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Role Summary

CANUSA EPC is seeking an accomplished Senior Project Manager to lead the execution of large-scale power generation, electrical infrastructure, and industrial EPC projects.

This is a senior client-facing leadership role responsible for driving projects from early engineering and procurement through construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover.

The ideal candidate brings significant experience delivering complex, multidisciplinary EPC projects, including gas turbine, steam turbine, combined-cycle, cogeneration, electrical infrastructure, or large industrial facilities.

This individual will serve as a key interface between CANUSA, our clients, engineering teams, OEMs, vendors, subcontractors, and field execution teams, with direct responsibility for project performance, technical coordination, schedule, cost, risk, and client satisfaction.

What You'll Do

Project & Client Leadership

• Serve as a primary liaison with clients, ensuring project objectives, deliverables, schedule, budget, and performance expectations are achieved
• Lead multidisciplinary EPC project teams throughout engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, startup, and turnover
• Establish project execution strategies, priorities, milestones, and team expectations
• Maintain project cost tracking, forecasts, burn rates, KPIs, and overall financial performance
• Identify project risks, constraints, and potential impacts and drive mitigation strategies
• Lead client, project, technical, vendor, and executive-level coordination meetings
• Manage project changes, commercial impacts, and alignment with contractual requirements
• Coordinate with customer engineering, operations, construction, commissioning, and maintenance personnel
• Support proposal development, estimating, client presentations, and strategic business development opportunities
• Build and maintain strong long-term client relationships

Engineering & Technical Oversight

• Review and coordinate multidisciplinary engineering deliverables across Process, Mechanical, Piping, Civil, Structural, Electrical, Instrumentation, Controls, and Power Generation disciplines
• Review Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs), Plot Plans, Equipment Layouts, Electrical Single Line Diagrams, Protection and Control Schematics, and engineering design packages
• Provide technical oversight for gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, transformers, switchgear, substations, power distribution systems, rotating equipment, instrumentation, controls, and packaged equipment
• Coordinate engineering disciplines throughout detailed design and ensure alignment with project scope, schedule, constructability, and client requirements
• Review engineering calculations, equipment sizing, power system studies, specifications, and technical documentation
• Conduct and lead constructability reviews and field walkdowns
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship to engineers, designers, project personnel, and discipline leads

Procurement, Vendors & OEM Coordination

• Support major equipment procurement and technical bid evaluations
• Participate in OEM and vendor evaluation and selection
• Review vendor drawings, equipment submittals, specifications, and technical documentation
• Monitor vendor engineering progress, schedule, cost, and compliance with project requirements
• Coordinate directly with turbine OEMs, equipment manufacturers, utility providers, vendors, and subcontractors
• Identify vendor-related risks and drive resolution of technical, commercial, and schedule issues
• Support supply chain planning for major equipment and long-lead items

Construction, Commissioning & Startup

• Support construction planning, field execution, and constructability throughout project development
• Coordinate engineering support during construction and resolve field-related technical issues
• Support commissioning, startup, performance testing, and turnover of turbine, electrical, and balance-of-plant systems
• Coordinate with construction, commissioning, operations, OEM, and client teams during project completion
• Ensure engineering and vendor documentation supports successful turnover and facility operation

What We're Looking For

This role requires someone who has actually led complex projects through execution.

We're looking for a leader who understands the relationship between engineering decisions, procurement, construction, schedule, commercial performance, and what ultimately happens in the field.

Experience Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive experience executing power generation, electrical infrastructure, industrial manufacturing, energy, or heavy industrial EPC projects
• Demonstrated experience managing large, complex multidisciplinary projects through engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and startup
• Experience supporting projects with TIC values of approximately $300MM–$700MM+
• Demonstrated experience delivering one or more of the following:
  • Gas turbine facilities
  • Steam turbine facilities
  • Combined-cycle power generation
  • Cogeneration facilities
  • Utility-scale electrical infrastructure
  • Large industrial or energy facilities
• Experience with EPC contractors, EPCM firms, utilities, independent power producers, industrial owners, or energy developers
• Demonstrated responsibility for project budgets, schedules, forecasts, procurement, subcontractors, contracts, change management, and financial performance
• Experience managing large multidisciplinary engineering and project teams
• Experience coordinating engineering, procurement, fabrication, construction, commissioning, regulatory, and startup activities
• Previous leadership experience in Project Management, Engineering Management, Construction Management, or Operations
• Experience working directly with major turbine OEMs such as Siemens Energy, GE Vernova, Mitsubishi Power, Solar Turbines, or comparable manufacturers preferred
• Proposal development and business development experience preferred

Technical & Project Competencies

Successful candidates should bring a strong working understanding of:

• EPC/EPCM project execution and contract administration
• PMI-based project management principles
• Project controls, including scheduling, forecasting, budgeting, cost management, KPIs, and earned value
• Power generation and industrial electrical infrastructure
• Utility-scale and industrial electrical systems
• Substations, transformers, switchgear, MCCs, and power distribution
• Gas turbines, steam turbines, generators, compressors, pumps, and rotating equipment
• Instrumentation, DCS, PLC, controls, and plant automation
• Electrical Single Line Diagrams and Protection & Control Schematics
• P&IDs, PFDs, equipment layouts, and multidisciplinary engineering packages
• Construction planning, constructability, logistics, commissioning, and startup
• Procurement, supply chain management, vendor management, and OEM coordination
• Greenfield and brownfield facility development
• Applicable industry codes and standards, including ASME, API, NEC, NFPA, IEEE, CSA, and regulatory requirements

Software

Working knowledge of:

• Microsoft Project
• Microsoft Excel, Word, and Outlook
• Bluebeam
• Navisworks
• AutoCAD

Leadership Profile

We're looking for someone who can:

• Lead large multidisciplinary teams while maintaining accountability for project outcomes
• Communicate confidently with clients, executives, engineers, field personnel, vendors, and OEMs
• Make sound decisions in complex and fast-moving project environments
• Anticipate project risks rather than simply reacting to them
• Balance technical, commercial, schedule, and client priorities
• Negotiate effectively with vendors, subcontractors, and project stakeholders
• Manage multiple priorities without losing sight of critical project objectives
• Mentor and develop engineers and project personnel
• Build trusted client relationships and contribute to future project opportunities

Education & Credentials

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering – Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Civil, or related discipline
• Professional Engineer (PE/P.Eng.) designation or ability to obtain licensure within 6 months 
• Significant Power Generation, Electrical Infrastructure, or Industrial Facilities experience required
• Valid driver's license
• Valid passport and ability to travel throughout the United States and Canada