Project Manager Equipment- CB Redevelopment Project

 Req ID: 191216
Location: Eastern Zone, Cape Breton Regional Hospital 
Department: CBRD Sr Dir Cape Breton Redevelopment
Type of Employment: Temporary Hourly FT long-assignment (100%) x 1 
Management/Non Union Position
Posting Closing Date: 6-Jan-25

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About the Opportunity

The CB Redevelopment Project is an initiative to realign care and services in the Cape Breton Regional Municipality. The Project includes multiple complex sub-projects including renovations and new construction over four separate sites:  Cape Breton Regional Hospital, Glace Bay General Hospital, Harborview Hospital, a new Community Health Centre and Long-Term Care facility in both New Waterford and the Northside area. There will also be a new laundry facility constructed on the Northside. Research and academic mandates all need to be addressed in the planning, design, and construction phases 

As an individual contributor on the Cape Breton Redevelopment Project, the Project Manager is responsible for the planning, coordination, and project management of assigned projects within the CBRM Redevelopment project, participating, and supporting functional design planning, specification writing and review, drawing review, cost estimation, and tender document coordination. This includes engaging design consultants and contractors and interfacing with stakeholders and clinicians to ensure projects are delivered within budget and to project milestone dates and, most importantly, meeting the objectives of the project. 

Specific Accountabilities

The CBRM Redevelopment Project Manager has the following major accountabilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop comprehensive readiness plans for new facilities
• Following all processes, policies and approaches for clinical and support leadership engagement and consultation throughout the planning, design, construction, commissioning, and activation stages of assigned capital projects.
• Assess and identify operational requirements, including staffing, equipment, supplies, systems, and processes.
• Understand status of procurement, installation, and testing of equipment and systems required for the facility, such as IT infrastructure, security systems, and office equipment.
• Work closely with the NSH Facility Activation Project Management Office
• Facilitate and participate in Clinical Acceptance Planning and Execution.
• Follow Project Management Best Practices to Plan and Execute project activities, including facility outfitting, clinical acceptance and facility activation.
• Identify potential risks and challenges related to facility activation and develop mitigation strategies.
• Engaging NSH clinical and non-clinical teams in projects that affect them.
• Preparing and reviewing tenders, RFQ’s and RFP’s with NSHA and Internal Service Department staff.
• Provide regular information to be used in implementation and monitoring of project KPIs
• Monitoring consultants and contractor engagement to ensure projects adhere to NSHA quality standards, budgets, and deadlines.

About You

We would love to hear from you if you have the following:

• Registered Engineer (in N.S.) in a relevant Engineering discipline having 3-5 years project management experience or
• Project Manager with 5+ years of experience leading work in complex Project Environments. (Built Environment or Healthcare) 

The following would be considered an asset:

• Professional Engineer
• Project Management Professional certification.
• Competencies in other languages an asset, French preferred

Please ensure your resume is up to date and includes all relevant education, experience, training, and certifications.

Hours

• Full-Time Long Assignment / 75 Hours Bi-weekly 
• Start as soon as possible, with an estimated end date of July 2028

Compensation and Benefits

$42.94 - $53.67 Hourly

Successful candidates may be eligible for our benefits package which includes health, dental, travel, long-term disability, and life insurance coverage as well as a defined benefit pension plan. 

Once You've Applied

Thank you for your interest in this position. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted. 

​This is a Management/Non Union bargaining unit position. Preference is given to bargaining unit employees for unionized positions. Employees are encouraged to view their seniority hours and dates in their SuccessFactors online profile. Successful applicants changing unions, bargaining units, or employment status, are advised to seek clarification regarding their seniority, benefits, and vacation entitlement and/or usage, prior to accepting the position.

​Nova Scotia Health is committed to being a workforce that is free of discrimination, values diversity, and is representative, at all job levels, of the people we serve. We encourage all qualified applicants who self-identify as Indigenous, Black/African Nova Scotian, Persons of Colour, Foreign Nationals/Newcomers, Persons with Disabilities, 2SLGBTQIA+ to apply and self-identify.