Design and Construction Project Manager

**Design and Construction Project Manager**:
**Job ID**:

- 228271

**Posting status**:

- Open

**Organization**:

- Ministry of Transportation

**Division**:

- Operations Division, Highway Operations

**City**:

- Kingston

**Position(s) language**:

- English

**Job term**:

- 1 Temporary

**Job code**:

- 6A011 - Technical06

**Salary**:

- $82,217.00 - $121,155.00 Per year
- The Ministry of Transportation is looking for a motivated individual to provide leadership, technical direction and contract administration expertise for the planning, design and construction of transportation infrastructure.**About the job**: In this role, you will:

- provide overall project direction and consultant oversight for multiple, concurrent and complex construction projects from preconstruction to post construction phases
- assess and ensure engineering drawings, reports and contract documentation are complete, and comply with the requirements of the project
- monitor, verify and recommend payment of contractor, consultant expenditures; forecast expenditures and costs
- provide technical advice on design and contract administration issues
- provide instruction and advice to the consultants/contractors concerning ministry decisions, recommendations, or requirements
- represent the ministry in public forums where aspects of the project may be controversial

**What you bring to the team**:
**Mandatory requirements**:
**Technical Knowledge**: You have knowledge of:

- contract administration principles/practices applicable to highway and bridge construction
- financial control principles to forecast and monitor project expenditures, and ensure compliance with ministry policies and procedures
- civil engineering theories, standards, construction practices and principles with emphasis on contract management
- geotechnical and structural design, to develop, analyze and recommend engineering designs and proposals for complex transportation projects.

**Project Management, Planning and Organizational Skills**:

- you are able to coordinate multiple projects and oversee consultant Contract Administration teams, and evaluate consultants' performance in the delivery of design and construction projects and prepare assessments
- you are able to provide overall project direction and consultant oversight for multiple, concurrent and complex engineering and construction projects from pre-engineering to postconstruction phases

**Advice/Technical Expertise/Leadership Skills**: Advice/Technical Expertise/Leadership Skills to:

- provide technical advice on design and contract administration issues, constructability, construction methods/issues and standards
- initiate and lead multi-disciplinary project teams comprised of both technical and professional staff
- reviews, comment on or author new initiatives, specifications, alternative project delivery models and associated documentation
- Provide technical expertise and leadership during the design, construction and operations phases of major and multiple transportation projects

**Communication, Interpersonal, Negotiation Skills**: You have:

- oral and written communication skills to prepare reports, briefing notes and presentations, and to liaise with consultants/contractors, partners and the public
- interpersonal and influencing skills to discuss and resolve construction issues, and encourage good working relationships and performance to deliverables
- persuasion and negotiation skills to obtain agreement on incorporating contract changes that may have impacts on schedules, deliverables and budget
- presentation and facilitation skills to present proposals to technical/non-technical audiences, provide instruction and advice to consultants/contractors, and coordinate/provide training to internal/external partners.

**Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills**: Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills to:

- develop alternative solutions to complex issues
- analyze and develop solutions/mitigation to complex issues relating to design, construction, operations and contract management
- assess compliance and successful completion of complex construction contracts in accordance with legislation, regulations, procedures, guidelines and accepted construction standards.**How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility**: We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.

Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's _Human Rights Code_ and the _Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005._ We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and re