Job Description

Our Company

With over 25 years of real estate experience,

Cantiro

has developed visionary communities, built innovative homes, designed luxury condos, created the best townhomes and inspired some of the most interesting commercial properties. In each one of our four divisions--

Homes

,

Communities, Commercial and Residential Rentals

--our customers' lives are at the centre of every decision we make.

We create the environments for amazing lives to happen!

Cantiro is currently looking for a Construction Manager to join our Calgary team.

Objective:

Reporting to the Director, Calgary Region, the role is responsible for the delivery of deficiency-free single and multi-family homes; while successfully managing the quadruple constraint of safety, quality, time, and cost. This role leads and manages the construction team; monitoring and optimizing both internal and external workloads to ensure scheduled timelines and commitments are achieved. The successful candidate will be able to balance multiple demands in a start-up work environment and sometimes conflicting obligations on time and attention.

A strong mentor with a keen sense of urgency, the construction manager collaborates with central services, regional project managers, and various internal and external stakeholders to maximize efficiencies while developing new, and leveraging existing Cantiro processes and procedures.

Roles and Responsibilities:

Leads field team in the region including site assistants, superintendents, site labour, trades, and suppliers. Manages, trains, and mentors the field team. Monitors team workloads and recommends adjustments when/if required; optimizes trade/vendor loading and effectiveness to maintain forecasted construction schedules and completions. Directs front-end civil construction on new projects and is responsible for front-end logistics planning for site development ensuring timely installation of both temp and permanent site services. Is an active and visible presence on site to ensure adherence to schedules, quality standards, and safety protocols. Builds, monitors, adjusts, and trains the field team on schedule templates; their daily use, and effective strategies for field implementation. Conducts routine updates to schedule templates, incorporating lessons learned, process improvements, and project-specific requirements. Tracks and updates office team on schedule status and construction progress. Monitors field-level purchase orders; recommends base budget revisions to mitigate unforeseen costs, identifies opportunities to minimize field driven costs. Facilitates quarterly trade and supplier update meetings. Collaborates with consultants and municipality regarding code and bylaw changes and updates to mitigate schedule and cost ramifications. Participates in preconstruction documentation reviews; drawings, specifications, scopes of work, and contract requirements, to identify and resolve conflicts, optimize constructability, identify opportunities for value engineering, and ensure adoption of standard construction details. Implements new, and leverages existing, quality control measures to ensure delivery of products that meet both internal and external requirements. Coordinates all quality control inspections in a timely manner to ensure delivery of deficiency free homes to our clients delight and builds relationships to ensure Cantiro customers for life. Supports client care manager and team and acts as management representative to resolve client issues and/or disputes as needed, assists with overflow coverage from construction team if required, at quality control inspections, homeowner orientations, client trade days, etc. Identifies and implements strategies for continuous improvement. Attends and represents region at weekly central production meetings. Fosters the professional growth of field staff, encouraging continuous learning and leadership development. Builds a team culture that values accountability, collaboration, and excellence. Professionally communicates with internal and external stakeholders. Prioritizes customer satisfaction. Is an active volunteer representative at BILD meetings and represents Cantiro at regional events and activities.

Qualifications and Requirements

Minimum 10 years of wood frame construction and site management experience with demonstrated experience in managing multi-family project, front end logistics planning, civil construction, and Alberta Building Code requirements preferred. Construction Engineering, Construction Management Diploma, Master Home Builder, Residential Management and/or Residential Construction Site Manager (RCSM) preferred. Adept use of scheduling software, preferably BuildPRO/MS Project and/or similar suite. Industry related education is an asset. Class 5 driver's license and a clean drivers abstract required. First Aid Qualified.

Preferred Attributes

Self-motivated with a keen sense of urgency, an eye for detail, and excellent communication skills - both written and verbal. Strong ability to multitask and take the initiative. Collaborative, focused on team wins. Happy to roll-up the sleeves and model best practices. Ability to manage and grow a productive and professional team and effectively solve problems with minimal supervision. Has and maintains strong existing relationships with regional developer, trade, and supplier partners, and is well respected in the industry.

Requirements and Conditions

This position requires minimum 37.5 hours per week, but additional hours may be required as necessary, to achieve targets. Location is primarily based in Calgary but will require routine travel to Head Office (Edmonton). Normal office and site conditions. The noise level in the work environment can vary.

We thank all candidates for their interest in Cantiro, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

Dental care Extended health care Paid time off RRSP match Vision care
Education:

AEC / DEP or Skilled Trade Certificate (preferred)
Experience:

wood frame construction: 10 years (required) site management: 10 years (required)
Work Location: In person