Senior Project Manager

Turner Construction | Canada; Toronto; On-site; CAD 145,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner Construction Canada is seeking an experienced construction project leader to manage multiple projects with a focus on cost, scheduling, and quality. You will engage with Architects and Engineers, review programs and QC plans, and lead startup activities to ensure project success.

The role requires strong leadership, lean orientation, and advanced PM skills to drive performance across all project teams in Canada.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or architecture; 8+ years of building construction experience or equivalent
• Advanced knowledge of construction methods, materials, and tolerances
• Strong cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering knowledge
• Experience in management and leadership roles
• Excellent presentation, verbal and written communication skills
• Familiar with continuous improvement methods and lean concepts
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills
• Advanced project management capable of handling concurrent projects
• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects and provide engineering and project-related insight to Operations teams.
• Perform constructability reviews during Preconstruction and assist with estimates for multiple projects.
• Participate in tenders, bid leveling, scope reviews, and award meetings.
• Oversee execution of multiple client contracts and attend ORM/OAC meetings.
• Engage with Architects and Engineers on topics affecting construction projects.
• Review Project Execution Plans and QC Plans for assigned projects.
• Lead project startup activities and monitor procedures throughout the project lifecycle.
• Attend staff resourcing meetings and manage project staffing across projects.
• Ensure adherence to safety, ethics, and compliance requirements at all times.
• Lead and participate in risk management through site visits and reviews.
• Develop and review project schedules, forecasts, and attend TFS meetings.
• Lead development of detailed project checklists with focus on risk management
• Manage off-site document storage and retrieval for assigned projects

Skills

Cost management

Scheduling

Estimating

Purchasing

Engineering principles

Leadership

Communication

Lean / continuous improvement

Problem solving

Project management

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering or Architecture

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple projects and serve as resource to Operations teams, offer engineering and other project engineering related insight, knowledge, direction, and support.
• Perform constructability reviews during Preconstruction and work with Preconstruction team to prepare estimates for multiple assigned projects.
• Participate in project tenders, bid levelling, and scope reviews, and award meetings.
• Oversee execution of multiple client contracts.
• Attend Operational Review Meetings (ORM) and Owner Architect Contractor (OAC) meetings for assigned projects.
• Engage and communicate with Architects and Engineers on topics important to construction industry and impacts to projects.
• Review assigned projects’ Project Execution Plan and Quality Control (QC) Plans.
• Active participation in each project’s start-up and maintain general overview of project procedures throughout project.
• Attend and actively participate in project staff resourcing meetings.
• Ensure projects maintain strict adherence to safety, ethics, and compliance requirements at all times.
• Conduct weekly reviews and adherence of Project Schedule for assigned projects.
• Review project forecasting and attend Turner Forecasting System (TFS) meetings with project teams across each assign project.
• Conduct regular jobsite visits to assigned projects and attend jobsite meetings to assist with risk management.
• Manage QC inspections to ensure installations are per contract documents and in accordance with approved shop drawings.
• Monitor and assist in development, training, and evaluation of project staff across projects.
• Remain current on Turner’s value-add services and manage jobsite rollout of new technologies throughout assigned projects.
• Collect great practices or good examples and formats for various procedures or methods, including scheduling, budgeting and QC Plans from jobsite visits and share across projects.
• Foster open exchange of information and regularly lead meetings to discuss operational excellence (e.g., budgeting, QC, etc.), current challenges, relevant issues, lessons learned, and lean initiatives.
• Focus on continuous improvement efforts for content within procedures manuals; expand new content and procedures for areas in need of attention.
• Ensure each project maintains up-to-date Launch and Closeout Boards; review closeout procedures with each project, and present and report on project status during Launch and Closeout meetings.
• Lead creation of and make available various detailed project checklists with emphasis on risk management.
• Take lead of off-site document storage and retrieval for each assigned project.
• Attend conferences and industry seminars to gather information on new technologies or new systems to review impact to projects.
• Conduct timely performance and development discussions with direct reports and complete related documentation. Ensure supervisors across assigned projects engage in regular performance and development discussions with their direct reports.
• Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.

The salary range for this position is estimated to be $145,000.00 - $160,000.00 CAD annualized depending on experience and fit.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree from accredited degree program in Engineering or Architecture, minimum 8 years of building construction experience required or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Excellent knowledge of construction cost, scheduling, estimating, purchasing, and engineering principles and techniques, and basic understanding of Turner accounting procedures
• Advanced knowledge of various construction methods and materials, their characteristics, installation procedures and tolerances
• Management and leadership experience
• Excellent presentation delivery, verbal, and written communication skills
• Understand continuous improvement methods and tools
• Possess solid problem solving and analytical capabilities, familiar with basic lean culture and concepts
• Advanced project management skills, able to manage concurrent project and prioritize responsibilities for self and team
• Approachable and effectively interact with all employee levels and management
• Proficient computer skills and Microsoft suite of applications

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; and reach with hands, talk, and hear. The employee frequently views a computer monitor and frequently uses a computer keyboard. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. The employee is regularly required to be mobile and the employee occasionally travels both short and long distances via a variety of conveyances. The employee regularly performs work on-site at construction work sites and occasionally at office locations, and/or off-site venues. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 4.5 kg and occasionally lift and/or move up to 23 kg.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee occasionally works in an office or remote setting. The noise in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate in an office setting. While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works at construction work sites where the employee is exposed to moving mechanical parts, high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, outside weather conditions, and risk of electrical shock. The noise in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is required to work in compliance with company safety policies, procedures, and applicable laws.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

Turner is an Equal Opportunity Employer —minorities/females/veterans/individuals with disabilities/sexual orientation/gender identity.