract award, and contract administration processes.
- Managing project execution and project closeout activities.
- Balancing competing priorities related to scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
- Leading projects involving multiple stakeholders, contractors, and schedule constraints.
- Providing technical guidance, problem-solving, and decision support.

Technical Knowledge

- Demonstrated project management experience within the nuclear industry or a comparable heavy industrial environment.
- Strong understanding of project controls, cost tracking, forecasting, and performance measurement.
- Familiarity with earned value management concepts, including KPI metrics such as Cost Performance Index (CPI) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI).
- Knowledge of generating station equipment, systems, processes, or equivalent industrial operations.
- Understanding of cost accounting and forecasting principles as they relate to project management.

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience managing complex projects involving multiple contracts and stakeholder groups.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills.
- Ability to work effectively in a highly regulated workplace.
- Experience supporting safe storage, refurbishment, asset management, or capital project initiatives within the nuclear sector.

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