Capital Projects Manager

**Position**: Capital Projects Manager

**Posting Number**:#25-082

**Union**:Excluded

**Compensation**: $85k to $105k annually (Commensurate with experience)

**Schedule**:8:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday (75 hours bi-weekly)

**Posting Closing Date**:Open until filled

**Organizational Focus**:
Pacifica Housing has been providing safe and affordable homes for almost 35 years. We are a rapidly growing organization dedicated to meeting the housing and support needs of our community. As such, we are committed to building our fast-growing team with a culture that supports our people and reinforces our core values of authenticity, leadership, respect, and social justice.

Pacifica is proud to be a Certified Living Wage Employer by The Living Wage for Families Campaign.

**Primary Objectives**:
**Key Responsibilities**:
**1. Project Management**

- Develop and manage project plans, timelines, and budgets for multiple and concurrent capital improvement projects of varying degrees of scope and complexity.
- Collaborate with internal teams, contractors, architects, and other stakeholders to ensure project objectives are met.
- Monitor project expenditures and ensure projects are completed within budget.
- Ensure all projects meet quality standards and comply with relevant regulations and codes.
- Identify potential project risks and develop mitigation strategies.
- Provide regular updates to senior management on project status, budget, and any issues that arise.
- Collaborate with Pacifica Housing’s procurement specialists to engage the necessary consultants and trades to undertake capital projects.
- Review of supplied drawings and project specifications for operational and/or technical concerns.

**2. Capital Planning**

- Capital Plans for each property owned and/or operated by Pacifica Housing.
- Collaborate with internal teams to ensure Building Condition Assessments are being kept up-to-date.
- Coordinate the hiring of engineers and other professionals to complete detailed system, site and energy studies.
- Collaborate with Pacifica Housing finance, community real estate and operations staff on implementing appropriate annual capital maintenance and capital reserve protocols.
- Keep abreast of updates to the British Columbia, National Building, and Energy Codes and new building technologies.
- Collaborate with internal teams to identify and secure capital renewal and retrofit funding.

**3. Team management, coaching and mentoring**

- Directly supervise and provide leadership to the Building Condition Assessor through coaching, mentoring, regular check-ins, and performance management as needed.
- Support the creation of leadership plans and work plans.

**4. Engagement**

- Represent Pacifica Housing at conferences and community events, demonstrating a commitment to Pacifica’s mission and values.
- Participate in community engagement efforts with support from communications and engagement professionals.
- Collaborate and maintain positive relationships with all teams at Pacifica Housing.
- Build and maintain strong relationships with partners, funders and multiple stakeholders.
- Provide timely and respectful responses to community inquiries or complaints in the spirit of our good neighbor policy.
- Engage and consult with sector peers to support problem solving and decision-making.

**5. Other related tasks and projects as required.**

**Requirements**:
**_ Note:_**_ An equivalent combination of education and experience may be considered._

**Education**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Urban Planning, or Urban Land Economics; master’s degree considered an asset.

**Experience**:

- Three (3) years’ experience leading or managing real estate development and capital projects.
- Three (3) years’ experience coordinating development project approvals.
- PMP and Risk Management designation an asset.
- Capital plan development experience an asset.
- Work experience in or a related field.
- Experience in the non-profit housing/social services sector an asset.

**Knowledge, Skills & Abilities**:

- Advanced level project and contract management skills.
- Knowledge of planning practices, relevant bylaws, building codes, the Residential Tenancy Act and sector best practices.
- Urban design, site design, building design or servicing design experience an asset.
- Strong financial acumen with experience developing and managing capital budgets
- Knowledge of tendering and procurement practices is essential.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including professional writing and delivering public presentations.
- Effective organizational skills and attention to detail
- A problem solver, who is creative, self-directed and can work with mínimal supervision.
- Demonstrated leadership abilities.
- Proven ability to collaborate with stakeholders and dispute resolution skills
- Excellent interpersonal awareness and an ability to work as a positive member of a team.

**Additional Criteria for Rol