Project Manager (Water Wastewater)

Modern Niagara; Vaughan; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 115,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Defined contribution pension

Health & dental benefits

Health spending account

Employee assistance program

Vacation package

Parental leave top-up

Community day

Corporate discounts

Job summary

Modern Niagara in Toronto is seeking a Project Manager to oversee a water and wastewater delivery within the Major Projects team. You will manage budgets, schedules, and resources to ensure on-time, on-budget project delivery while coordinating with foremen, subcontractors, and vendors.

The role emphasizes safety, quality, and strong client relationships, with responsibility for forecasting, purchasing, and reporting.

Qualifications

• Post-secondary degree in mechanical engineering or equivalent.
• 5+ years’ experience as a Project Manager in mechanical contracting (water/wastewater).
• Experience in process piping.
• Experience reading construction drawings and documents.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and scheduling software.
• Ability to plan and manage project schedules.
• Knowledge of construction costs and budgets.
• Team player, energetic, resourceful.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Office and field work capability with strong collaboration.
• Competent in conflict and crisis management.
• Excellent time and project management skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Manage budgets, schedules, and resources to achieve financial targets.
• Coordinate procurement of equipment and subcontractors and billings.
• Attend estimating turnover, pre-construction, and post-construction meetings.
• Produce monthly financial forecasting and project status reviews.
• Attend client and construction meetings and disseminate information to teams.
• Oversee equipment and systems commissioning process.
• Review contracts and determine project scope, planning, and estimating.
• Monitor job site progress and maintain safety standards.
• Create purchase orders for suppliers and subcontractors.
• Break out labour budget and review with Foremen.
• Communicate with Foremen on labour progress and financials.

Skills

Budgeting

Scheduling

Client relations

Leadership

Communication

Office software

Field coordination

Education

Post-secondary degree in mechanical engineering or related technical background

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint)

Computerized scheduling packages

Job description

The project manager will be overseeing the the delivery of a water wastewater project in Toronto within the major projects team and will be managing budgets, schedules, and resources to ensure successful delivery. This role works closely with foremen, subcontractors, and vendors to achieve financial and operational goals while maintaining strong client relationships.

Why This Role Matters to Modern Niagara

Project Managers are key to delivering safe, on-time, and on-budget projects. Their leadership ensures client satisfaction, profitability, and alignment with Modern Niagara’s standards, supporting long-term growth and repeat business.

Key Impact / Purpose

• Manage project budgets, schedules, and resources to achieve financial targets.
• Build and maintain strong client relationships while promoting Modern Niagara’s full-service offerings.
• Ensure safety and quality standards are upheld throughout project execution.

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.

Must-haves:

• 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, specifically in water and wastewater projects
• Experience in process piping
• Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents.
• Experience with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and computerizedscheduling packages.
• Demonstrates the ability to plan and manage project schedule
• Knowledge of construction costs and budgets.
• 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

Nice-to-haves:

• Understanding of all facets of the construction process.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles is an asset
• Strong financial acumen and decision-making skills.

This is a new position and the salary range is between $90,000 - $115,000

• Performance based bonus opportunities.
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with a generous employer contribution.
• Flexible Health and Dental benefits with tiered options to meet the needs of you and your family.
• An annual health spending account to support your overall wellness.
• 24/7 confidential support through our Employee and Family Assistance Program with access to comprehensive resources and professional services.
• A competitive vacation package with additional vacation granted throughout your tenure with the organization.
• Employer Paid Parental Leave Top Up.
• Annual Community Day dedicated to volunteering and giving back to the communities where we live and work.
• Corporate Discounts through various vendors across Canada for programs such as fitness, mobile phones, travel, home and auto insurance and many others.
• Here at Modern Niagara, because we know our people are the best in the industry, we pride ourselves on providing a total compensation package that rewards employees for their hard work and supports employees and their families in their overall wellbeing.

About Modern Niagara

Who We Are
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 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.

Our Culture & Values
We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork.

Health and safety are embedded in everything we do, and our award-winning safety culture consistently performs well above industry standards.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Modern Niagara
We are committed to building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization where everyone has access to opportunity, feels a sense of belonging, and can thrive.

We actively work to remove barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (including women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+ people, people with disabilities, and newcomers to Canada) in the construction industry.

We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds and lived experiences and are committed to a barrier-free hiring process.

If you require accommodation at any stage of the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail] so we can make appropriate arrangements.

We appreciate every applicant’s interest in joining Modern Niagara. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted.