Overview

Project Director – Commercial Construction - Ontario, Canada

Reporting to the Director of Operations, the Project Director is accountable for the quality and execution of major construction projects.

This position is office based but will require travel to project sites.

Package: Salary Range $200K - $220K (£106K - £117K) + Car Allowance, Bonus, Share Scheme and Mobile & Laptop + Relocation Allowance & Full Visa Application

What You Will Be Working On

Opportunity Management and Opportunity Response

• Support and be active in identifying Business Development opportunities that bring in new projects.
• As required, lead bid proposal responses to clients with the support of marketing and other team members.

Preconstruction

• Develop, manage, and maintain new and existing clients, consultant, and trade relationships.
• Ensure all contract negotiations are executed in accordance with process and in line with the master project schedule.
• Ensure that all preconstruction planning activities are executed by the project team to the satisfaction of the organization and the client.
• Ensure the project strategy is always executed.
• Ensure that the projects are properly resourced.
• Ensure that all project budgets contain/exceed expectations for profit.
• Ensure the project team is operating as a team.

Construction

• Lead the development of a project strategy that secures the project, and meet or exceed the project’s required performance, schedule, and profitability targets.
• Confirm that estimate/cost plan incorporates value for the owner, accommodates the consultant’s design intent and the targeted profitability.
• Conduct the negotiation and oversee the preparation and execution of the prime contract.
• Exhibit the key values of leadership, innovation, relationships, and profitability and meet all stakeholder commitments (vs. safety, sustainability, collaboration, and integrity) as outlined in our Promise.
• Ensure project health, safety and environmental standards meet or exceed legislated requirements and company policy.
• Assist the Construction Director with day-to-day operations.
• Always know project critical issues and ensure that project team has followed up to address issues to satisfaction of all stakeholders including Stuart Olson.
• Responsible for understanding and overseeing that site process, productivity, targets, KPI’s, dashboards, etc. are adhered to.
• Keep the Construction Director informed of significant developments.

Post Construction

• Ensure that the project teams clear all deficiencies in a timely manner.
• Ensure total completion is achieved as per the client’s expectation.
• Ensure projects close out and lessons learned meetings take place for continuous improvements to take place.

Employee and Talent Management

• Lead in the recruitment of new talent and support the development of personnel through on-going coaching and mentoring to ensure effective, safe project delivery and individual career development.
• Develop high performance employees by effectively recruiting suitable new talent, providing continuous positive and constructive feedback, on-going assessment of non-performing employees and planning for succession.
• Coach and mentor the project team members to ensure effective preconstruction delivery.
• Conduct annual performance reviews of all direct reports, and ensure annual reviews are conducted with all staff.

What We Are Looking For

• Undergraduate degree in engineering or construction management
• 15+ years’ experience in construction
• 10 years’ experience in a project management role in a construction company
• Track record of successful commercial project management of major building construction projects is more than $100 million.
• Ability to use ERP’s, MS Word, Excel, Outlook, Microsoft Projects & Primavera P6 and Electronic Document Management
• Deep expertise and proven track record with respect to the continuous improvement project delivery services and value-added constructability process and practice
• Experience in gaining major bids with joint venture partners, with proven management of successful infrastructure and construction bids.
• Proven ability to ensure successful completion of projects, their profitability, and for retaining owners as continuing clients of the company.
• Ability to lead and operate within an environment where change happens frequently.
• Commitment to recruiting, mentoring, training, and retaining a focused team; the foresight and ability to delegate accordingly.
• Strong leadership capability as evidenced by demonstrable success in team / collaborative work environments.
• Ability to forge, grow and maintain positive relationships with multiple groups.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and meet the time demands of unpredictable activities, capable of handling pressure and challenges in a dynamic business environment.
• Ability to work within tight deadlines and prioritization of work to achieve them.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, troubleshooting, problem-solving skills, and a high degree of accuracy and attention to detail
• Highly developed interpersonal, communication, and organizational skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with a positive attitude.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills