Emerging Commercial Project Manager - Own Small Projects

Project Management Institute - Southern Alberta Chapter (PMI-SAC); Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

RCS in Calgary is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support delivery of commercial construction projects across Calgary and surrounding areas. You will start by independently managing smaller projects from handover to closeout, building strong control over documentation, budgets, procurement, changes, and communication.

You will collaborate with clients, consultants, and trade partners, growing into larger responsibilities as your capabilities expand.

Qualifications

• 4–5 years of experience in commercial construction project coordination or management.
• Strong understanding of the commercial construction project lifecycle from preconstruction handover through closeout.
• Hands-on experience with project budgeting, cost tracking, scheduling, forecasting, billing, and financial reporting.
• Experience coordinating directly with clients, consultants, subcontractors, and internal teams.
• Proficiency with Procore, MS Office, Teams, and MS Project, or similar PM software.

Responsibilities

• Act as the Project Manager on smaller and less complex commercial construction projects, taking ownership from preconstruction handover through closeout.
• Develop and manage project budgets, schedules, procurement, contracts, change orders, and project documentation within assigned projects.
• Track project costs, commitments, forecasts, and billings, identifying and escalating significant risks or variances as needed.
• Coordinate with clients, consultants, subcontractors, suppliers, Superintendents, and internal project teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prepare and maintain project documentation, progress reports, meeting minutes, RFIs, submittals, change management and closeout documentation.
• Lead project and site meetings for assigned projects.
• Identify project risks and issues early, develop practical solutions, and seek support from senior leadership when appropriate.
• Manage project closeout, deficiency resolution, turnover, and warranty requirements for assigned projects.

Skills

Communication

Organizational skills

Tools

Procore

MS Office

MS Project

Teams

Job description

RCS in Calgary is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support delivery of commercial construction projects across Calgary and surrounding areas. You will start by independently managing smaller projects from handover to closeout, building strong control over documentation, budgets, procurement, changes, and communication.

You will collaborate with clients, consultants, and trade partners, growing into larger responsibilities as your capabilities expand.