Senior Project Manager

Position Title: Senior Project Manager

Location: Calgary, AB

Salary Range: $120,000 - $160,000

The Senior Project Manager plays a ‘hands‑on’ role as the primary point of contact for commercial projects globally. This position is responsible for executing projects, developing project schedules and budgets, managing trades and ensuring successful, on‑time and on‑budget (margin‑focused) project completion within their scope. The SPM will interface with internal and external stakeholders including Regional Sales Managers, trades, subcontractors, architects, engineers, technicians, designers and suppliers across approximately a dozen vertical markets.

• On‑site general contract management, including installation activities
• Develop and manage project budgets and scope changes
• Schedule the project in logical steps and budget time required to meet deadlines
• Evaluate and vet all subcontractors bidding on projects
• Support Regional Sales Managers in providing cost estimates and product information for customer proposals
• Inspect and review project sites to monitor and ensure compliance with building and safety codes and other applicable regulations
• Interpret and communicate plans and contract terms to administrative staff, workers and clients, representing the owner or developer
• Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, engineers, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors
• Prepare project schedules, ensuring milestones are clearly defined, tracked and communicated to all stakeholders
• Identify and manage changes or issues that may impact project timelines, budgets or deliverables
• Prepare detailed scope documents and proposals outlining project objectives, scope of work, budgets and schedules

• Offer value engineering recommendations
• Maintain timely and consistent communication with both internal and external customers
• Identify and engage qualified local subcontractors for defined scopes of work

• Solid working knowledge of Construction Management and on‑site project management
• Ability to interpret design and construction documentation and drawings
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project

• Post‑secondary degree in Construction Science, Architecture or a related field preferred; equivalent extensive construction management experience will also be considered
• Minimum of 5 years of experience in project management for commercial construction projects or equivalent

• Strong technical aptitude related to the trades
• Knowledge of site‑specific requirements including training, safety, testing, screening, union regulations, permits and inspections
• Proven project management and organizational skills
• High attention to detail

• Willingness to travel
• Self‑motivated, disciplined and managed
• Detail oriented
• Able to communicate succinctly and clearly
• Effective problem‑solving skills
• Timely, respects rigid schedules and deadlines, strives to meet deadlines, takes responsibility/accountability for missed schedules

• Ability to travel globally without restrictions
• Must be capable of performing the physical demands of the role as needed

• Primarily office‑based, with extended periods of sitting and computer use
• Calgary, AB based position