Deputy Chief Project Officer, Redevelopment & Major Projects

Fraser Health (FH) is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to nearly 2 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. The Fraser region is home to 32 First Nations communities and 6 Métis Chartered communities. Our team of nearly 48,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: better health, best in health care.

We are seeking an innovative and strategic Deputy Chief Project Officer to manage and work in unison with the Chief Project Officer (CPO) towards leading the design, construction, planning and support teams for the Burnaby Hospital Redevelopment Project.

Reporting to the CPO, the Deputy Chief Project Officer will be accountable in providing daily operations, direction and management related to the planning, design, construction, equipment, including project support and results administration. As a key member of the leadership team for the project, the successful candidate will be an accountable, flexible and collaborative senior construction or project management leader, with a proven proficiency to oversee and implement a large, complex capital project from the ground up. This is an exciting and historical opportunity to design and oversee the construction of a future-focused hospital poised to be both a progressive infrastructure design and clinical care delivery model for years to come.

If you're ready to make a transformative impact on healthcare, apply now to join our innovative team at Fraser Health.

Fraser Health values diversity in the work force and strives to maintain an environment of Respect, Caring & Trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable, and culturally safe manner.

Supporting the Vision, Values, Purpose and Commitments of Fraser Health including service delivery that is centered around patients/clients/residents and families:

As a key member of the senior leadership team,  the Deputy Chief Project Officer is accountable to lead the Redevelopment Project's operational team in concert with the Chief Project Officer in the development of strategic and tactical planning and the co-management of governance and performance accountabilities. 

Accountable to provide day-to-day oversight, direction and management related to the planning, design, construction, equipment, project support and results administration; provides advice, consult and support to the Chief Project Officer on a range of Project Agreement related areas/issues; provides recommendations and support in governance and stakeholder communications.  

This role requires a high degree of collaboration and liaison with internal and external stakeholders.

Education and Experience

Master's Degree in Engineering, Business Administration or a related field, supplemented with ten (10) years' recent, related experience in a senior leadership role in a large complex health care organization with responsibility for leading teams and managing large, complex capital projects (i.e. Design Bid Build (DBB), Design Build Finance (DBF), Design Build (DB,) Construction Management (CM), P3 Projects, m/pP3 projects), or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Competencies

Demonstrates the leadership practices of the Fraser Health Leadership Framework of Clear, Caring and Courageous and creates the conditions for people to succeed.

Professional/Technical Capabilities:

• Demonstrated ability to define, plan, direct and implement large, complex projects.
• Demonstrated project management experience in leading project teams and third party participants.
• Demonstrated experience using structured project methodologies including milestone planning and budget management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project risks and issues in efficient and effective manner.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of clinical planning methodologies.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of capital procurement methods and processes including alternative procurement approaches.
• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the legal and financial issues in contract development and finalization.
• Demonstrated ability to function independently and as a member of a team.
• Ability to develop and maintain rapport with various internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to operate related equipment including related software applications.

Fraser Health is the heart of health care for over two million people in Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley in British Columbia, Canada, on the traditional, ancestral and unceded lands of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations and is home to 32 First Nations within the Fraser Salish region.

People - those we care for and those who care for them - are at the heart of everything we do. Our hospital and community-based services are delivered by a team of 48,000+ staff, medical staff and volunteers.

We are committed to planetary health and value diversity in the work force. We strive to maintain an environment of respect, caring and trust. Fraser Health’s hiring practices aspire to ensure all individuals are treated in an inclusive, equitable and culturally safe manner.

Together, we are the heart of health care.

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