Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

Join us in Advancing the Environmental Global Impact within the Rail Industry

For the past 30 years, ZTR has designed, developed and released products that have a positive environmental impact within the Locomotive Industry. Planning for an environmentally sustainable future means taking action today in preparation for tomorrow. Everyone has a role to play and we take ours seriously.

ZTR offers a casual working environment and a group of friendly and talented industry leaders passionate about combating climate change. We encourage and support employees to find long-term success and explore opportunities that play into their strengths and passions. We value lateral moves as much as vertical promotions; we believe all roles should develop your skills, broaden your experience, and help you continue on a journey to build a rewarding career at ZTR.

What You’ll be Doing:

Are you passionate about supporting a more sustainable future? Do you enjoy understanding the customer's needs and providing them with greener and more reliable solutions? Are you data-driven and results-oriented? Whether it’s getting answers for customers quickly, consulting on products with compassion or upselling solution for their issues with a smile, you’ll be the difference between customer experience being just average or an exceptional one.

ZTR has partnered with the world’s largest Rail Transport Company to build a hybrid-electric locomotive, with the first prototype expected to be delivered in late 2023. We need your help to drive and manage this project on an ongoing basis.

You will be helping with a wide variety of tasks from the supply chain, to technical requirements and customer management. Furthermore, you will work closely with Engineers, developers and executive-level leaders to make this project successful and push the industry forward. You can find out more about our hybrid-electric locomotive partnership here!

For this role, hybrid work is available; located at our office in London, ON.

Responsibilities:

• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously.
• Define success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project and program life cycle.
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test and deployment management activities
• Communication with customers to support successful project execution and create positive customer relationships
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise project and program team
• Manage project and program issues and risks to mitigate the impact on baseline
• Support the definition of Statements of Work (SOWs) and Specifications for the requested products and services.

Who Are you?

• Applicants should hold an engineering degree or diploma.
• 5+ years of project management experience, including tracking and planning projects, working with business stakeholders and full product lifecycle development.
• Experience with Agile (scrum or Kanban) or SAFe project development cycles
• Strong leadership and motivational skills including the ability to lead up, across and down multiple business and technology organizations.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills with the ability to work with diverse cross-functional teams.
• Organized with strong time management skills, and the ability to juggle multiple priorities.
• Must be able to learn, understand and apply new technologies.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Please apply even if you don’t qualify for all responsibilities or skills.

Why Choose ZTR?

ZTR is all about our people. That is why we value Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) within our organization. DEI is essential to our goal of creating a great place to work. We are committed to building a representative workforce and committed to equal opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
We are looking for flexible, compassionate and enthusiastic individuals who thrive in a fast-paced working environment, and who are looking for long-term, meaningful employment in a career that makes a real difference.

At ZTR, we continuously promote a healthy balance between work, fun and family. This is a place where employees make a difference in our company and within our customers’ organizations. You will have the ability to direct your career path at ZTR as we are rapidly growing with numerous opportunities for professional growth and development.

ZTR Control Systems provides accommodations for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require accommodation, please contact Human Resources. We will address information received regarding the accommodation needs of applicants in confidence.

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