Senior Project Manager
COVE
Halifax, Nova Scotia

Who is COVE?
Since its inception in 2018, COVE has dedicated itself to fostering collaboration among individuals, concepts, resources, and assets to drive solutions and sustainable advancement within Canada's marine sector. At the forefront of building a thriving network, COVE has played a pivotal role in cultivating a robust cluster of companies and cultivating a premier startup environment. Through strategic initiatives, COVE facilitates invaluable networking opportunities, fosters connections, and leads discussions within the global ocean technology community. Moreover, COVE spearheads programs aimed at nurturing talent, expediting the release of ocean technology products, and bolstering the success of emerging ventures by startups, scaleups, and SMEs. These initiatives, coupled with COVE's ability to harness diverse skills and expertise nationally within the marine ecosystem, serve as an enabler for overcoming industry challenges, driving economic growth, and delivering value to investors.

As COVE experiences rapid expansion, we are actively seeking to expand our team to further bolster our transformative influence on the marine sector. With a thriving community of over 60 companies onsite and a global network encompassing over 350 organizations engaged in marine technology, we stand poised to emerge as a premier global hub for industry-driven innovation. We recognize that our journey toward this goal hinges on the strength of our team—a group of individuals who collaborate, innovate, and continually strive for excellence. Join us as we embark on this exciting journey of discovery and advancement.

The Opportunity

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for overseeing and coordinating the successful execution of technical projects at COVE. This includes on-shore and off-shore innovative projects that will include a diverse group of stakeholders. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for the management of timelines, resources, and budgets to ensure project objectives are met in line with scope recommendations related to testing and validation.

What you will be doing:

• Managing and coordinating project activities to ensure timely and successful project delivery through the full technical project lifecycle.
  • Leading projects from requirements definition through deployment, identifying schedules, scopes, budgets, estimations, implementation plans and risk mitigation.
  • Tracking project performance and analyzing deliverables.
  • Reporting project outcomes to management.
• Building and maintaining relationships with project team members and external partners to ensure effective collaboration, adherence to project scope, schedules, and budgets.
• Developing and maintaining partnerships with third-party resources, including vendors and researchers.
• Ensuring effective utilization of staff across project teams to ensure maximum performance, providing direction, and liaising with various stakeholders.
• Developing and implementing a stakeholder engagement strategy with key entities such as government, education, environmental organizations, and Indigenous and local communities.
• Managing project risks, identifying dependencies, and proposing mitigation strategies to ensure project success.
• Tracking project performance and preparing regular progress reports for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensuring compliance with project management best practices and industry standards.
• Adhering to COVE's human resource policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in science, engineering, environmental-related discipline, or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years' relevant experience with at least 5 years of project management experience.
• Demonstrated experience with marine/ocean sector programs and the deployment of equipment offshore.
• Excellent leadership, management, stakeholder engagement, communication, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Proficiency in project management tools and software.
• Ability to work autonomously or in collaborative team environment.
• Experience developing project management plans, including objectives and the terms of reference for project teams as required.
• Experience managing subcontractors, consultants and vendors.
• Ability to work autonomously or in a collaborative team environment.
• Proficiency in using Microsoft Office Suite, including advanced skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills.

Additional Assets:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Experience with Agile or other project management frameworks.
• Experience with environmental Assessment, Regulatory Compliance, Protection Planning & Permitting.
  

Working at COVE

At our core, we are a team driven by our passion for empowering marine tech innovators, serving as unwavering advocates for every visionary who walks through our doors. Integrity, creativity, and diversity are not just values to us—they are the bedrock of our identity. We thrive within an integrated team environment, where collective efforts culminate in tangible results. Embracing diversity in our workforce is paramount for fostering genuine collaboration and fulfilling the impactful responsibilities we hold within our community. We cultivate a workplace culture that celebrates individual differences, ensuring that each person's unique talents and strengths are fully recognized, appreciated, and utilized. Operating within a hybrid and flexible work environment allows us to optimize the collective potential of our highly collaborative team, enabling us to achieve the best possible outcomes.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to learn and make an impact by working for a dynamic, growing company on meaningful projects that finds solutions to real-life problems.
• Vacation, personal days, and sick time
• Remote work and flexible work hours
• Team wide bonding activities and casual work environment
• Tech focused office location, convenient via transit and bike paths and free parking
• Employee wellbeing including full medical & dental benefits and a health spending account
• Group RRSP matching program & Income Insurance Plans
• Learning and growth opportunities
• Employee recognition program
• Employee referral program
• Competitive salary

Talent Pool

As part of our ongoing recruitment efforts, we continually identify candidates who demonstrate the skills, experience, and potential to contribute to our organization. By submitting your application, you will be considered for current and future opportunities that match your qualifications and interests.

Should your profile align with our current or future needs, a member of our recruitment team may reach out to you to discuss potential opportunities and to further assess your fit for specific roles within our organization.

Don't meet every single requirement? At COVE, we 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.

We offer an excellent working environment where life balance is valued. Our people and their commitment to quality work is what drives our success. You can find out more information about COVE at www.coveocean.com . Salary for this position will be commensurate with experience, note that relocation costs are not supported.

To be considered for this position, please apply online by clicking “Apply”. The deadline for submission is 5:00 pm, April 29th, 2024. We thank all candidates for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.