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Senior Project Manager with payment infrastructure
VLink Inc
Victoria, BC
- $100 to $105 CAD / hour
- Contract
Strong stakeholder management, leadership, and communication skills
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Project Manager
Affinity
AB · Edmonton, AB
- Contract
5+ years of Project Management experience delivering technology initiatives.
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Project Manager - Water / Waste Water
Kiewit
Calgary, AB
- Full-time
…station, pipeline and underground utility construction, and the leadership to guide a diverse project team through complex, multi-discipline work. At Kiewit, our commitment to "Nobody Gets…
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Chef De Projet Flux De Matériel/ Project Manager (Material Flow)
Aston Carter
Saint-Eustache, QC
- $38 to $45 CAD / hour
- Contract
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Senior Project Manager Construction & Commissioning / Chef de projet Senior Construction & Mise en service
GE Vernova
Brossard, QC
- Full-time
The Senior PMCC is an experienced professional in contractual, financial, and procurement management within Construction & Commissioning (C&C). With extensive experience in complex…
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Eurovision 360 Project Manager (French Services) (Telework/Hybrid)
CBC/Radio-Canada
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
Five (5) or more years’ experience in project management within advertising or promotional production environments.
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Project Manager (CA)
Siemens Energy
Montreal, QC
- Full-time
Project Management certification required
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Project Manager
Goldbeck Recruiting
AB · Edmonton, AB
- Full-time
They are adding a Project Manager to join their Estimating and Project Management team at their Edmonton, AB location.
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Project Manager - Operations & Logistics (12 Month Contract)
Summit Search Group
Toronto, ON · North York, ON
- $70,000 to $80,000 CAD / year
- Contract
Escalate significant project risks, issues, or decisions to the appropriate leadership team member.
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Project Manager
COVE
Halifax, NS
- Full-time
Support project governance activities, including scope management, change control, decision tracking, reporting requirements, and project close-out.
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Senior Project Manager
CGI Constructors
Mississauga, ON
- Full-time
Identify potential risks and develop risk management plans to mitigate any negative impact on the project.
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Project Manager
Keyloop
Montreal, QC
Using appropriate standards, systems, resources, tools, and techniques in all project management activities
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Project Manager
RI-MUHC | Research Institute of the MUHC | #rimuhc
Montreal, QC
- Contract
Team leadership: Supervise and support research staff and volunteers, including workload planning, weekly supervision, evaluations, contracts, professional development, training, and leave…
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Project Manager
Ampere Alliance Ltd.
Calgary, AB · Greater Calgary Metropolitan Area
- Full-time
Serve as the main customer contact and lead project meetings, status updates, and risk management.
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Senior Project Manager - Permanent - 4271
Parker Huggett - A Division of LRO Staffing
AB · Edmonton, AB
- Full-time
Build and defend project budgets and schedules to internal leadership and the client
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Gestionnaire de projet (Art conceptuel et sous-traitance) / PM (Concept Art & Outsourcing)
Highdive
Montreal, QC
Excellentes aptitudes en communication et en leadership pour gérer efficacement les équipes et les parties prenantes.
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Senior Project Manager and Project Manager
Municipal and Northern Relations
Winnipeg, MB
Agreement Management Unit, Outcomes & Strategic Policy
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Project Manager - Permanent - 3183
Parker Huggett - A Division of LRO Staffing
Toronto, ON
- Full-time
Our client is a long established, self performing General Contracting / Construction Management firm with a strong presence across Ontario. They are trusted with work that few others get…
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Project Manager - Water / Waste Water
Kiewit
Calgary, AB · Burnaby, BC
…station, pipeline and underground utility construction, and the leadership to guide a diverse project team through complex, multi-discipline work. At Kiewit, our commitment to "Nobody Gets…
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Senior Planner, Project Manager
WSP in Canada
Ottawa, ON
- Full-time
Proven Project Management experience with complex planning projects comprised of multi-disciplinary teams, including managing scope, schedule, and budget;
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Project Manager
DXC Technology
Ottawa, ON
- Full-time
The successful candidate MUST reside in the Ottawa area as work will initially be exclusively onsite at a client location in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Project Manager
Gibraltar Construction
Vancouver, BC
- Full-time
…close-out. This role focuses primarily on off-site project management, including estimating, subcontractor coordination, budgeting, scheduling, and client…
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Senior Project Manager - Northeast-Canada Market Unit
SAP IT Business Systeme
Toronto, ON
- $190,000 to $240,000 CAD / year
- Full-time
Project management certification requires PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or an equivalent framework.
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Senior Project Manager
eHealth Saskatchewan
SK · Saskatchewan
- $48.26 to $62.72 CAD / hour
- Full-time
Minimum five years of progressive project management leadership experience delivering complex technology-related projects.
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Project Manager, Epic Cloud Infrastructure, Information Services – Temporary Full-Time (1.0) (until June 2028)
CHEO
Ottawa, ON
The successful candidate will bring strong project leadership experience, demonstrated cloud-migration capability, and the technical literacy needed to govern a highly available healthcare…

COVE

Project Manager

Halifax, NS, Canada

Full-time

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Job details

Job type: Full-time
Apply by: Dec 6, 2026
Posting language: English
Posted: Nov 6, 2026

Original job description

Reporting to the Senior Manager, Major Projects, the Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and delivering the successful execution of projects that support innovation and growth within the marine sector at COVE. They will be responsible for project execution, contract administration, financial oversight, stakeholder coordination, and performance reporting to ensure project objectives are met in line with approved scope, schedule, budget, and funding requirements.

