Project Manager Iii

**Company Biography1**:
As one of the fastest growing cities in Alberta, the City of Airdrie is a recognized leader in building a vibrant and sustainable community through innovation.

At the City of Airdrie, incredible opportunities happen every day in a flexible work environment that is tailored to each department. Our inclusive culture and values create a workplace where we welcome aspiring, driven and creative individuals to help us accomplish our business and community goals. We are supportive of one another, and we have fun while we serve our community. We are passionate about improving the lives of our residents through care and respect; that is the foundation of our organization. At the City of Airdrie, we learn, grow and accomplish great things together.

If you have a passion for building a better community and are ready to join the excitement, we’d love to hear from you

**The Opportunity**:
Project Manager III (Capital Projects) is responsible for planning and implementing large and small, complex capital projects as part of the 10-year capital program. Primarily providing project management services for the design and construction of roads, bridges, wastewater lift stations, potable water reservoirs, storm sewers trunks/facilities, water supply lines and sanitary trunk sewers/forcemains.

You will provide advanced expertise in construction and project management across multiple disciplinaries (transportation, water/wastewater, buildings, etc.). You will promote a transparent/predictable process to support the successful execution of all projects while providing excellent service in delivering projects using the PMI® Project Management Standard.

Responsibilities include:

- Lead capital projects throughout the project lifecycle
- Provide project teams and stakeholders with consistent structure, methods, techniques, and tools to successfully complete projects using project standard methodology from PMI®
- Promote project management awareness, leadership, functional consultation, and guidance in the use of the corporate project management methodology and tools, and actively participate in continuous improvement to the processes
- Lead multidisciplinary project teams throughout the project lifecycle and achieve the project objectives, within the constraints of time, scope, cost, and quality
- Lead and manage the different phases of design review (preliminary to detailed) by Subject Matter Experts and provide feedback for specifications and contract documents
- Complete project methods and processes including, but not limited to:

- Joint project planning meetings
- Develop proposals, charters, plans and schedules (i.e., task definition, time estimates and resource assignments)
- Monitor field work during construction
- Manage scope schedule and cost during construction
- Manage the closeout activities and completing closeout reports
- Ensure project control processes are utilized such as:

- Track, monitor and communicate project progress against the project plan
- Track issues, decision requests and change requests from identification through to resolution
- Identify the impact to project scope, budget resource requirements, timelines, etc. when changes to scope are introduced

**You Bring**:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering with a P. Eng designation; or a Diploma in Civil Engineering with a Certified Engineering Technologist (C.E.T.) designation. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be considered
- A Project Management Professional (PMP) designation or the equivalent of formal training in a recognized project management methodology
- Membership in good standing with APEGA or ASET is preferred
- Minimum 10 years' working experience in a municipal construction environment including managing, and administrating contracts
- Practical knowledge and understanding of municipal policies and procedures as well as an understanding of Federal, Provincial and Municipal regulation and legislation
- Previous experience managing multiple concurrent projects in various stages of the project lifecycle, with multi-million dollar budgets, knowledge of financial reporting processes, budget preparation and expenditure forecasting
- Valid Class 5 Driver's Licence
- Proficient in Bluebeam Revu
- Expert level skills in MS Office
- Ability to work independently with mínimal supervision in a team environment, demonstrating sound judgment and initiative to establish priorities, and meet client expectations and deadlines
- Strong team leadership and ability to lead project teams to a specific goal
- Strong ability to work collaboratively within the department, the organization and consultants and contractors
- Strong communication and presentation skills, both oral and written
- Demonstrating tact and diplomacy in order to establish effective working relationships with external and internal stakeholders
- Ability to formulate and coordinate plans for a variety of projects
- Ability to f