Project Manager - Toronto, Canada - Overwatch Data Center Construction

Description

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management or related technical degree
• 7+ years of construction management or general contractor experience
• 5+ years of mission critical / data center construction management experience
• Frequent, highquality, efficient information flow and escalation is the highest priority for this role.
• Indepth knowledge of commercial construction design, bidding, and execution.
• Cost management and forecasting knowledge.
• Strong organization, planning, and project management skills; ability to prioritize tasks to meet requirements and deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including written and oral communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence decisions through effective verbal and written communication, logical reasoning and the presentation of options and their implications to cost, schedule, quality, and impact on other stakeholders.
• You should be comfortable with financial details, be able to connect it to the big picture and communicate the story behind the numbers.
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse cross functional teams, dive deep into the details, and present findings to senior management.

• Create and establish the Master Project Schedule, based on the Critical Path and Key Project Milestones, then update and enforce team compliance during project life.
• Create and establish the Master Project Budget, including soft costs and hard costs, bonds, insurance, contingencies, allowances, etc.
• Contractor prequalification, bid solicitation, bid analysis and recommendations
• Contract negotiation, typically in concert with the Client's PM and legal counsel, including establishment of design consultants and all GC "business terms" including markups, fees, insurance, labor rates, escalation, etc.
• Design Team coordination to Client's predetermined Design Guidelines and standards
• Assist with City and/or other Authority approvals process, permitting, etc.
• Constructability review of the project documents

• Project Cash Planning and Cash flow projections
• Assist client in identifying, scoping, buyingout and scheduling of all Ownerdirect vendors and consultants, including internal vendors (IT, security, etc.)
• Manage General Contractor, i.e. including compliance with construction contracts, contract budget, changes, payment terms, schedule management, and all other responsibilities within their construction contract.
• Cost Management / Change Control, including invoice review, change order review, negotiations, recommendations, and delay analysis

• Budget Management and Tracking
• Schedule monitoring, tracking and analysis
• Document control (track and coordinate addenda, bulletins, new drawing sets, clarifications, etc.)
• QA/QC assistance

• Site Safety Monitoring & Reporting
• Invoice / Payment Application processing, tracking and reporting
• Tracking of all key project documents, including submittals, RFI's, change orders, invoices and payments, lien releases, etc.
• Coordination and management of all Ownerdirect vendors, consultants and internal Vendors
• Regular updating of Master Project Budget, Schedule and Project Cash Flow through life of project
• Commissioning: Oversee the Commissioning Plan and the Commissioning process to completion and final reporting
• Data Center Construction and Fit Up
• Initiate and oversee the entire close out process prior to project completion, typically two to three months in Advance
• Know the 5 levels of Data Center Commissioning; enforce compliance to those 5 levels.
• Establish close out documentation requirements. Collect and track receipt of all closeout documents until completion, including warranties, "asbuilts", O&M manuals, etc.
• Assist A/E team with entitlements/ permitting and occupancy with local government.
• Manage punch list, substantial completion and final completion process
• Negotiate, resolve and close out any outstanding change orders, quality issues or disputes
• Prepare and submit final project accounting and budget
• Assist clients in scheduling, coordination and management of all Ownerdirect vendors, consultants and internal vendors.
• Manages all facets of project management (budget, schedule, procurement, quality & risk) for individual real estate projects including planning, design, construction, occupancy and closeout.
• Implements communication plans for meetings and written reports/meeting minutes to keep client and project resources informed. Facilitates project meetings.
• Implements project documentation governance aligned with company and Client requirements. Ensure project data integrity and documentation is accurate, timely and coordinated.
• Tracks progress of each project against goals, objective