Program Handover Manager

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Project Overview:

Bechtel Infrastructure is working in a Delivery Partner role within an integrated team with the customer organization for a Subway Project in Toronto, Ontario.  The project scope includes the design build, operations and maintenance of all infrastructure and rail systems associated with 15 stations and over 15km of new alignment, being performed by two key PPP and two PDB Contractors and multiple advanced early works (EAW) package Contractors.  Bechtel forms a key component of the overall Integrated Project Delivery team (comprising the customer; MX, the Technical Advisor, and Bechtel as the Delivery Partner).

Job Summary:

The Program Handover Manager provides leadership and functional guidance to the program team and direct sponsorship of the Handover management activities.  The role provides strategic insight to the Project Integration Lead in the areas of People, Processes, and Performance for all aspects relating to the multiple types of handovers between contractors. #LI-JL1

Major Responsibilities:

Handover Strategy & Execution

• Develops and leads the project’s progressive turnover and handover strategy across multiple infrastructure interfaces and contractors. This involves ensuring that input from the program-level Project Controls, Commercial, Planning, and Construction teams including the Independent Certifier or Commissioning Agents is incorporated into the strategy.
• Establishes execution approaches, handover plans, operational readiness strategies, and systems completion processes to ensure a consistent, efficient transition of assets and information to the end user.
• Supports safe, commercially compliant execution and aligns construction staging and segment delivery plans with overall turnover requirements.

Readiness, Testing & Interface Coordination

• Leads readiness processes for rooms, stations, and systems to enable fit-out, testing, and commissioning activities. This includes the development of checklists, monitoring the readiness, communicating progress and any delays.
• Coordinates with commissioning teams and contractors on dynamic testing, turnover priorities, and division of responsibilities across project entities.
• Ensures interface controls, documentation, and asset data management requirements are clearly defined and aligned with customer and end-user expectations.

Planning, Scheduling & Performance Monitoring

• Develops and oversees handover planning tools and controls, including T-minus (backwards-pass) schedules, forward-pass schedules, earned value methods, and handover S-curves.
• Tracks and communicates performance against milestones, KPIs, quality measures, and project requirements to ensure timely and cost-effective delivery.
• Provides technical analytics, reporting, and progress insights to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

Leadership, Collaboration & Stakeholder Engagement

• Provides functional leadership and oversight to staff and contractors to drive coordinated handover activities across all functions and segments.
• Leads the development of division of responsibility early in the project between project entities (such as O&M/end-user, construction, the multiple segment contractors and external entities) for deliverables related to testing, O&M, training, and completion/handover.
• Support the Program Integration Lead and Program Technical Director in providing technical analytics and progress & performance reporting to executive and senior stakeholders, across handover deliverables within the program technical team.
• Liaises with the relevant off project MX Directors within ESD, SSA, Quality & O&M and fosters collaboration across deployed teams and partner organizations.
• Works with the Program Technical Director, Program Assurance Manager, Program Integration Manager, and Program Testing and Commissioning Manager to implement and monitor technical progress & performance reporting across the program and provides analytically based insights to articulate program technical progress & performance, resolves issues, supports schedule delivery, and maintain alignment across the program.

Governance, Compliance & Team Development

• Ensures compliance with health, safety, confidentiality, and information security requirements.
• Promotes equality, professionalism, and a positive team culture grounded in trust, openness, teamwork, and innovation.
• Supports training, mentoring, and performance input for assigned personnel.

Education and Experience Requirements:

• Requires bachelor's or master's degree (or international equivalent) and 13-15 years of relevant experience or 17-19 years of relevant work experience
• Experience in managing testing, commissioning/integration or Handover in a senior role delivering complex railway systems.
• Experience with Handover work planning, scheduling, and cost estimating.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Ability to promote & provide programme clarity and enhanced decision making through use of data analytics in an evolving programme environment.
• Good working knowledge of contracts and procurement.
• Ability to prepare clear strategic planning procedures and user-friendly templates to assist the multiple delivery units to execute with common approaches.
• Broad knowledge of all phases of engineering, field activities, production techniques, building materials, and construction methods for development of various work areas.
• Understands technical issues and cost related to engineering, design, construction, and commissioning requirements.
• Ability to solve problems by thinking laterally and be able to understand the needs and requirements of the client and various entities – to provide planning / design / feasibility solutions in a multi -disciplinary / multi - sectional context. 
• Must have excellent interpersonal skills, be a team player and have a knowledge sharing approach. 
• Ability to manage and build successful teams in an evolving programme environment.
• Excellent communicator, with the ability to persuade and influence external and internal parties.
• Must be self-driven and able to plan and execute work without direct supervision from senior management and/or peers. 
• Must be flexible and adapt to working in a demanding PMO environment.

Total Rewards/Benefits:

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