Senior Project Manager, Capital Expenditures

WP Osborne Executive Search Inc.; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/dental benefits

Parking/Presto allowance

Maternity top-up

Volunteer day

Summer hours

Job summary

Starlight Investments, in conjunction with WP Osborne Executive Search, seeks a Senior Project Manager for the Capital Expenditures, Canadian Residential division to lead capital improvement projects across a portfolio of multi-residential properties in the Greater Vancouver Area.

Responsibilities include planning, implementing, and closing projects from design through occupancy, coordinating with asset management, consultants, contractors, and vendors to deliver on time and within budget;

Qualifications

• 5+ years of project or construction management experience in multi-residential real estate.
• Ability to read and understand architectural and building construction drawings.
• Experience with leases, contracts, and construction practices.
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Define project requirements with asset management and stakeholders.
• Lead tendering process including bid analysis, sourcing, negotiation, and contracts.
• Oversee project execution to meet milestones, budgets and objectives.
• Maintain documentation, progress reporting, and stakeholder communications.
• Track performance and reforecast budgets and schedules.
• Lead deficiency inspections and coordinate contractor resolutions.

Skills

Project management

Construction management

Stakeholder coordination

Tools

MS Project

Job description

Starlight Investments, in conjunction with WP Osborne Executive Search, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their Capital Expenditures, Canadian Residential division.

Senior Project Manager, Capital Expenditures

The Senior Project Manager will lead the delivery of capital improvement projects across a portfolio of multi-residential properties in the Greater Vancouver Area. This role is responsible for managing projects from initial planning and design through construction, occupancy, and closeout, while partnering with internal stakeholders, consultants, contractors, and vendors to deliver high-quality results on time and within budget.

This is an exciting opportunity for a Project Manager with experience in construction, restoration, engineering, or renovation environments who enjoys managing complex projects, solving problems, and coordinating multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced setting.

Planning

• Define project requirements—including scope, deliverables, budgets, schedules, milestones, priorities, quality standards, risks, and constraints in collaboration with Asset Management and key stakeholders.
• Identify project risks, conduct feasibility assessments, and propose/implement mitigation and contingency strategies.
• Ensure adherence to project qualification processes and governance requirements.
• Confirm that engineering and design resources are available and capable of meeting stakeholder expectations.
• Conduct pre-construction site walk-throughs with contractors.
• Lead the tendering process, including bid analysis, sourcing, negotiation, and contract award recommendations.

Implementation

• Oversee project execution, providing leadership and direction to meet milestones, schedules, and overall project objectives.
• Ensure compliance with corporate governance, policies, procedures, and standards.
• Evaluate and implement change requests, assessing impacts and securing necessary approvals.
• Maintain consistent communication through meetings, reports, and documentation to keep stakeholders informed.
• Manage project administration activities including document collection and coordination with project support staff to ensure accuracy, timeliness, and coordination of all relevant documentation.
• Update project status, progress photos, and reporting on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Review and approve contractor and vendor invoices.
• Interpret and apply project-related documents such as contracts, leases, work letters, charters, surveys, and drawings.

Monitoring / Closing

• Track project performance against approved budgets, timelines and objectives;
• Reforecast budgets and schedules as required.
• Report on project status, issues, resolutions, and variances while creating action plans to maintain alignment to project goals.
• Continuously improve cost reduction initiatives.
• Lead deficiency inspections, prepare detailed deficiency reports, and coordinate contractor resolution.

Qualifications

The successful candidate will possess a minimum of 5 years of project or construction management related to multi-residential real estate; knowledge of building systems and ability to read and understand architectural and building construction drawings; knowledge of MS project, leases, contracts and construction practices, as well as well-developed analytical, communication and problem-solving skills with the ability to think strategically to resolve issues. Frequent travel to various sites across Greater Vancouver is a requirement of the position, so a valid driver's license and a personal vehicle are required.

The compensation structure is comprised of a base salary that is market competitive and based on factors such as experience, education, designations, and skillset. It also includes a discretionary annual performance bonus tied to weighted performance targets and company performance, and company medical/dental benefits, healthcare spending accounts, a tiered employer matching group retirement savings plan and parking/Presto allowance. Other benefits include maternity top-up, investment opportunities in the company's funds, summer office hours, annual company-wide volunteer day and many more.

Starlight Investments

Starlight Investments is a leading global real estate investment and asset management firm. Established in 2011 and privately owned, Starlight has grown to a dynamic team of 360+ professionals who manage over $25 billion of direct real estate and real estate investment securities. Offering a range of investment vehicles across various real estate strategies, we are a developer and asset manager of over 77,000 multi-residential suites and over 9 million square feet of commercial property space. Holding Canada's largest portfolio of multi-family assets, we have a strong focus and commitment to creating a positive impact for our communities. To learn more about Starlight, please visit www.starlightinvest.com or follow the company on LinkedIn

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Starlight is dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness that reflects the diverse communities that the company operates in. We invite all interested individuals to apply and encourage applications from members of equity-deserving communities, including but not limited to women, persons with disabilities, visible minorities (racialized), Black, Indigenous Peoples and persons of any gender identity and sexual orientation.

Environmental Social Governance (ESG)

As one of the largest rental housing providers in Canada, Starlight's focus on ESG is aligned with the company's broader purpose to invest with impact and drive social and economic growth through real estate. This focus shapes business operations and influences interactions with employees, investors, partners and communities.

WP Osborne is a privately-owned search firm delivering full-service recruitment expertise for over 20 years to a broad range of clients in the real estate industry. Our expertise extends across every major asset class including multi-residential, office, industrial, retail, mixed‑use, condo, hotels, and senior living across the functions of asset management, investments, development, construction, leasing, property management, portfolio management, finance, marketing, IT, HR and strategy.