Assistant Project Manager Jobs

Who We Are

OCL Group Inc., is a proudly 100% Canadian, privately held, employee-owned, fully integrated general contractor with design-build solutions across Western Canada. OCL has the experience you can trust and the quality you can depend on. OCL has been proudly serving the energy and municipal infrastructure markets since 2009.

The formation of OCL was a direct result of a few long-tenured industry professionals with an entrepreneurial spirit, wanting to get back to their roots and build an organization “where people matter”. Formed in 2009, OCL started their first project and began building around a business model focused on “People and Doing the Job Right”.

The Role

We are currently recruiting for an Assistant Project Manager for various projects in Alberta and British Columbia. Project details will vary based on site locations. Rates and allowances will also vary based on the location of the project.

Responsibilities:

Reporting to the Project Manager, the Assistant Project Manager will be responsible for assisting the Project Manager in Engineering Review, Project Controls, and Contract Management Activities prior to and upon contract award. The Assistant Project Manager will be a point of contact with the client and an assistant lead to the Construction Management Team.

Engineering Review

Facilitating collaborative reviews of all engineering packages and drawings to develop a defined project scope.

Providing technical support in the development of the Construction Execution Plan (CEP).

Reviewing all discipline specific requirements with the onsite Quality Department.

Providing technical support in the development of Change Proposals and Trends through knowledge of industrial standards and codes such as ASME, ABSA, and CSA.

Planning

Developing budgetary estimates and high level schedules for projects based on preliminary information provided by the client

Assisting the corporate estimating team to gather information and provide constructability guidance to develop proposals for projects on site

Project Controls and Contract Management Activities

Supporting the Project Manager in:

• Baseline schedules
• Liaison with client representatives on contract issues, schedule, delivery and technical issues
• Progress reports
• Day-to-day Cost, Schedule, Progress and Change Management control functions.
• Constructability requirements
• Providing input to
• Reviewing and approving Invoices
• Purchase Orders
• Changes to the baseline cost and man-hour budgets
• Reviewing and approving
• Monitoring
• Reviewing and approving Daily LEMs (if applicable) and Daily Reports
• The formation of the Work Base Structure (WBS)
• Baseline cost and manpower budgets

Document Control

Assist in supervising all document control activities, including customer/client documentation, internal documentation, drawing & specifications, documentation relevant to regulatory bodies and document distribution.

Compensation/Benefits

• Company provided vehicle for site visits, client meetings, etc
• Long term disability
• Cell phone allowance or company provided cell phone
• Competitive base salary, negotiable, based on experience
• $7000 health care spending account per year (can roll into RRSP)
• Eligible for annual bonus based on company performance
• Paid vacation
• 100% employer-paid drugs, travel, life & dependent life insurance and AD&D

Requirements

Minimum of 5 years of field based experience as a project coordinator/manager in the oil sands or other heavy industrial facilities

P.Tech or P.Eng. preferred

PMP Certification Preferred But Not Required.

On-site brownfield plant experience in mechanical, structural, piping and electrical disciplines.

Experience in production scheduling and labour budget preparation.

Advanced knowledge of computer software such as Bluebeam, Microsoft Project or Primavera

A demonstrated background in project management and cost control.

Benefits

OCL offers a collaborative team environment, competitive wages and benefit eligibility after three months.