Project Manager Interiors

**Division**:
Construction, Energy and Facilities Management

**Important Notices & Amendments**:
**CURRENT SALARY UNDER REVIEW**

**This position**currently falls within our hybrid model**, allowing the employee to**typically**work**a minimum of**50% of**your** time**at your regular work location and the other 50% of time at home.**

**Temporary Duration**:
Approximate Duration: 24 months

**About Us**:
Serving a diverse urban and rural population of more than 475,000, Niagara Region is focused on building a strong and prosperous Niagara. Working collaboratively with 12 local area municipalities and numerous community partners, the Region delivers a range of high-quality programs and services to support and advance the well-being of individuals, families and communities within its boundaries. Nestled between the great lakes of Erie and Ontario, the Niagara peninsula features some of Canada’s most fertile agricultural land, the majesty of Niagara Falls and communities that are rich in both history and recreational and cultural opportunities. Niagara boasts dynamic modern cities, Canada’s most developed wine industry, a temperate climate, extraordinary theatre, and some of Ontario’s most breathtaking countryside. An international destination with easy access to its binational U.S. neighbour New York State, Niagara attracts over 14 million visitors annually, as well as a steady stream of new residents and businesses.

At Niagara Region, we value diversity - in background and experience. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We aspire to hire and grow a workforce reflective of the diverse community we serve. By doing so, we can deliver better programs and services across Niagara.

For the Region's full employee equity statement, Working at Niagara Region - Niagara Region, Ontario.

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**Job Summary**:
Reporting to the Senior Project Manager, the Project Manager, Interiors is responsible for administering and managing all aspects of capital projects related to Region staff accommodations for Construction, Energy & Facilities Management (CE&FM) division from initiation to completion, including furniture replacements and upgrades, modification and retrofits to office spaces, and furniture and space planning for new construction projects. This position is also accountable for asset management planning, project evaluation, providing input into design, construction, and operation, and assisting the Senior Project Manager with feasibility studies, space planning, and standards review as it relates to staff accommodations.

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree or College diploma in a related field such as Architecture, Interior Design, or Construction Technology.

**Knowledge**:

- Minimum 5 years of experience demonstrating in depth project management skills in facilities space planning, with solid working knowledge of construction methods, interior renovations of commercial space, furniture specification, and asset management.
- Current membership in good standing with the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), Association of Architectural Technologists of Ontario (AATO), Association of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT), Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO), or equivalent.
- High proficiency with respect to AutoCAD and other design software.
- Experience with supply and installation of furniture systems would be considered an asset.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Designation is preferred.

**Responsibilities**:
**Project management of office construction, renovation, rehabilitation, and lifecycle renewal projects from initiation to completion with responsibility for all aspects of project development including ensuring that projects are completed in a timely manner, within the approved budget, and to the quality standards set by the Region. Initiates projects, determines project scope and goals, identifies project stakeholders and meets with them to determine project requirements, develops project charters (50% of time)**:

- Develops, tracks and updates total project budgets, estimates material and resource costs and controls changes to ensure projects are completed within their approved budgets.
- Develops the master project schedule and monitors and updates throughout the duration of the project to ensure timely project completion.
- Identifies project risks, develops a risk management strategy and controls project risks.
- Ensures projects satisfy required needs by identifying relevant quality standards and ensuring a system of quality control and monitoring is established and utilized to ensure successful project delivery.
- Manages the implementation of the Region’s accommodation standard and vendor of record
- Prepares RFP, RFQ and RFT documents. Prepares tender packages (drawings and specifications) for capital projects related to furniture and staff accommodations.
- Manages the change management pr