Project Coordinator

A career at Resilience is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to change the future.

Resilience is a technology-focused biomanufacturing company that’s changing the way medicine is made. We’re building a sustainable network of high-tech, end-to-end manufacturing solutions to better withstand disruptive events, serve scientific discovery, and reach those in need. 

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Position Summary:

This role focuses in supporting the Technical Operations department in Project Management activities of site-specific strategic, Capital projects, and client-specific projects through collaboration with Engineering project teams, internal and external stakeholders. The Project Coordinator’s responsibility is to assist and support the Project Manager to execute a variety of internal or client funded projects (scope, costs, timelines, etc.). Key activities include but not limited to; daily project coordination, active communication, tracking of minutes, actions, risks, and preparation of reports for senior leadership.

Position Responsibilities:

• Daily project coordination, active communication, tracking of minutes, actions, risks, and preparation of reports for senior leadership.

• Facilitate in identifying and track critical path activities, risks, and develop contingency and acceleration plans.

• Support in government funding deliverables includes but not limited to scope changes, progress reporting, and time reporting.

• Serve as a point of contact on assigned projects/project activities from beginning to end of the project with accountability for project deliverables and stakeholder satisfaction.

• Coordinate meetings with Resilience, vendors, contractors, and other external groups as needed, including organizing all meeting materials and logistics that can include agendas, minutes, actions, risks, and others. All related documents such as agendas are to be provided in advance of any meeting, and meeting minutes within 2 days following the meetings.

• Coordinate with vendors, review and negotiate proposals for terms, conditions and assumptions which impact project activities and have business implications. Consequently, advise key stakeholders to converge to a joint team decision.

• Liaise with key internal and external stakeholders and contributors including Design Firm, General Contractor or Construction Manager, Client Managers, Procurement, Technical Services, Quality, Maintenance and Validation Operations to facilitate execution of engineering related work.

• Facilitate schedule, cost, and monthly performance.

• Prepare and distribute correspondence, documents, and reports using MS Project, Excel, and Word.

• Ensure involvement and active participation in assigned projects and all levels within the Resilience departments.

• Creates / maintains metrics in support of the reporting requirements.

• Performs all other related duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:  

• Working experience in operations, engineering or project management; preferably in pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical environment

• Pharmaceutical Product Development or Technical Operations experience

• Basic knowledge of Canadian, US, and European Good Manufacturing Procedures

• Strong leadership and conflict resolution skills

• Well organized and detail oriented

• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks

• Strong interpersonal and communication (written and verbal English) skills, as well as the ability to motivate and influence

• Good knowledge of continuous improvement techniques

• Demonstrated, well developed analytical skills

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Direct experience with biological products

• Project Management Professional certification

• University degree in engineering or science related field

Additional Requirements:  

• Ability to be effective in a highly productive team environment and within high pressure deadline-oriented situations

• High level of relationship building, judgement, problem solving, influence, persuasion, and negotiation for both internal and external clients

• Ability to adjust quickly to changing priorities and to client and team personalities

• Ability to work independently in an unstructured environment

BEHAVIOURAL:

Demonstrated ability to apply the following behavioural competencies on the job: 

Decision Making: Utilizing effective processes to make decisions within responsibility area

Problem Solving: Anticipating, analysing, diagnosing, and resolving problems

Organization and Planning: Utilizing logical, systematic, and orderly procedures to meet objectives. Use of and aligned with enterprise systems

Flexibility: Agility in adapting to change

Interpersonal Skills: Effectively communicating, building rapport, and relating well to all kinds of people

Goal Orientation: Energetically focusing efforts on meeting a goal, mission, or objective

Creativity: Adapting traditional or devising new approaches, concepts, methods, models, designs, processes, technologies, and / or systems

Conflict resolution - Effectively broker solutions to resolve conflicts between individuals and groups.

Leadership: Achieving extraordinary business results through people

Resilience Biotechnologies Inc. (RESILIENCE), is committed to providing accessible employment practices that are in compliance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Requests for accommodation can be made at any stage of the recruitment process. Applicants are asked to make their needs/requirements known to Human Resources.

Resilience offers employees a robust total rewards program including equity, an annual cash bonus program, a RRSP/DPSP with a generous company match, a very competitive healthcare, dentalcare, vision care, life, LTD, and AD&D benefits package, fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits, flexible time off, paid holidays, pregnancy and parental leave top-up plan, tuition reimbursement, and employee referral program. Our target base pay hiring range for this position is $50,000.00 - $68,750.00 per year. Actual base pay is dependent upon a number of factors, including but not limited to, the candidate’s geographical location, relevant experience, qualifications, skills and knowledge. Excited about Resilience and the biomanufacturing revolution? We encourage you to apply and start a conversation with one of our recruiters.