Project Director - Richmond, Canada - Wales McLelland Construction
Description
ABOUT WALES MCLELLAND
Wales McLelland is an industry leader, well established in BC, working mainly in the Lower Mainland. We have been in operation for over 50 years.
Our success has been driven by and is thanks to our employees' years of experience and excellence in the field.
They're the reason why we have a name that our partners trust.Simply put, we're family, and we're always looking to welcome new talent to the team.
We are a general contractor that provides pre-construction, design-build, and construction management services for industrial, commercial, and institutional clients, we specialize in tilt-up construction.
***: The Project Director is responsible for the overall management of assigned projects; including planning, organizing, and directing the project management team to achieve the schedule, budget, quality, profitability, client relationship management, and safety goals of the Company.
The Project Director provides leadership and management to a team of directly reporting Project Managers and Project Coordinators through motivation, mentoring, monitoring KPI's and performance management.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Plan, lead, and schedule planning and kickoff meetings.
- Prepare monthly project reports, such as project status reports, cost forecasting, cash flows, and safety and quality updates and issues.
- Oversee project closeout and evaluate the outcomes of the project as established during the planning phase and provide a final report on the lessons learned.
- Review, approve, and submit invoices for assigned projects timely and ensure accuracy and completeness.
- Ensure overall client satisfaction through timely and professional responses to questions and concerns, submission of deliverables, and proactively identifying and addressing issues.
- Maintain excellent and professional relationships with clients, consultants, subcontractors, site staff, and internal project team, representing the Company in a positive light in all interactions.
- Identify and lock in savings from the original project estimate in the first monthly project cost report.
- Meet or exceed schedule estimates, with consideration for days added to the schedule via a signed change order.
- Ensure the timeliness and accuracy of project documentation and contract administration.
- Lead project safety standards and environmental programs by example, promote them to others, and ensure they are always adhered to.
- Monitor, track, and regularly report assigned projects' metrics and resources and identify barriers to project success; create and implement contingency plans to address and mitigate risks.
- Participate in the review and approval of tender bid analysis reports and subcontract awards.
- Participate in all aspects of the development and preconstruction project phases.
- Monitor, manage, and report project costs, budgets, staffing requirements, project resources, project risks, and review monthly cost reports.
- Review and approve progressive payments for the contractors and consultants as authorized.
- Maintain excellent, professional relationships with internal and external stakeholders, such as municipalities, clients, consultants, contractors, suppliers, and WM staff.
- Represent the project management group at the preconstruction stage of projects to assist where applicable in predeal negotiations, review of project risks, and engagement of consultant teams.
- Provide support to the Director of Operations in the design of long
- Oversee and direct assigned project teams in review of all change order issues, claims/disputes, including tracking, negotiating, processing, and assessing cost and schedule impacts.
- Ensure Prime contract terms and conditions are clearly understood by the entire PM team including supplementary conditions.
- Run and manage jobs as a Project Manager as needed and directed.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Postsecondary education in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 10 years' experience in the construction field, preferably on industrial and commercial construction projects.
- Previous experience as a Project Director or Director of Construction, ideally overseeing a team of construction professionals.
- Demonstrable ability to build relationships and to work effectively with people with diverse backgrounds.
- Ability to provide direction and guidance on many complex projects simultaneously in a fastpaced team environment.
- Resultsoriented with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities, teams, and timelines.
- Communicate clearly, proactively, and concisely with all key
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