Construction Manager

**Requisition ID**:176101

**Job Level**:Senior Level

**Home District/Group**: Eastern Canada District

**Department**:Field Operations

**Market**:Transportation

**Employment Type**:Full Time

**Position Overview**:
The Operations Manager/Construction Manager is the individual with overall accountability for a project and or projects. They're primarily concerned with ensuring that the project delivers the agreed business benefits. This person acts as the representative of the organization, and plays a vital leadership role for the business supporting the Canadian transit market.

**District Overview**:
Eastern Canada District's projects include highways, bridges, mass transit, mine site development & open pit operations, hydroelectric powerhouses, wind-power plants, dams & industrial. They serve the construction and mining industries and operates in Eastern Canada.

**Location**:
This position will be based out of** Oakville** ON, and will support projects over all over Canada.

**Responsibilities**:

- Providing 'championship' for the project, selling and marketing the project throughout the organization
- Providing business expertise and guidance to the Project Manager
- Acting as the link between the project, the business community and perhaps most importantly, management decision making groups
- Acting as an arbitrator and making decisions that may be beyond the authority of the Project Manager
- Ensuring that the business need is valid, correctly prioritized and project is properly launched
- Ensuring that the project remains a viable business proposition
- Ensuring changes to the project are properly managed and risks are assessed
- Establishing the project organization, roles and reporting structure
- Ensuring the project is following all Safety Guidelines and policies
- Approving key project deliverables
- Initiating project reviews and supporting the process of review with project team
- Resolving issues (typically competition for resources and priority clashes)
- Resolving conflict and removing obstacles to progress

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**Qualifications**:

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering in any discipline from a four-year college or university
- At least 6+ years’ related experience and/or training in construction industry
- Experience leading multi-million dollar contracts, including ownership of operations, project administration, client relations and all other scopes relative to large construction projects.
- Professional Engineer License (desirable) #LI-GH

**Other Requirements**:

- Regular, reliable attendance
- Work productively and meet deadlines timely
- Communicate and interact effectively and professionally with supervisors, employees, and others individually or in a team environment
- Perform work safely and effectively. Understand and follow oral and written instructions, including warning signs, equipment use, and other policies.
- Work during normal operating hours to organize and complete work within given deadlines. Work overtime and weekends as required.
- May work at various different locations and conditions may vary
- We offer our fulltime staff employees a comprehensive benefits package that’s among the best in our industry, including top-tier medical, dental and vision plans covering eligible employees and dependents, voluntary wellness and employee assistance programs, life insurance, disability, retirement plans with matching, and generous paid time off._
- We believe in equal opportunity in employment practices without discrimination and comply with all laws regarding human rights in the provinces where we operate._