Project Manager

Modern Niagara; Halifax; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Modern Niagara is seeking a Project Manager for a significant hospital construction project in Halifax. The successful candidate will manage budgets and oversee project delivery while working closely with various stakeholders, ensuring safety and quality throughout the construction process. This role offers an exciting opportunity to impact the community positively and work within a values-driven organization committed to excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in mechanical contracting as a Project Manager.
• Ability to read and interpret construction drawings.
• Knowledge of construction costs and budget management.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgets, schedules, and overall project delivery.
• Participate in estimating turnover meetings and project status reviews.
• Ensure compliance with safety standards and manage commissioning processes.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Problem-solving

Organizational Skills

Education

Post-secondary degree in mechanical engineering

Tools

Microsoft Office

Computerized scheduling packages

Job description

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

Modern Niagara is seeking a Project Manager to join our Halifax team on one of Atlantic Canada’s most exciting hospital construction projects. This is a high-impact role where you’ll manage budgets, schedules, and overall project delivery—working closely with foremen, subcontractors, vendors, and our internal teams to ensure successful outcomes from planning through completion.

The ideal candidate is a strong communicator and problem-solver who can manage financial performance, coordinate with project stakeholders, and build lasting client relationships. As the on-site lead, you’ll represent Modern Niagara to general contractors and owners, while promoting our full range of services across the building’s life cycle. If you thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative environment and want to be part of a project that truly matters—this is your opportunity.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for managing the budget, procuring equipment and subcontractors while billingand collecting funds for their respective projects in line with the KPI targets as determined bymanagement on a quarterly basis.
• Participate in estimating turnover meetings, preconstruction meetings and post constructionmeetings.
• Complete monthly financial forecasting reports and participates in project status reviewmeetings.
• Attends client and construction meetings as required and to disseminate the information towork force, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Manage and coordinate the equipment and systems commissioning process.
• Contributing as necessary to the pre-construction process by reviewing contracts anddetermining project scope, planning and estimating prior to execution.
• Attends job site progress walks and is aware of project construction status.
• Maintain safety standards in respect of their projects.
• Create purchase orders for suppliers and subcontractors.
• Breaks out labour budget and reviews break out with Foremen.
• Reviews Foreman labour plan with budget and input.
• Communicates and confers with Foreman on the labour progress and makes financial judgement calls in monthly review on final labour hours.
• PM is aware of field progress and communicates with foremen against the plan.
  
  

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Typically holds a post-secondary degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent trade/technical background.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience working as a Project Manager in mechanical contracting required.
• Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and computerizedscheduling packages.
• Demonstrates the ability to plan and manage project schedule
• Knowledge of construction costs and budgets.
• Understanding of all facets of the construction process.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles is an asset.
• Team player, energetic, resourceful
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in an office and field environment and maintain excellent workingrelationships with others.
• Competent in conflict and crisis management.
• Excellent time and project management skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
  
  

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at [e-mail]