Associate Project Manager

A high-visibility project delivery role in infrastructure design and building construction for a confident people, resources and client expectation manager. You are renowned for your accomplishments as an associate project manager in the design and construction industry, as well as your ability to collaborate with senior management and build credibility with clients. You bring a range of skills, experience and emotional intelligence that inspire excellence and lead to quality outcomes.

You are an exceptional communicator, able to manage relationships and performance; someone clients know they can count on to leverage the people, resources and processes required to implement project specifications and meet their highest expectations.

Reporting to a Project Manager of a major, multi-year project, you will be responsible for assisting in the planning, developing, delivering and reporting on assigned project scope based on schedule and budget. The position works within a larger project management team and is responsible for specific scope while integrating with all other disciplines of project management. The scope of work this position will focus on includes demolition, interior fit up, landscape, and civil. Experience in these areas is an asset.

The position will also require the development of client communication notices in both French and English. This position on a large project management team delivering a high-profile major project makes this an exceptional opportunity to take part in a complex project with various stakeholders in an established project delivery model.

The project manager will have visibility to a large variety of construction disciplines and will deepen your knowledge base and advance your career. You will be part of a project management team that provides services covering all phases of a major project, from planning to pre-construction, design and construction management.

Our group carries out projects associated with a major project program across Canada.

Key Duties & Responsibilities

• Monitor project expenditures to ensure alignment with approved budgets.
• Prepare and present regular project update reports for internal stakeholders and executive leadership.
• Provide insight and commentary on financial performance, identifying key cost drivers and financial risks.
• Support change order reviews and ensure appropriate financial governance is applied.
• Provide input to financial risk registers, including contingency tracking and drawdown.
• Ensure adherence to internal controls, financial policies and capital governance frameworks.
• Support audits and reviews by providing documentation and rationale for financial decisions.
• Maintain compliance with funding requirements, regulatory standards and stakeholder reporting obligations.
• Ensure data integrity and maintain accurate records.
• Identify project risks, and develop and implement mitigation and contingency plans.
• Establish and maintain effective client relationships.
• Solve issues and provide support, manage customer expectations and ensure customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with project stakeholders to develop bilingual project communication notices to inform clients and tenants of changes to the campus.

Knowledge & Skills

• University degree or college diploma, preferably in project management, architectural technology, construction technology, engineering or engineering technology, or equivalent work experience.
• 1 to 3 years of project management work experience; or 5 to 7 years of project coordination work experience.
• Bilingual in French and English.
• Proven ability and experience in delivering projects on-time, on-budget, within specifications and compliant with all requirements including regulatory, environmental, health, and safety requirements.
• Proven ability and experience in developing and managing budgets.
• Proven ability and experience in mitigating and managing project risks.
• Strong communication, influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
• Proven ability and experience in building and maintaining effective relationships.
• Proven ability and experience in managing client relationships and expectations.
• Strong client service orientation.
• Proven ability and experience in project team leadership.
• Proven ability and experience in managing vendor performance.
• Possesses a continuous improvement and quality mindset along with a desire to continuously seek and incorporate best practices and technologies in order to optimize program delivery and deliver value to the client.
• Proficient in and experienced with MS Office suite of applications along with proven ability to quickly learn new applications.

Licenses and/or Professional Accreditation

• One or more of the following, an asset: Project Management Institute Accreditation, in progress.
• LEED certification; in progress.
• Construction Administration Certificate.