Project Manager

Overview:
We deliver capital project solutions to fulfill our clients’ needs across the built environment. The work we do makes a difference in communities and for the people who live there. We have a passion for it.

Our commitment to realizing our clients' vision inspires us to look beyond the immediate - to the _possibilities_ of what we can achieve together. We are 15,000 projects and counting - improving lives and helping shape the growth of sustainable, progressive and inclusive communities.

This is a leadership opportunity suited for someone with experience in furniture planning and selection where they can assist clients by facilitating discussion about how to populate their new spaces with furniture that supports optimal working scenarios. As a valued resource you will bring 7+ years of furniture and interior design management experience combined with broader project management capabilities.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to work closely with clients (owners and architecture teams) to provide optimal furniture planning solutions within their unique environments. Taking the operational requirements of the space, you work with users to offer various furniture options for their consideration, so that furniture requirements can be refined to the point that technical and performance specification can be developed for open procurement purposes. The development of detailed planning documents (e.g., furniture lists, budgets) is completed with information obtained from user sources, as well as established furniture standards and transferring inventory information. This role will also include activity on Public Private Partnership (P3) projects in the development of output specifications for projects mostly focused on Healthcare.

You will lead the development of furniture procurement documents and analyze responses, giving your clients recommendations on the best solutions based on the established evaluation criteria. You will work with successful vendors to review and approve shop drawings, select materials and finish selections, finalize quotations, and coordinate delivery and installation of the finished product within these spaces.

As a team member in the Furniture, Equipment, and Move Readiness (FEMR) service line, you have the opportunity to assist with equipment planning scope and move management/operational readiness activities to create end to end customized, unique, and quality project outcomes. The multi-sector, non-vendor specific, and national exposure of this business unit creates opportunity, experience, and satisfaction that is unparalleled.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead the planning and programming of projects involving FF&E design, specifications, procurement, and implementation.
- Facilitate User Group and Senior Stakeholder design and project meetings.
- Develop furniture standards
- Develop project documentation, tender and procurement documents
- Interact with consultant teams in the development and effective implementation of project plans related to building space planning and design
- Provide oversight and guidance to assistant project managers on FF&E scope - planning, design, specifications, selection, procurement and installation
- Provide evidence that project consultants, contractors or suppliers have provided services in accordance with the contract requirements
- Populate / space plan AutoCAD / Revit drawings with furniture and equipment blocks
- Develop and maintain AutoCAD / Revit blocks and standards
- Liaise with end users and consultants on project execution
- Coordinate activities to ensure design outcomes meet stated requirements
- Work within our EPA2 equipment and furniture database as applicable
- Review drawings and specifications to assist in ensuring the awarding of contracts to qualified, cost effective and knowledgeable contractors/vendors.
- Ensure that deliverables are identified and fulfilled for our client partners
- Develop output specifications (PSOS) and provide compliance reviews and feedback on Public Private Partnership (P3) projects
- Create and lead client meetings and presentations
- Coordinate and manage showroom tours and installation visits
- Undertake deficiency reviews and project close-out activities
- Oversee furniture and equipment inventory tasks
- Assist with the development of proposal responses, including scope development and pricing

Qualifications:

- A portfolio of work demonstrating design leadership on building development and redevelopment projects involving primary experience in FF&E (particularly furniture) in healthcare or post-secondary education.
- Diploma or Degree in Architecture or Interior Design, or a combination of experience and education. NCIDQ certification would be considered an asset. Knowledge of National building code considered an asset.
- Expertise in space planning and furniture and fixtures specification, estimation, procurement and selection.
- Experience in preparing and writing reports