Project Manager

Stantec; Dartmouth; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in architecture is seeking a Project Manager to oversee medium to large projects. The role involves managing budgets, schedules, and client relations while ensuring project goals are met with a focus on sustainable design. Ideal candidates will have a Bachelor's degree in Architecture and strong project management skills.

Benefits

Health, dental, and vision plans

Well-being program

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field required.
• Proven experience in project management.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex tasks on medium to large size projects.
• Develop and manage project budget, schedule, and work plan.
• Lead client and project team to meet design and budget expectations.

Skills

Project Management

Negotiation

Communication

Team Collaboration

Time Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

Project Manager - ( 250001WW )

Description

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

You will work with some general guidance and direction from a Senior Designer or Architect as needed. You will be developing elevations, sections, 3D renderings and architectural details for projects. You will be assisting on innovative and creative new prototypes designed with sustainable products with green architecture sensibility as your goals.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing complex tasks on medium to large size projects.

• Plans, organizes, and directs the work throughout the life of the project to successfully deliver the project to the client.

• Keeps the Principal in Charge informed of progress on project expectations, deadlines, and deliverables and understands the limits of the decision-making responsibilities of the role and respects the boundaries of the Principal in Charge’s responsibilities.

• Leads the client and project team to assure that the project design meets the client budget, schedule, program, and design intent.

• Assists in the negotiation and development of project agreements.

• Develops and manages project budget, schedule, and overall work plan to realize target financial performance.

• Mentors Assistant Project Managers and motivates project teams.

• Assures that Project Management Framework tasks are timely completed and properly documented.

• Leads project coordination and owner/site meetings with internal team members and/or external consultants, owner and contractor and sub-contractors.

• Manages and tracks change orders, applications for payment by contractors and other contractual modifications impacting budget and schedule.

• Works with Operations Manager in determining project staffing needs and recommending personnel.

• Directs client invoicing and effectively manages collections.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Capable of simultaneously supporting one or more Principal’s in Charge on multiple projects.

• Thorough understanding of accessibility codes, life-safety codes, building construction systems, means and methods, materials, and industry associated standards.

• Takes direction well, however proactively takes appropriate action without requiring continued direction.

• Effectively manages multiple deadlines and priorities.

• Team player with the client, entire project team and contractor.

• Effective negotiator and communicator.

• Requires understanding of Microsoft Office Suite.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Architecture or related field.

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other's talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Benefits Summary: Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term/long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary/casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-New Brunswick-Moncton

Other Locations : Canada-Nova Scotia-Dartmouth

Organization : BC-1401 Buildings-CA Atlantic Canada

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : May 21, 2025, 8:38:40 AM

Req ID: 250001WW

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