City of Prince George
Location
Prince George, BC | Canada
Job description
About Our Community:
Boasting a high quality of life and standard of living, Prince George has all the amenities of a large city mixed with the friendliness and appeal of a smaller community. It is a regional centre for close to 326,000 people for shopping, education, health care, the arts, and sports. Prince George's central location in the province of B.C. offers work/life balance with unparalleled access to four-season outdoor recreation activities that are complemented by a full range of urban amenities and a comprehensive transportation infrastructure that connects residents, businesses, resources, and agricultural products to markets around the world. It is only a short drive to almost anywhere in Prince George - spend less time commuting and more time doing what matters most to you! Discover all these opportunities and more!
About Our Organization:
The City of Prince George is committed to ensuring a positive, well-balanced work environment for its employees. With opportunities for employee training, wellness programs, and professional development, the City of Prince George offers a safe and supportive workplace in which to serve our community.
About The Opportunity:
You will work collaboratively with cross-functional and inter-disciplinary teams throughout the organization to implement the organizational capital project management framework and its advancement by guiding and supporting the capital planning, estimating and budgeting process throughout a capital project lifecycle for municipal infrastructure programs and projects. The ideal candidate possesses strong inter-personal skills, a proven ability to successfully engage with multi-disciplinary teams, and the ability to influence, mentor and coach. We are looking for a qualified candidate with the humility and work ethic to support and complement staff knowledge and efforts towards continuous improvement in budgeting and costing maturity. This dynamic role works with various teams that are responsible for project delivery in several municipal infrastructure asset areas to develop, review, guide, instruct, monitor, and implement requirements in the areas of budget development, cost planning, cost estimating, project management, cost management, cost monitoring and infrastructure planning.
About Your Background:
Ideally, you have a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and are eligible for registration as an EIT or P.Eng. with the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists in the Province of British Columbia. C ompletion of formal project management training or certification is desirable . You have at least five years of related experience in infrastructure planning and capital construction project management and demonstrate this experience through infrastructure planning approach, budget planning, estimating, and costing procedures. Construction estimating and cost planning in civil infrastructure projects experience is required. An equivalent combination of training, advanced technical courses, and/or substantial experience related to quantity surveying and/or construction estimating may also be considered. A class 5 BC driver's license (or out of province equivalent) is required.
Why You Will Love Working for our Capital Program Management team at the City of Prince George:
Please refer to the job description for more details about this exciting career!
If you are interested in joining our team, please apply by April 5, 2024 to:
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The City of Prince George thanks all those who apply, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
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