Position: Project Manager – Mechanical Engineering

Term: Full-Time Position

Location: Portage la Prairie, Manitoba

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) is an ISO 9001:2015-registered organization established in 1975 to provide a unique resource to both prairie farmers and agricultural machinery manufacturers. Today, in addition to continuing our agricultural priorities, PAMI has also evolved to serve the needs of both the mining and transportation industries. Our multidisciplinary and uniquely skilled research and development team of engineers and technologists provide efficient problem investigation, scoping, and execution. Our years of research and development on machines and project experience combined with knowledge of industry applications mean professional results can be achieved faster while ensuring all avenues, options, and cost-control factors have been explored and considered.  Our people bring a wide range of experience, knowledge, and ambition to our client’s projects.

PAMI’s project management team provides exceptional service to our clients while also inspiring and leading our technical services teams. These teams are carefully selected for each unique project and may comprise of;

• hands-on farming and agrology experts,
• diversely qualified design engineers and technicians,
• numerical modelling and simulation experts,
• highly-skilled fabrication experts,
• dedicated and innovative testing personnel, and
• detail-oriented technical writing and documentation support.

Equipping our exceptional people with flexible facilities and advanced equipment provides a dynamic and exclusive environment for helping clients overcome challenges, allowing them to expedite their time to market and increase their profit margins by means of reducing risk, saving time and money, or making money.

Position Summary:

Reporting to the Project Management Team Lead, the Project Managers provide a lead and technical role to manage and execute projects for clients. The Project Manager is responsible for managing scope, schedule, and budget for the projects that they are assigned, while also contributing engineering skills during implementation. The main focus of this role is mechanical testing and validation projects for agriculture, transportation, and related industries. When project issues arise, Project Leaders work with the Project Management Team Lead to proactively address and resolve the issues in a timely manner to enable PAMI to be successful.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• General understanding of technical project work, with experience in applying these to the agriculture, mining, or transportation sectors.
• Provide leadership to projects involving physical testing of mechanical systems and components including force, vibration, fatigue, to replicate the real-world environment or compliance with codes and standards.
• Create technical reports and presentations to provide results and recommendations to clients.
• Strong business and people management skills and over 5 years of experience in project management.
• Provide expertise and leadership during projects by scheduling internal resources and preparing and managing budgets.
• As a functional manager, have a demonstrated ability to resolve issues, motivate others and establish relevant key performance indicators.
• A champion of best people, practices, systems, and processes. Safety- and process-oriented, with the ability to apply and implement this in a project environment.
• Strong communication (written, oral, presentation) skills with the ability to effectively engage at a variety of management levels and with a range of audiences.
• Developed interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build collaborative relationships with colleagues, contractors and clients.

Qualifications:

• P.Eng. designation

Additional Assets:

• Familiar with a Data Acquisition Systems and post processing of data for comparison with real world results.
• Understanding of FEA stress and fatigue analysis.
• Familiar with agricultural and industrial machinery and manufacturers.
• Knowledge of mechanical components, hydraulic systems, and electro-mechanical systems.
• Eligibility for EGM or CTTAM registration.
• Project Management Professional designation.

Benefits:

• Competitive base salary
• Pension Plan
• Group Insurance Benefits
• Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Annual Vacation Leave

Contact:

To send resume of qualifications and experience, including references to Human Resources, apply here.

We appreciate the effort by all candidates but only those who meet our role requirements will be contacted.