Pre - construction Project Manager

VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada, a subsidiary of VINCI Construction Grands Projets, part of the VINCI Group, construction worldwide leader, specialized in the design and construction of major civil engineering and building works in Canada is hiring a

Pre-construction Project Manager

What is the project?

The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station refurbishment program involves designing and building a new deep-water intake in Lake Ontario to improve the plant's cooling system. This will involve:

• A5 km-long tunnel, built by a pressurized TBM (10.15 m diameter slurry TBM);
• Two vertical shafts (onshore and offshore);
• An offshore modular intake structure, resting on the lake bed.

The project is distinguished by its proximity to an active nuclear site, requiring rigorous standards of safety, planning and coordination.

What you will do

You will play a key role in leading and coordinating the project readiness by ensuring strong internal alignment, coordination, and synchronization across all departments. You will ensure that all teams work in full coherence toward readiness milestones, reviews, liberations of areas, and client deliverables. You will serve as the central point for documentation and formal exchanges with the Client, ensuring clarity, compliance, and timely approvals. In addition, you will contributes to Lean initiatives aimed at improving processes, reducing waste, and increasing efficiency across engineering, construction, and support functions.

Project Preparation

• Lead the overall Readiness Program, ensuring that all project departments are aligned on upcoming milestones, prerequisites, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain retro‑planning, readiness dashboards, and KPIs.
• Organize, lead, and document Readiness Meetings with internal teams, ensuring issues are identified, escalated, and solved early.
• Maintain the Readiness Register, ensuring full traceability, clear owners, deadlines, evidence, and closure.
• Identify interface gaps or misalignments early and drive collaborative resolution.
• Support departments in structuring their inputs/outputs, ensuring consistency and eliminating gaps,
• Maintain traceability of cross-functional exchanges (requests, decisions, impacts, constraints).
• Facilitate clear understanding of responsibilities, boundaries, and shared tasks across teams.

Coordination & Reporting

• Act as the focal point for Client interactions related to readiness and interfaces.
• Prepare and coordinate Client documentation such as MOUs, readiness review dossiers, comprehensive work packages, windows analysis files, and other required submissions.
• Ensure timely, accurate, and compliant delivery to the Client.
• Support external stakeholders’ alignment with the project’s readiness roadmap.
• Work closely with Project Controls to ensure alignment of planning, risks, and readiness sequencing.
• Ensure readiness and interface topics are integrated into project governance.

Lean & Continuous Improvement

• Identify inefficiencies, bottlenecks, and recurring coordination issues.
• Lead or contribute to Lean initiatives such as Process mapping & simplification, Waste reduction (planning waste, rework, information gaps, waiting time, etc.), Standardization of readiness workflows, templates, and reporting, Improvement of cross‑department communication flows
• Promote a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

HSE & Compliance

• Comply with VINCI’s Quality Management System and project-specific procedures.
• Promote the 4R concept (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover).
• Support environmental protection measures related to offshore and lakebed operations.
• Ensure that interface management integrates safety constraints, regulatory requirements, and nuclear‑regulated obligations

Yous skills

• Degree in Civil engineering or equivalent
• 5–10 years of experience in large‑scale infrastructure projects (civil, marine, tunnelling, or similar).
• 7 years of experience in project control, scheduling, readiness, interface management, project engineering, or coordination roles involving multiple stakeholders and technical disciplines
• Strong communication and stakeholder‑management skills
• Excellent problem‑solving abilities and a proactive mindset for identifying and resolving interface issues early.
• Strong organizational and reporting skills, including experience maintaining registers, producing KPIs
• Near-native level of English; French is considered an advantage.
• Experience working in regulated environments nuclear is a strong asset
• Lean experience or interest in continuous improvement is highly valued.

What do we have to provide

• Annual gross compensation ranging from CAD 120 000 - CAD 140 000 depending on experience and profile;
• 4 vacation weeks & 3 emergency/sickness days paid;
• Annual bonus;
• Group Health Insurance (premium participation including virtual health care system);
• Career development opportunities;
• A cosmopolite and inclusive work environment;
• Attractive and challenging project.

The Mindset We Value

• A desire to contribute to meaningful change.
• Fresh, innovative thinking.
• A strong appetite for learning and continuous improvement.
• The ability to adapt and take on new challenges.

About Vinci Construction Grands Projets

Subsidiary of the VINCI Group, VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada is involved in large-scale construction and civil engineering projects in Canada. The headquarter of VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada is based in Montréal, Québec. We are currently involved in three major construction projects in Ontario valued at several billion Canadian dollars.

• The construction of the subway line south in Toronto, involving a six-kilometer tunnel and associated excavation work. The project includes the design, construction, and handover of all tunnels (twin tubes of 6 km each), 7 stations (turnkey for: 1 at-grade station and 6 underground stations) and civil engineering works.

• Extension of the Confederation Line in Ottawa, one of the components of Phase 2 of the city's O-Train system, which includes the design, construction, and financing of 27.5 km of light rail infrastructure. The work also includes 4 kilometers of cut-and-cover tunnels, 20 engineering structures, 16 stations and a light maintenance facility.

• The Pickering Nuclear Generating Station refurbishment program includes the design and construction of a new deep water intake in Lake Ontario to improve the plant's cooling system. This project will include a 1.5 km long tunnel, excavated by a pressurized tunnel boring machine (10.15 m diameter slurry), two vertical shafts (onshore and offshore), and a modular offshore intake structure, resting on the lakebed. This project is notable for its proximity to an active nuclear site, requiring rigorous standards of safety, planning, and coordination.

At VINCI Construction Grands Projets Canada, we believe that diversity is a source of wealth and strength. We are committed to creating an inclusive working environment where every individual is valued and respected. We strongly encourage applications from members of Aboriginal communities and strive to ensure fair and respectful employment opportunities. We recognise the unique contributions of indigenous peoples and are committed to supporting their professional development. By joining our team, you will be part of a company that celebrates diversity and actively works to promote inclusion.