Job Description

Position Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: Calgary, AB
Salary Range: $120,000 - $160,000
The Senior Project Manager plays a 'hands-on' role as the primary point of contact for commercial projects globally. This position is responsible for executing projects, developing project schedules and budgets, managing trades and ensuring successful, on-time and on-budget (margin-focused) project completion within their scope. The SPM will interface with internal and external stakeholders including- Regional Sales Managers (RSM), trades, subcontractors, architects, engineers, technicians, designers, and suppliers across approximately a dozen different vertical markets.
Key Responsibilities

• On-site general contract management, including installation activities
• Develop and manage project budgets and scope changes
• Schedule the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines
• Evaluate and vet all subcontractors bidding on projects
• Support Regional Sales Managers (RSM) in providing cost estimates and product information for customer proposals
• Inspect and review project sites to monitor and ensure compliance with building and safety codes, and other applicable regulations
• Interpret and communicate plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers, and clients, representing the owner or developer
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes, and additions to contractual agreements with architects, engineers, consultants, clients, suppliers, and subcontractors
• Prepare project schedules- ensuring milestones are clearly defined, tracked and communicated to all stakeholders
• Identify and manage changes or issues that may impact project timelines, budgets, or deliverables
• Prepare detailed scope documents and proposals outlining project objectives, scope of work budgets, and schedules

Other Duties Include

• Offer value engineering recommendations.
• Maintain timely and consistent communication with both internal and external customers
• Identify and engage qualified local subcontractors for defined scopes of work

Qualifications

• Solid working knowledge of Construction Management, and on-site project management
• Ability to interpret design and construction documentation and drawings
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project.

Education/Experience

• Post-secondary degree in Construction Science, Architecture, or a related field preferred; equivalent and extensive constructive management experience will also be considered
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management for commercial construction projects or equivalent

Competencies Required

• Strong technical aptitude as related to the trades
• Knowledge of site-specific requirements including training, safety, testing, screening, union regulations, permits and inspections
• Proven project Management and organizational skills
• High attention to detail

Personal Attributes

• Willingness to travel
• Self-motivated, disciplined, and managed
• Detail oriented
• Able to communicate succinctly and clearly
• Effective problem solving skills
• Timely, respects rigid schedules and deadlines, strives to meet deadlines, takes responsibility/accountability for missed schedules.

Special Requirements

• Ability to travel globally without restrictions
• Must be capable of performing the physical demands of the role as needed

Working Environment / Location

• Primarily office-based, with extended periods of sitting and computer use
• Calgary, AB based position.

Skills Required