Senior Project Manager

Socket.dev; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

BGIS, a global leader in facility management, seeks a Senior Project Manager in Calgary to lead end-to-end project delivery, ensure scope, budget, and requirements are met, and supervise project administration as needed.

The role emphasizes stakeholder communication, risk management, and maintaining strong client relationships, with a focus on delivery excellence and safety standards in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Community college diploma in architectural technology, construction technology, engineering technology.
• 5+ years of project management work experience.
• University degree in Architecture or Engineering preferred.
• Project management – delivering projects on-time, on-budget, with compliance.
• Project budget management – budgeting experience.
• Project risk mitigation and management – risk handling experience.
• Strong communication, influence, negotiation skills.
• Relationship building with clients.
• Client management – managing client relationships and expectations.
• Vendor management – managing vendor performance.
• Quality mindset and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with MS Office and quick learning of new apps.
• High sense of urgency and clear reporting to executives.
• Ability to create project schedules independently.
• Ability to create class D estimates without consultant support.
• Strong multitasking across multiple projects.
• Understanding of the construction industry.
• Ability to differentiate reporting to executives and team members.
• Create business cases for funding with precise information for approvals.
• Goal oriented and creative problem solving.

Responsibilities

• Plans and oversees end-to-end delivery of assigned projects.
• Defines project scope, deliverables and requirements with stakeholders.
• Develops and implements project plans.
• Determines resource and budget requirements and timelines.
• Identifies risks and develops mitigation and contingency plans.
• Monitors delivery against timelines and ensures timely completion.
• Oversees project team members and task progress.
• Communicates status to relevant parties.
• Ensures regulatory, environmental, health and safety compliance.
• Develops and maintains client relationships and satisfaction.
• Provides supervision to project administration and coordination roles.

Skills

Project management

Budget management

Risk mitigation

Communication

Client management

Vendor management

Team leadership

MS Office

Multitasking

Reporting to executives

Funding business cases

Creativity in solutions

Urgency & prioritization

Construction industry knowledge

Education

Community college diploma in architectural technology, construction technology, engineering technology

University degree in Architecture or Engineering, preferred

Tools

MS Office

Job description

SUMMARY

The Senior Project Manager plans and oversees the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects and ensures delivery within scope, budget and requirements. At this level, projects are typically of moderate to high complexity, risk and exposure. In addition, the role may also be accountable for providing immediate supervision to project administration and coordination roles.

KEY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

Project Management

• Plans and oversees the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects. At this level, projects managed are typically of moderate to high complexity, risk and exposure.
• In collaboration with project concerned parties, defines project scope, deliverables and requirements.
• Develops and implements project plans.
• Determines resource and budget requirements, cost estimates, and timelines.
• Identifies project risks and develops and implements mitigation and contingency plans.
• Monitors project delivery against timelines and ensures timely completion.
• Oversees the activities of project team members and monitors project task completion.
• Communicates project status to relevant concerned parties.
• Ensures projects are delivered on time, within scope, budget and requirements, and complies with all regulatory, environmental and health and safety requirements.

Client Relationship Management

• Develops and maintains effective relationships with clients.
• Accountable for resolving issues, managing client expectations, and ensuring client satisfaction.

People Leadership

• May be accountable for providing immediate supervision to project administration and coordination roles.
• Other duties as assigned.

Urgent Project Requirements

• Project will be initiated immediately; Project manager works with the operations team to identify and collect requirements.
• Start an immediate risk assessment, cost estimates, and kick off meeting with all concerned parties as an introduction and forecast of next steps.
• Funding is generally completed “on the fly” a good understanding of benchmarking, and or current industry costs to provide budgets to the client.
• Able to work independently on challenges to ensure the project keeps moving.
• Understands the importance of a regular cadence of communication.
• Navigate the client’s organization, to capture who should be engaged and when for project updates.
• Schedule updates, risks, and opportunity updates.

KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Community college diploma in architectural technology, construction technology, engineering technology; required.
• More than 5 years of project management work experience.
• University degree in Architecture or Engineering, preferred.
• Project management – proven ability and experience in delivering projects on-time, on-budget, within specifications and in-compliant with all requirements including but not limited to regulatory, environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Project Budget management – proven ability and experience in developing and managing budgets.
• Project risk mitigation and management – proven ability and experience in mitigating and managing project risks.
• Communication – strong communication, influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
• Relationship building – proven ability and experience in building and maintaining effective relationships.
• Client management – proven ability and experience in managing client relationships and expectations.
• Client service orientation – strong client service orientation.
• Project team leadership – proven ability and experience in project team leadership.
• Vendor management – proven ability and experience in managing vendor performance.
• Quality – possesses a continuous improvement and quality mindset along with a desire to continuously seek and incorporate best practices and technologies in order to optimize program delivery and deliver value to the client.
• Computer proficiency – proficient in and experience with MS Office suite of applications along with proven ability to quickly learn new applications.
• High sense of urgency.
• Excellent communicator both verbal and written.
• Able to create project schedules independently.
• Ability to create class D estimates, without consultant support.
• Strong multitasker, juggling multiple projects simultaneously at various stages of development.
• Understanding of the construction industry.
• Able to differentiate on reporting to executives and team members.
• Create business cases for funding, with clear and precise information to ensure funding approvals.
• Goal orientated.
• Understanding of impacts and implements creative solutions.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

One or more of the following would be considered an asset:

• Project Management Institute Accreditation or P. Eng.
• LEED certification

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We value transparency in our hiring processes. Please note, artificial intelligence may be used in certain stages to screen, assess, or select applicants, however, a human reviewer makes all final decisions. This posting is for a future vacancy.

BGIS is a global leader in integrated facility management services. With a combined team of over 10,000 globally, BGIS relentlessly focuses on delivering innovative service solutions that create value for its clients. Globally, BGIS manages over 50,000 facilities totaling more than 600 million square feet across several markets including government, higher education, utilities, telecommunications, financial services, oil & gas, healthcare and cloud enterprise. In addition to managing a diverse portfolio of corporate offices, retail, colleges, hospitals and industrial assets, BGIS is a world leader in the management of data centers and other critical environments.

At BGIS we believe that diversity and inclusion is a key business driver, such that we never lose sight of its importance as it is woven into the fabric if our organization. We are committed to maintaining a barrier-free recruitment process by providing equal employment opportunities through recruiting and retention of individuals of all backgrounds. We recognize that promoting diversity is an essential component of our continuing pursuit for organizational success!

BGIS is an equal opportunity employer, and we welcome you to apply for a position with us! If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact us at [e-mail]. Upon request for accommodation, we will consult with the applicant in question and provide, or arrange for the provision of, a suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant's accessibility needs due to disability.