Sr Project Manager - Technical Safety

Position Details

• Department: Transit Services Dept.
• Employment Type: Full-time Permanent
• Work Hours: 35.00 hours per week
• Salary Information: $95,127.76 - $120,309.28 annually (2025 rates of pay)
• Location: Transit Service, 1500 St.Laurent
• Application Close: 09/10/2026
• Job Category: Transit Services - OC Transpo

Job Summary

The Transportation Services department is responsible for providing a holistic transportation hub focused on addressing the planning, implementation, operations and delivery of all modes of transportation in the City of Ottawa.

You serve as the department’s specialist for major projects and are responsible and accountable for organizing, directing, coordinating and supervising the implementation of business and technology solutions. The projects are highly complex; of multi-million dollar value; may have a high profile with the public; are a departmental/corporate priority; may involve significant risk; are often composed of several sub-projects; and may extend over multiple years. These projects include major capital asset related projects, i.e., new capital asset acquisition and lifecycle projects; and other related complex, unique projects.

You provide consulting services to the department and the branch in the areas of project management, business analysis, process review, and the implementation of redesigned processes and new technology solutions/processes/applications needed to support or expand business operations for the Transportation Services Department.

You lead project teams through contracted service providers, consultants and/or assigned teams of staff. Under delegated authority, you are responsible for all phases of project delivery from project inception through tendering/ consultant selection/award, assembling of project teams, project implementation, monitoring, tracking and reporting on project status, vetting all project expenditures, and presenting completed results. Once the capital project is complete, you are responsible for ongoing monitoring relative to lifecycle maintenance or for overseeing the transition/turnover to the operational support team.

You direct the implementation of project strategies and project work, and manage the financial and human resources related/assigned to the project. You also participate in the hiring of internal and external consultants by preparing the Request for Proposal and/or Statement of Work.

You are responsible for working with the Trillium and Confederation Line Rail Systems, ZEB, Technical Support, and various TSD teams to provide technical reviews and support through a safety lens. This includes conducting root cause analyses, supporting investigations and risk assessments, and preparing technical reports. You will also represent the branch on technical committees and project teams, providing technical expertise to help assess and resolve complex internal and external issues that may impact OC Transpo’s operational requirements. In addition, you are responsible for supporting compliance of transit operations and facilities with applicable safety regulations and standards.

Education and Experience

• Completion of 4 year university degree in Engineering, Architecture, Public Administration, Business Administration, Management Information Systems or related field which includes a concentration in project planning and management.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible experience in the management of complex transportation-related projects, business analysis, and project/policy development, including directly related experience managing project human resources, including external consultants, and working with project budgets/financial processes.

Certifications and Licences

• Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent

Knowledge

• Knowledge of the issues/principles involved in the provision of large IT projects, knowledge of transit operations and trends.
• Will need to understand how various transit operating processes and customer/vehicle data collection systems/processes impact transit planning, transit operations, transit revenue, and client service processes.
• Possess an understanding of asset acquisition/lifecycle management of major transit assets, programs and processes (e.g. IT systems, automated systems, messaging/communications systems, lifecycle planning, construction/renovation of major capital assets).
• Business process re-engineering and business improvement techniques.
• Principles of project management, including cost containment/control and reporting; cost benefit analysis and techniques.
• Process for developing Request for Qualifications & Requests for Proposals, including acceptance, review and selection of consultants.
• Software testing methodologies and tools.
• Supply management and procurement processes including, but not limited to processes for developing RFPs/RFSOs/RFQs, tendering, contracting work and oversight of consultants.
• Knowledge of project design, development, implementation, and evaluation methods/techniques.
• Protocols for developing submissions, briefings, major reports.
• Processes for preparing project and division budgets.
• Must possess the training, experience and knowledge to organize the work and its performance.
• Must be familiar with all applicable health and safety legislation, have knowledge of any potential or actual danger to health or safety in the work place, and have knowledge of appropriate actions to be taken in order to ensure the health and safety of staff in accordance with applicable legislation and City policies and procedures.

Competencies, Skills and Abilities

• Proven ability to work independently, with minimum supervision, and collaboratively with all staff as part of a team.
• Able to supervise, lead, coach, support, train and motivate staff, integrate the work of external consultants, coordinate/assign work, provide direct supervision to others, build teams and manage work quality (description truncated).