(Can) Project Manager, Design (Contract)

Position Summary...The Design Project Manager role will support Walmart Canada’s Design Team as the Design gatekeeper for all format and special projects outside of major capital project program requiring design development, including but not limited to merchant, operations, Omni, FM and Licensee initiatives.
Responsible to engage with multiple business units to interpret and develop design requirements, build and develop concepts, establish and influence Design and Construction delivery budgets and high-level schedules for use by key stakeholders from concept through capex approval.
Provide business units with creative design solutions focused on solid design principles, cost reduction, speed of execution, ease to replicate across multiple jurisdictions, for new initiatives as required while ensuring requests are aligned with design standards.
What You'll Do...
Full Time Contract Role

• Engage and contract with external consulting teams to develop design drawings as required to facilitate final budgeting and program delivery. Collaborate with Prototype and Standards for inclusion of new design initiatives into prototype and template documents.
• Maintain and monitor special project inputs in Walmart Central Data Repository (Tririga) from concept development to capex approval stage.
• Communicate design requirements for format and special projects to Design Execution team to be executed as part of major capital project, as a special project or as part of a bundle. Support Design Execution team as required.
• Develop design timelines specific to each initiative including permit timelines based on jurisdictional requirements.
• Key point person for Program Management team and SBU Project Managers for design development of format and special projects with a particular focus on initiatives requiring new design development, but inclusive of all pre-approval format projects. Engaging with multiple teams and aligning multiple stakeholders to identify project opportunities.
• Develop design drawings/sketches for internal use to document business requirements, ensuring all designs are code compliant and capture technical building requirements. Responsible to consider all store sizes and formats as part of design development. Align details with prototype standards and various templates. Resolve unique store requirements as needed and influencing business partners on specific design impacts and requirements.
• Develop project cost estimates in conjunction with construction estimating team.
• Gather and coordinate design requirements with all cross functional stakeholders including merchants, operations, Omni, FM, LP, ISD, Marketing, Fixtures and others as required as part of design development. Document decisions made throughout design development process. Actively participate in project status meetings and scope and budget reviews. Store visits may be required as part of the design development.

Qualifications

• Minimum Technician or Technologist degree (OACETT/CET/CIT) in engineering or architectural fields
• Project Management Degree or Diploma in Project Management
• Minimum 5 years’ experience of managing projects in the built environment:
• Proficient in AutoCAD and Revit
• Degree in Interior Design or Architecture

Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Age – 16 or older
Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.
Primary Location…
1940 ARGENTIA RD, MISSISSAUGA, ON L5N 1P9, Canada
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