Senior Project Manager, Cost Management
Job Description
Bring strategy and precision together as a Senior Project Manager driving high-impact cost estimating across Irving Shipbuilding programs and industry partners. In this role, you’ll lead the delivery of key estimating initiatives, blending analytics, engineering, contracts, planning, and program management to deliver accurate, insight-driven outcomes.
Partnering with the Manager, Cost Management, you’ll also enhance and evolve estimating tools and databases, championing automation to improve consistency, efficiency, and productivity.
If you’re passionate about innovation, data-driven decision-making, and making a measurable impact, this is your opportunity to lead and transform how we estimate and deliver.
- Review and oversee project activities, factoring risks, achieved performance and other variables to manage performance. Perform analysis that aims at achieving project outcomes and contributing to the overall project success.
- Apply various tools (e.g. Microsoft Excel, Primavera P6, SQL, Tableau, Alteryx, Python) to accomplish project goals.
- Engage productively with project & leadership team members. Identify, resolve & escalate issues, gain consensus through effective communication, and collaborate successfully across the organization.
- Deliver project updates to leadership teams as required on a weekly, monthly and quarterly basis.
- Document, communicate and monitor procedures.
- Apply and promote project management best practices with an emphasis on planning, execution and change management.
- Develop and deliver new reporting formats and methods to match the needs of an evolving project scope.
- Bachelors’ degree with a focus on project management, business administration, accounting, finance, engineering, or computer science/programming.
- PMP designation required.
- 10+ years of experience including project management, strategy and governance, change management, developing technology-based solutions.
- Experience in shipbuilding, construction or manufacturing is an asset.
- Ability to read and write technical documents as well as analysis and data management.
- Excellent communication skills (email and verbal) with an ability to engage all levels of stakeholders within the organization and external contacts.
Due to the nature of work Irving Shipbuilding does, all successful applicants must meet requirements for the Canadian Controlled Goods Program (CGP), Canadian Government Security clearance, and U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR).
Please note this position requires a full-time, in-office presence.