Project Manager

Turner & Townsend; Southwestern Ontario; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy is seeking a Project Manager to oversee small to medium project commissions. You will lead project delivery, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards are met. Candidates should have 2-5 years of experience in project or construction management, possess excellent communication abilities, and be adept at managing client relationships. This role offers opportunities in a dynamic environment focused on delivering successful projects in Ontario.

Qualifications

• 2-5 years experience in project management and/or construction management.
• Understanding of the total project life cycle.
• Design, management, or construction experience in a project management environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead small to medium Project Management Commissions.
• Ensure client objectives and project delivery standards are met.
• Establish effective project governance and processes.
• Monitor project finances and prepare progress reports.

Skills

Project management

Construction management

Excellent verbal and written communication

Client relationship management

Team collaboration

Education

Professionally qualified in construction or project management

Job description

Job Description

• To lead small to medium Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery.
• To support Project Directors on major project commissions, and assisting in the deliver of end to end service delivery.
• To ensure that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and to appropriate quality standards.
• Helping to establish the overall success criteria for the project, including time, cost, technical and performance parameters.
• Identifying and ensuring that the appropriate line manager is aware of quality, safety, health and environment issues.
• Establishing effective project governance, processes and systems to be utilised throughout project.
• Project planning, including producing the detailed project plan.
• Solid knowledge of construction industry technical matters, such as different procurement routes, value management and value.
• Managing the change control process.
• Monitoring and advising upon project finances.
• Managing the flow of project information between the team and the client, through regular meetings and written communications.
• Preparing formal project progress and other reports.
• Knowledge management – Ensuring that key information and learning generated from each project is entered into the Turner & Townsend internal database.
• Financial management – Ensuring prompt client invoicing and utilising FMS in order to monitor a project’s financial status.
• Process improvement – Identifying ways in which internal systems and processes can be improved and referring ideas to the appropriate line manager.
• Taking a leading role in interfacing with the client and other consultants, at all project stages.

Qualifications

• A minimum of 2 - 5 years experience project management and / or construction management.
• Professionally qualified in construction, project management, engineering, architecture, or equivalent.
• Understanding of the total project life cycle, from project conception stage, through all of the operational stages to completion and post-project review.
• Design, management or construction experience gained within the Project Management / Construction Management environment.
• Knowledge and understanding of all of the main project management concepts, tools and techniques.
• Experience of working within a Client focused environment.
• Experience of working within the Australian market and / or Australian projects.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capability to work autonomously, or as part of a team.
• Ability to adapt and work collaboratively as part of a project team.
• Good communicator who is confident in presenting.
• Personable and client facing.
• Dynamic worker that can deliver in high pressure environments.