Senior Project Manager, Electrical Commissioning

About the role

Veolia North America is looking for a Senior Commissioning Project Manager to join its Mission Critical department. The role manages multimillion-dollar, time-sensitive projects for clients such as data centers, financial institutions and power plants, leading teams of employees, subcontractors and client vendors. The ideal candidate works remotely from Alberta, Canada, with extensive travel.

Key responsibilities

• Manage subcontractors and client vendors, assign tasks and schedules, and lead client meetings and issue resolution.
• Prepare proposals for client RFPs and project pricing requests.
• Develop procedures, methods and testing scripts for power, hydraulic and cooling systems, and contribute to high-risk system tests.
• Provide technical assessments, build best-practice and lessons-learned databases, and train field commissioning teams.
• Review contractor and vendor documentation, oversee subcontractor work, and assist with budgets, KPIs and financial planning for the Canadian region.

Required profile

• Minimum 15 years of experience in the electrical or mission-critical industry; a Bachelor's degree preferred, but an Associate degree or equivalent combination is acceptable.
• 5-10 years of commissioning experience and proven track record delivering projects on scope, budget and schedule.
• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical audiences, mentor direct reports, and handle 40-70% annual travel.
• Candidates must be immediately eligible to work in Canada; work permits are not sponsored.

Required skills

• NETA, ASHRAE, LEED and other building codes and standards.
• High voltage and medium voltage switchgear, UPS, battery systems, static and automatic transfer systems, and plant control systems (BMS, SCADA, PLCs).
• Commissioning, MEP design, retro-commissioning and energy modeling.
• P.Eng license in the U.S. or Canada preferred; LEED Associate and PMP preferred.

What we offer

• Large-scale projects with varied challenges and internal and external training programs.
• A competitive compensation, pension and benefits package.
• Work environment includes central plants, switchgear rooms and power transmission areas, with occasional work outside normal hours.