Senior Project Manager, Major Projects

About the role

South Bow is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the development and execution of large-scale energy infrastructure projects. Reporting to senior project leadership, this role is accountable for delivering projects safely, compliantly, on schedule, and within approved budgets while ensuring alignment across engineering, regulatory, commercial, stakeholder, and construction functions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of major capital projects from development through commissioning.
• Establish project objectives, execution strategies, governance frameworks, and performance metrics.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with approved scope, schedule, and budget.
• Provide leadership to integrated project teams and foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Lead development of project execution strategies, project delivery plans, and readiness assessments.
• Carefully coordinate engineering, procurement, regulatory, environmental, land, Indigenous relations, stakeholder engagement, and construction activities.
• Support business case development and investment decision processes.
• Ensure alignment across project disciplines to achieve key milestones and strategic objectives.
• Support regulatory application and permitting strategies.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulatory agencies, landowners, contractors, customers, and government stakeholders.
• Ensure project activities comply with regulatory requirements, corporate governance standards, and industry best practices.
• Manage project commitments and support responses to regulatory inquiries.
• Lead project controls activities including estimating, budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, and performance reporting.
• Monitor project risks and opportunities and implement mitigation strategies.
• Ensure effective project governance and executive reporting.
• Support development of investment recommendations and project approval documentation.
• Oversee engineering consultants, EPC/EPCM contractors, and key suppliers.
• Support construction planning, commissioning activities, and operational readiness.
• Drive resolution of project execution challenges and facilitate decision-making across stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) designation preferred.
• Minimum 12–15 years of experience leading major capital project development and execution.
• Experience managing large-scale pipeline, facilities, midstream, energy, or industrial infrastructure projects.
• Proven track record delivering projects through regulatory approvals, detailed engineering, construction, and commissioning.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, risk management, contracting strategies, and capital project governance.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary teams and managing complex stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Experience supporting projects through Final Investment Decision (FID).
• Experience navigating complex regulatory and permitting processes.
• Experience managing EPC/EPCM contractors and large contractor workforces.
• Strong commercial and business acumen with the ability to balance risk, cost, schedule, and stakeholder considerations.