Senior Project Manager

Fitzii Organic; Greely; On-site; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A civil construction company in Greely, Ontario, is seeking a Project Manager to oversee design-inspired heavy civil construction projects. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's in Civil Engineering and over 5 years of project management experience. Responsibilities include coordinating with teams, managing project specifications, and ensuring effective communication with clients. This is a full-time role with local travel required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of construction project management or landscape project management experience.
• Ability to manage multiple projects while meeting deadlines.
• Experience in landscaping, road building or heavy civil construction is an asset.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate work with the superintendent regarding scheduling and manpower.
• Manage plans, specifications, and change orders.
• Provide ongoing communication with the client on project progress.

Skills

Project management

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Civil Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Project management software

Job description

Overview

As our new Project Manager, you would have the opportunity to manage multiple design-inspired, heavy civil construction projects, roadway and public right‑of‑way projects, and large-scale landscape construction projects. You would delight our industrial, commercial, institutional, municipal, and public infrastructure clients with your attentiveness to the project deliverables and your ability to get design‑inspired, heavy construction projects built. This would mean ensuring the comprehensive supervision and coordination of all the steps of a construction project, namely support of site superintendents, collaboration with subcontractors and clients, and monitoring of costs and schedules.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinate work in collaboration with the superintendent — schedule, manpower and equipment requirements, etc.;
• Manage plans, specifications, addenda, and submittal / shop drawing process;
• Manage changes and instructions pertaining to project;
• Issue purchase orders for construction materials;
• Prepare and / or review change orders;
• Provide ongoing communication with the client related to the project, including preparation of schedules, progress updates, and progress invoices;
• Organize and conduct construction site meetings as required;
• Identify additional scope and revenue opportunities that relate to project;
• Provide support to Senior Estimator for the development of project proposals / estimates;
• Provide support to the project team as the Senior Project Manager.

Formal Education, Licenses and Certifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering (or related engineering discipline)

Knowledge and Experience

• A minimum of 5+ years previous construction project management or landscape project management experience preferred
• Ability to work on several projects concurrently, prioritize workload and cope with tight timelines to meet all deadlines without compromising quality.
• Experience in landscaping, road building or heavy civil construction an asset
• Strong skills in project management, negotiation, and problem solving;
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and ability to function effectively in a teamwork environment;
• Working knowledge of project management software

Availability

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Travel

Local travel will be required to respective job sites. Mileage will be compensated.