Project Manager

**What Cheam First Nation will offer you**:
We believe in fostering a comfortable and collaborative work environment, which includes casual office attire while maintaining professionalism. We also provide a total reward benefit package to employees beginning their first day with extended health and dental benefits that include prescription medicine coverage, eye glass coverage, along with disability and life insurance, in addition to somatic traumatic informed therapy. You are also eligible for employer RPP (Registered Pension Plan) match along with paid vacation days in your first year of employment.

Cheam determines an individual’s pay based on multiple factors including experience, education, job-related skills, and equity within the team. The compensation range for this role is $59,000CAD - $75,000CAD.

**We are eager to connect with you, if**:

- You have the ability to lead team initiatives and projects
- You are a self-motivator and takes on new initiatives
- You possess superior communication skills and problem-solving skills
- You have excellent priority time management, organizational, planning, and analytical skills
- You are a highly motivated with strong interpersonal and people skills
- You have the ability to work autonomously while being able to positively collaborate within teams and groups
- You're highly organized, detail oriented with an eye for quality and accuracy
- You have the ability to balance competing priorities, multitask and work under pressure with tight deadlines
- You can facilitate an environment of high performance. Mentor and support the development of self and the project team members
- Ability to work in a team geared, cultural and politically sensitive environment
- Direct experience working with First Nations government is considered an asset
- Experience working with First Nations community is considered an asset.
- Knowledge, respect and understanding of Stó:lō culture, traditions and language is considered an asset
- Understanding of the Contaminated Site Regulations is considered an asset
- Understanding of fish habitat regulations and the Riparian Area Regulations is considered an asset
- Understanding of development of legal documents, such as rights of way, easements and restrictive covenants is considered an asset
- You can maintain confidentiality and abide by Cheam First Nation policies and procedures

**A day at the office could include**:

- Creating work plans,, engaging the necessary personnel, and assigning the right duties to the right people
- Coordinating tasks by different people on different sites to ensure uniformity upon project completion
- Ensuring timely completion of projects
- Working within the budget by adequately estimating the costs and cutting nnecessary expenses
- Procuring and allocating resources to ensure there is no shortage while avoiding any unnecessary delays caused by management decisions
- Managing both internal and external risks within the project’s lifetime, such as poor planning designs, and government policies, which directly or indirectly affect the project
- Reviewing land due diligence packages, including geotechnical and environmental reports and assisting in creating site preparation budgets. Participating in design meetings to analyze development plans and specifications for coordination, constructability, value engineering, and completeness
- Coordinating with pre-construction and design to generate final lot and building layouts and develop site preparation and servicing concepts
- Preparing final site preparation and offsite servicing estimates and determining the method to deliver the scopes of work (schedule, contract types, etc.)
- Managing the construction permit process (ESC, Soil Deposit, Hwy Use, Clearing, Demolition, etc.)
- Managing the consultants’ work and contracts for construction services
- Tendering, awarding, and managing all contractors for site preparation and offsite servicing projects
- Coordinating all site-construction activities including safety, planning, scheduling, administration of contracts, supervising, resolving, and reporting on projects
- Managing post construction documentation processes (as-builts/CCC/FAC etc.)
- Managing security deposits and reductions through to maintenance and completion
- Ensuring timely completion of all shop drawings and approvals
- Preparing cost to complete, cash flows and internal project reporting
- Ensuring quality, safety, legislation and industry standards are met or exceeded
- Establishing and maintaining relationships with consultants, contractors, and suppliers to ensure CFN is obtaining high quality workmanship for the best market prices
- Oversight of public works and housing department functions
- Staff Supervision

**Qualifications & Experience**:

- Minimum of 5 years’ experience in Project Management in relevant fields - Municipal Engineering, or Development Management
- Experience in pre-development/pre-construction, project man