Project Manager

Modern Niagara helps building owners managers and general contractors meet the mechanical electrical integrated building technology and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Toronto Southwestern Ontario and Ottawa. We also develop custom turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canadas infrastructure and on the communities where we live learn work and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion initiative determination professionalism and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and as a result our award-winning safety culture has a record thats well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara you will work alongside values-driven safety-conscious and high-impact teams in a fast-paced innovative and collaborative environment. Here your knowledge skills and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canadas infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNAs Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazines Gold Winner for Canadas Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canadas Best Health Safety Culture Award as well as Canadas Best Health Safety Leader Award.

The mission of a Project Manager is to manage the budget schedule and work closely with the foremen subcontractors and vendors to deliver a successful project. One of the key success factors is to assist Project Delivery teams with successfully completing projects within the planning process. The Project Manager focuses on reaching the overall financial goals of their projects in collaboration with the Operations Team.

The Project Manager role encompasses a wide range of duties which include but are not necessarily limited to the following: budgets managing labour purchasing administration cost control supplier and subcontractor coordination communication scheduling pricing of change orders financial management of projects establishing and managing client relationships. Project Managers are viewed as the project leads and have a direct line of communication with General Contractors and owners; the expectation is to promote all faculties of Modern Niagara (specifically Services) to clients for the complete building life annual cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Responsible for building the budget procuring equipment and subcontractors while billingand collecting funds for their respective projects in line with the KPI targets as determined bymanagement on a quarterly basis.
• Participate in estimating turnover meetings preconstruction meetings and post constructionmeetings.
• Complete monthly financial forecasting reports and participates in project status reviewmeetings.
• Attends client and construction meetings as required and to disseminate the information towork force subcontractors and suppliers.
• Manage and coordinate the equipment and systems commissioning process.
• Contributing as necessary to the pre-construction process by reviewing contracts anddetermining project scope planning and estimating prior to execution.
• Maintaining safety standards in all aspects of each project.
• Preparation and monthly update of the work in progress (WIP) forecast sheets.
• Attends job site progress walks and is aware of project construction status.
• Maintain safety standards in respect of their projects.
• Creates purchase orders for suppliers and subcontractors.
• Breaks out labour budget and reviews break out with Foremen.
• Reviews Foreman labour plan with budget and input.
• Communicates and confers with Foreman on the labour progress and makes financial judgement calls in monthly review on final labour hours.
• PM is aware of field progress and communicates with foremen against the plan.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Post-secondary education in construction management mechanical engineering or equivalent combination of education and field experience.
• Minimum 3 years experience working as a project manager in mechanical contracting required.
• Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents.
• Computer savvy in Microsoft Office (Excel Word Outlook PowerPoint) and computerized scheduling packages.
• Experience with project or construction management software is an asset. (E.g.: Procore)
• Demonstrates the ability to plan and manage to a project schedule
• Knowledge of construction costs and budgets.
• Understanding of all facets of the construction process.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles is an asset.
• Team player energetic resourceful
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in an office and field environment and maintain excellent workingrelationships with others.
• Competent in conflict and crisis management.
• Excellent time and project management skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara we recognize the value of fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women Indigenous Black racialized 2SLGBTQIA people with disabilities and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities experience equitable outcomes and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at

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