Project Analyst (Aerospace) - ProEdge Services (Saint-Laurent)

Responsibilities

• Support the design, development and implementation of plans and project initiatives to ensure that PMO operational needs are identified and met.
• Support the development, implementation of project plans, and monitor project action plans; maintain project schedules, time and cost objectives and reports regularly on progress.
• Analyze and ensure quality of production; analyze potential risks and assist with the development of risk management recommendations.
• Monitor and prioritize activities; provide administrative services to project teams; formulate processes and assess progress against goals and objectives; assist in developing recommendations of overall strategies for implementation.
• Analyze data and identify opportunities for project-related issue resolution; develop and present recommendations based on the analysis of data.
• Support the planning of project budgets, recommend allocation of financial resources to specific projects, and make logistical arrangements to maximize the effectiveness of the project teams; work with the finance team to provide cost estimates for projects and produce monthly financial forecasts.
• Attend project meetings and, as required, attend organizational meetings.
• Represent Corporate Operations on interdepartmental activities or projects; liaise across departments and stakeholders to gather information and ensure alignment.
• Provide advice, information, guidance, and technical assistance in the development of plans and/or project specifications to management, team leaders, and project stakeholders.
• Prepare, review and maintain project documentation such as reports, presentation decks, briefings, position papers, and critiques; present results of findings for project-related issues to inform stakeholders and facilitate decision making.
• Incorporate quality standards and/or quality management systems into project deliverables where required and suggest changes to ensure the standardization, simplification and improvement of services provided to clients; review documentation to be delivered by the project to the client for completeness and accuracy.
• Develop, implement, and monitor project action plans.
• Analyze potential risks and assist with the development of risk mitigation recommendations; monitor and prioritize activities; aid team projects.

Qualifications

• Project Management experience in an Aerospace related workplace is considered an asset.
• Experience in new aerospace certification programs is considered an asset.
• Previous experience with managing multiple projects in a fast-paced work environment; Project Management skilled (PMP) preferred.
• Thorough knowledge of theories, principles and practices of project management, financial, contracting, research, data gathering techniques, and teamwork with a special emphasis on teams is required to facilitate the establishment of appropriate project structures and mandates to accomplish desired organizational goals in a cost-effective manner.
• Thorough technical knowledge on project management technical tools.
• Thorough knowledge of organization, roles, goals and objectives; mandates, legislation, programs, roles and structure.
• Detailed knowledge and experience in general administration, principles, methods, practices and techniques.
• Excellent ability to communicate a strategy using PowerPoint and to work with Excel and MS-Project.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Demonstrated interpersonal skills and ability to build relationships and work effectively with people at all organizational levels.
• Excellent project management, communication, organizational, customer service and time management skills, foresight, accuracy and commitment to objectives and responsibilities.
• Ability to work as part of a team or individually.
• Candidate must be self‑motivated, autonomous and enthusiastic, possess excellent written and verbal communications and human relations skills and be willing to travel.
• Knowledge and application of relevant Canadian Aviation Regulations, Acts and Policies; contracting methodology; understanding the management of outside suppliers, contractors and stakeholders is beneficial.