COVE facilitates the technical work on its projects through partners in its ecosystem. The Project Manager oversees that work through delivery, managing vendor relationships, contracts, and the regular reporting COVE’s clients and funders rely on.

What You’ll Do

Lead and manage project activities from initiation through close-out, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, budget, quality, and performance objectives and maintaining compliance with contractual, funding, and reporting requirements.
Build and manage relationships with clients, funding organizations, partners, vendors, and internal stakeholders as the primary project contact while coordinating project activities and stakeholder communications throughout the project lifecycle.
Identify project risks, dependencies, and issues, implementing mitigation strategies and escalating significant risks as appropriate including risks related to budget performance, contractual obligations, deliverables, and project schedules.
Manage project scope, performance, schedule, budget, forecast, quality, and resource utilization against approved project baselines and prepare and present regular project status reports, recommendations, financial summaries, KPI updates, variance analyses, and performance updates to internal and external stakeholders.
Maintain and monitor project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource requirements, implementing corrective actions where necessary to address variances, risks, and performance issues.
Support project governance activities, including scope management, change control, decision tracking, reporting requirements, and project close-out.
Contribute to the development of project proposals, funding applications, and project initiation activities to support business development and funding acquisition including schedule, budget, resource, and project execution inputs.
Ensure adherence to COVE’s project management best practices, industry standards, contractual obligations, funding requirements, and all relevant regulations.
Ensure compliance with COVE’s policies and procedures, including human resources, safety, and operational standards.
Take on additional responsibilities as required to support the success and growth of COVE’s programs and strategic initiatives.
Occasional travel as required.

What You Bring

Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline. Candidates with an equivalent combination of education, professional training, certifications, and relevant experience may also be considered.
5+ years of experience managing and executing projects, including responsibility for project reporting, stakeholder management, budget oversight, contract administration, and project coordination.
Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously.
Strong understanding of project management principles, methodologies, governance and best practices.
Demonstrated experience with project budgeting, financial monitoring, forecasting, variance analysis, and resource allocation.
Knowledge of project risk management and the ability to proactively identify, assess, communicate and mitigate risks.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders. Experience in stakeholder management and relationship building.
Demonstrated experience working in a collaborative matrixed team environment.
Comfort working in a fast-paced research and development environment where plans and priorities change often, with the flexibility to take on a wide range of work in a smaller organization.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, presentation and facilitation skills with the ability to communicate project performance, financial status, risks, and recommendations to stakeholders.
Proficiency in project management tools and software, including advanced skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint for reporting, financial analysis, and performance tracking.
Experience administering contracts, funding agreements, procurement activities, or other project-related commercial obligations.
Experience preparing project reports, dashboards, KPIs, and performance metrics for internal and external stakeholders.
Eligibility to obtain and maintain a Government of Canada security clearance is required.

Additional Assets

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
Experience using project management and work management platforms such as Jira Work Management, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, or similar tools.
Experience with marine, ocean technology, research and development, innovation, or infrastructure-related programs.
Experience with defence, marine, or complex technology projects.
Experience working with government procurement, funding programs, standards, contractual requirements, or regulatory environments.

Benefits

Opportunity to learn and make an impact by working for a dynamic, growing company on meaningful projects that find solutions to real-life problems.
Comprehensive paid time off including vacation, personal sick time, and additional days for family illness or medical appointments.
Hybrid work model with flexibility to work remotely 1 day/week.
Team-wide bonding activities and casual work environment.
Tech-focused office location, convenient via transit and bike paths.
Employee wellbeing including full medical & dental benefits and a health spending account.
Group RRSP matching program & Income Insurance Plans.
Learning and growth opportunities.
Employee referral program.
Competitive salary.

Don’t meet every single requirement? At COVE, they are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you are excited about this role, but your past experience does not align with every single qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

We are committed to ensuring accommodations are made available to persons with disabilities during the recruitment, assessment and selection processes and will provide reasonable accommodation upon request.

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Responsibilities

Lead projects from initiation through close-out, managing scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, contracts, and compliance with funding and reporting requirements. Coordinate clients, funders, vendors, partners, and internal stakeholders, and provide project status, financial, KPI, and performance updates.

Requirements

Requires a bachelor’s degree in business administration, engineering, project management, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and experience, plus at least five years of project management experience. Candidates should have strong budgeting, contract administration, risk management, stakeholder communication, reporting, and project-tool skills, and be eligible to obtain and maintain a Government of Canada security clearance.

Skills

Project Management
Project Planning
Budget Management
Financial Forecasting
Variance Analysis
Contract Administration
Stakeholder Management
Risk Management
Schedule Management
Resource Allocation
Performance Reporting
Change Control
Procurement
Communication
Microsoft Excel
Government Security Clearance

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Vacation
Personal Sick Time
Hybrid Work Flexibility
Team-Building Activities
Medical Benefits
Dental Benefits
Health Spending Account
Group RRSP Matching
Income Insurance
Learning and Growth Opportunities
Employee Referral Program

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Keywords

Project Management
Project Governance
Project Execution
Project Close-Out
Project Proposals
Funding Applications
Project Scope
Project Scheduling
Budget Management
Financial Monitoring
Forecasting
Variance Analysis
Resource Allocation
Risk Management
Contract Administration
Funding Agreements
Procurement
Stakeholder Management
Performance Reporting
KPIs
Change Control
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Word
Microsoft PowerPoint
Jira Work Management
Microsoft Project
Smartsheet
Marine Sector
Research and Development
Government of Canada Security Clearance

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