Hiring Our Heroes Cohort 24-2: Enterprise Project Manager Fellowship
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Build the future, spark innovation and align your career with purpose.
McKinstry is innovating the waste and climate harm out of the built environment and creating lasting impact. Together, we're building a thriving planet.
Buildings are a leading contributor to the climate crisis, generating nearly 40% of total global energy-related carbon emissions. We're making a lasting impact on our industry and within our communities by addressing the climate, affordability and equity crises through:
renewables and energy services
engineering and design
construction and facility services
To get where we're going, we need big thinkers, problem solvers and collaborative mindsets. Does that sound like you?
The Opportunity with McKinstry
We are currently seeking an Enterprise Project Manager is responsible for the delivery of key initiative that cross departments, with special focus on the alignment amongst Corporate Service Units. Each initiative will be different but may include team formation, defining requirements, validating designs, integrating systems, testing solutions, planning cutover and preparing end-users and managers including new/updated process and policy documentation. This can be a remote role.
To achieve this, this role will need to:
Provide strong program and project leadership to McKinstry teams.
Develop strong, collaborative relationships with leaders, peers, project teams, both internal and external stakeholders as well as employees.
Demonstrate political acumen when navigating potentially disruptive efforts across McKinstry.
Have a strong understanding and practice of change management and the organizations capacity to change in a dynamic environment.
Drive critical decision making in an efficient and inclusive manner.
Understand and be able to represent the unique needs within McKinstry.
Ensure that McKinstry's multiple, inter-related systems and business processes are successfully considered with an eye for enterprise benefit, addressing unique needs where justified.
Support and advocate for consolidated, upgraded and standardized processes in order to provide reliable, integrated, consistent and efficient corporate service support
Drive the work McKinstry teams need to accomplish even in the midst of ambiguity and/or competing priorities
There are a number of key initiatives underway across McKinstry. As such, the project manager will need to work effectively to get up to speed quickly while keeping the project moving forward according to the agreed upon project timelines. Additional responsibilities include:
Relationship Management : Maintain strong relationships with leaders, peers, project teams, both internal and external stakeholders as well as employees. Keep teams well informed of project status, risks and issues; support leaders in their interactions with other impacted parties.
Team Leadership : Support, develop and train the McKinstry project team members; ensure team member have access to the resources and information necessary to do their jobs; ensure strong collaboration between the project team and their colleagues in other areas of the business
Project Plan Management : Manage the project plan and ensure it is well integrated with the overall CSET program plan; develop plans for addressing any work items that are running behind schedule.
Requirements Definition : Work with the key parties to ensure all needs are documented, designed, implemented, tested and a support model is in place to support.
Status Reporting : Provide regular status