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Description

The Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute (PAMI) was founded in 1975, on the recommendation of a federal commission on farm machinery advocating the creation of a central agency for testing and evaluating farm machinery in Canada.  Since then PAMI has evolved to serve three industries: agriculture, mining and transportation.
This is a key role within the Project Management Team, reporting to the Director of Project Management, the Project Leader II will provide a lead and technical role to manage and implement projects for clients.

The Opportunity:
The Project Leader II works closely with the business development team ensuring there is a clear understanding by each of the key skills required and available for projects.  The Project Leader II will coordinate and organize resources in a manner that ensures the success of each project in accordance with PAMIs ISO quality system.  

Key Competencies: (Ideal Candidate Specification)
1. General understanding in engineering or other relevant technical fields, and with experience in applying these to the agriculture, mining, or transportation sectors.

2. Strong people management skills and over 5 years of experience in project management.  

3. Provide expertise and leadership during projects by scheduling internal resources, preparing and managing budgets.

4. As a functional manager, have a standard understanding of processes to resolve issues, motivate others and establish relevant key performance indicators.

5. A champion of best people, practices, systems, and processes.  Safety- and process-oriented, with the ability to apply and implement this in a project environment.

6. Strong communication (written, oral, presentation) skills with the ability to effectively engage at a variety of management levels and with a range of audiences.

7. Developed interpersonal skills with a proven ability to build collaborative relationships with colleagues, contractors and clients.