Project Manager - St. Albert, Canada - Boudreau Communities

Description

The primary functional role of the Project Manager is to play the lead role in planning, executing, monitoring, controlling and closing projects.

The Project Manager is accountable for the entire project scope, project team, resources and the success or failure of the project.

REQUIREMENTS:

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SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE, & ABILITIES:

• Leadership skills
• Pushing themselves and others to achieve results and exceed goals.
• Sharing knowledge and expectations by mentoring team members
• Being resourceful, energetic and displaying a strong desire to take initiative.
• Awareness of team morale and dedicated to breed a positive culture.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills.
• Communicating clearly, both in writing and verbally, in order to create clear communicative environment between stakeholders and project teams, with focus on planning, execution, and followup.
• Conveying and engaging attitude and optimistic tone with focus on developing longterm field and corporate relationships. Able to work well with others.
• Being able to work well with diverse groups of people in potentially adversarial situations.
• Being able to address concerns as they arise, using a calm, polite and effective approach.
• Strong organizational and time management skills.
• Strong computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office, Adobe/ Bluebeam and project management software.
• Able to compose business documents quickly and with good grammar, punctuation, and spelling skills.
• Strong knowledge of the construction industry, construction techniques, blueprint reading, scheduling, contracts, construction law are considered an asset.
• Ability to adapt and learn new project management software quickly.
• Dedicated to delivery consistent customer service, both internally and externally.
• Strong individual contributor, selfstarter, who has great attention to detail.

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REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS:

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The Project Manager reports directly to the President
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• Purchase office supplies and call for service on equipment.
• Work with customers and consultant team to resolve issues.
• Authority to communicate with the building management company.
• Authority to look for new and/or better ways to track the daytoday operations in their area of responsibility.
• Authority to communicate directly with purchasers/owners.
• Review and approve progress claims, changes, and change orders, within the lines and limits established for each project.
• Issue supplemental instructions and change directives.
• Review and respond to RFI's, submittals, mockups and etc.
• Review and approve purchase agreements, purchase credits and etc.
• Engage in legal disputes, claims, and resolutions

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DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

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Pre-development duties and responsibilities may include:

• Project initiation
• Due diligence research
• Supporting rezoning
• Engagement of design professionals (consulting team),
• Creating schedules

- conceptual budgeting

• Preconstruction duties and responsibilities may include:
• drawing review, specification reviews, design reviews

- coordinating and interacting with the consultant team
- engagement of general contractors, tender review, bidding and negotiation value engineering, review and initiation of construction contracts
- obtain approvals for project funding and obtaining permits.

• Driving the schedule to stay on time
• Construction duties and responsibilities may include:
• on site representation

- ensuring the project is constructed to the required standards and specifications
- scheduling with the general contractor
- review and process payments and/or progress claims

• Manage change order requests from the consultants, general contractor, suppliers and subcontractors.
• Preparation and maintenance of the project budget and schedule.
• Plan and execute building occupancy and project cashflow.
• Create and prepare project summary for stakeholders (schedule, cost and profitability forecasting).
• Driving the schedule to stay on time
• Postconstruction and closeout duties may include:
• Managing the close-out process, occupancies, deficiencies, warranties, and turnover.
• Other duties and responsibilities as needed or as assigned by their supervisor.
• Fully responsible for the review, issuance of maintenance of the project contract.
• Help coordinate and hold the consultant team accountable for required information.
• Manage the general completeness, accuracy, and storage of all project documentation.
• Filter project documents and deliverables (RFIs, submittals, mockups, changes, change orders, progress claims) for accuracy and validity prior to review.
• Identifying and reporting any project risk or opportunities to the team.
• Ensure all insurance policies for all projects are accurate and renewed on time.
• Site visits and reviews will be required. Proper PPE may be required and is mandatory.
• Dress Code
• Business casual, with the understanding you need to be dre