Project Leader / Technical Field Lead

‼️New Job Alert!‼️ We’re hiring a Project Leader / Technical Field Lead to support Nuclear project execution and field issue resolution. The ideal candidate brings strong technical field experience in a nuclear operating environment, excels at cross-functional collaboration, and is committed to ensuring safe, efficient execution.

🌟 Job Opportunity: Project Leader 🌟
📅 Resume Due Date: Friday, Aug 28th, 2026 (5:00PM EST)
🆔 Job ID: 26-047
🔢 Number of Vacancies: 1
📊 Level: MP4
⏳ Contract Duration: 12 months
🕰️ Hours of work: 35 hours per week
💵 Hourly Range: $74 – $84
📍 Location: Pickering
🏠 Work Mode: 100% on site

Job Overview

– The role is responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering assigned projects to ensure safe, timely, and cost-effective execution. The individual provides oversight across all phases, from planning through completion.

– Project Planning and Execution: Develop and maintain project plans, including scope, schedule, and cost estimates. Ensure work is executed in accordance with approved plans.

– Scope Management: Define and manage project scope, ensuring requirements are understood, documented, and controlled.

– Schedule Coordination: Coordinate activities across teams, monitor progress against milestones, and take corrective actions where required.

– Cost Management: Track project expenditures and forecasts, identify variances, and implement mitigation strategies.

– Stakeholder Engagement: Maintain relationships with internal teams, contractors, and external partners. Ensure clear communication of expectations and challenges.

– Contract and Vendor Coordination: Support contractor and service provider management to ensure work meets contractual requirements, quality standards, and timelines.

– Safety and Compliance: Ensure work complies with safety standards, regulatory requirements, and organizational policies.

Qualifications

– University degree in Engineering, Business, Project Management, or related discipline. P.Eng. designation and PMP certification or equivalent are assets.
– 4–10+ years of progressive project management experience, including complex industrial or infrastructure projects. Nuclear is preferred.
– Provide technical field leadership during planning, readiness, and execution phases. Identify and resolve field issues and execution challenges.
– Act as a key interface between the project team and station stakeholders.
– Support field walkdowns and readiness activities.
– Ensure field concerns are documented, tracked, assigned, and driven to resolution.
– Promote a strong safety culture and ensure field activities align with nuclear safety, industrial safety, quality, and procedural requirements.
– Demonstrated experience managing budgets, contractors, and cross-functional teams.
– Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

To apply please send your resume to careers@cpus.ca or through the following link: https://lnkd.in/esRa9kAs