Project Director

3 days ago


Canada, CA Construction Company Full time

Qualifications:

  • Undergraduate degree engineering or construction management
  • 15+ years’ experience in construction
  • 10 years’ experience in a project management role in a construction company
  • Track record of successful commercial project management of major Containment Level 4 Lab (CL4) construction project
  • Experience leading commercial or institutional constructions projects in excess of $100 million CAD
  • Ability to use ERP’s, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Projects & Primavera P6 and Electronic Document Management
  • Deep expertise and proven track record with respect to the continuous improvement project delivery services and value-added constructability process and practice
  • Experience in gaining major bids with joint venture partners, with proven management of successful infrastructure and construction bids
  • Proven ability to ensure a successful completion of projects, their profitability, and for retaining owners as continuing clients of the company
  • Ability to lead and operate within an environment where change happens frequently
  • Commitment to recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a focused team; the foresight and ability to delegate accordingly
  • Strong leadership capability as evidenced by demonstrable success in team / collaborative work environments
  • Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships with multiple groups
  • Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
  • Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities; capable of handling pressure and challenges in a dynamic business environment
  • Ability to work within tight deadlines and prioritization of work to achieve them
  • Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to work collaboratively with a positive attitude
  • Superior written and verbal communication skills


Responsibilities:

Opportunity Management and Opportunity Response

  • Support and be active in identifying Business Development opportunities that bring in new projects
  • As required, lead bid proposal responses to clients with the support of marketing and other team members

Preconstruction

  • Develop, manage, and maintain new and existing client, consultant and trade relationships
  • Ensure all contract negotiations are executed in accordance with process and in line with the master project schedule
  • Ensure that all preconstruction planning activities are executed by the project team to the satisfaction of the organization and the client
  • Ensure the project strategy is executed at all times
  • Ensure that the projects are properly resourced
  • Ensure that all project budgets contain/exceed expectations for profit
  • Ensure the project team is operating as a team

Construction

  • Lead the development of a project strategy that secures the project, and meet or exceed the project’s required performance, schedule and profitability targets
  • Confirm that estimate/cost plan incorporates value for the owner, accommodates the consultant’s design intent and the targeted profitability
  • Conduct the negotiation and oversee the preparation and execution of the prime contract
  • Exhibit the key values of leadership, innovation, relationships, and profitability and meet all stakeholder commitments (vs. safety, sustainability, collaboration and integrity)
  • Ensure project health, safety and environmental standards meet or exceed legislated requirements and company policy
  • Assist the Construction Director with day-to-day operations
  • Know project critical issues at all times and ensure that project team has followed up to address issues to satisfaction of all stakeholders
  • Responsible for understanding and overseeing that site process, productivity, targets, KPI’s, dashboards, etc. are adhered to
  • Keep the Construction Director informed of significant developments

Post Construction

  • Ensure that the project teams clear all deficiencies in a timely manner
  • Ensure total completion is achieved as per the client’s expectation
  • Ensure project close out and lessons learned meetings take place in order for continuous improvements to take place

Employee and Talent Management

  • Lead in the recruitment of new talent and support the development of personnel through on-going coaching and mentoring to ensure effective, safe project delivery and individual career development
  • Develop high performance employees by effectively recruiting suitable new talent, providing continuous positive and constructive feedback, on-going assessment of non-performing employees and planning for succession
  • Coach and mentor the project team members to ensure effective preconstruction delivery
  • Conduct annual performance reviews of all direct reports, and ensure annual reviews are conducted with all staff


The organization is open to a full-time, permanent hire as well as to contract solutions. Candidates based in Canada or in the US will be considered and the immigration process supported. This role offers relocation assistance and a competitive compensation package.


Will consider candidates from Mexico and Chile



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