Project Manager – Hamilton, ON

SKYGRiD Construction is committed to redefining the delivery of construction projects by driving our relationship with the customer. Our strength in achieving this lies in our knowledge and experience of the industry and our enthusiasm in applying new ideas to construction management while respecting best practices. SKYGRiD Construction is young, flexible, agile, and growing!

The Project Manager oversees the project teams on their assigned sites to establish the project scope and ensure the job is completed within budget and according to schedule. The PM manages relationships with consultants, trades, owners, and other key stakeholders to provide updates regarding the project’s progress, changes in schedule and budget, and notify them of any potential risks and associated implications. As a member of the SKYGRiD team, this individual focuses on investing time and effort in grooming up and coming leaders in the organization, providing mentoring, coaching and growth opportunities to help more junior employees realize their potential.

Key Responsibilities:

• Oversees the project teams on their assigned sites to establish the project scope and ensure the job is completed within budget and according to schedule.
• Provide overall management, administrative and technical direction for one or more projects.
• Reviewing initial drawings and project scope and ensure that the project is built in accordance with these documents.
• Conducting routine site visits to oversee the progress and scheduling of the trades.
• Identifying and advising the senior management team of potential problems, work interferences or schedule difficulties while assisting in circumventing/resolving such conflicts.
• Overseeing the tendering of and revision of contracts.
• Working with in-house Estimator(s) to review project scope, determine budget allocation and participate in the proposal stage.
• Overseeing the preliminary construction schedule with the Project Superintendent and Team.
• Overseeing and signing off on various reports produced by the Project Team including monthly reports and submittal reports.
• Enforce company and project policies, main client interface, and are responsible for project performance including: budget/costs, schedule, quality and overall project status.
• The ability to read, interpret, analyze, and forecast a project’s costs and determine the status of the job in terms of schedule and costing.
• Assessing potential risks and notifying owners on a continuous basis.
• Conduct and efficiently manage project meetings weekly, bi-weekly or monthly as needed.
• Assure compliance with project construction schedule and budgets and assume responsibility for the commissioning of the project.
• Ensure the implementation of SKYGRiD’s Safety Program to create a safe work environment throughout the jobsites.

Liaising with Owners, Consultants and Trades:

• Maintain excellent relationships with clients, key stakeholders, consultants, and trades.
• Meeting with consultants on a bi-weekly basis to review progress, discuss any changes in the structure or design and the impact on budget and schedule.
• Meeting with owners on a routine basis to provide bi-weekly updates on the status of the project, notify them of obstacles and challenges, and changes in timelines or budgets.
• Ensuring schedules are clearly communicated to trades and they are held accountable for meeting these schedules and deadlines.
• Liaising between consultants, trades, and clients to communicate changes in the scope of the project to other parties, discussing implications on the schedule and budget, and substantiating the case for such changes.
• When changes in the scope of a project are made, working with consultants to explore and cost out feasible and creative options to address these changes and presenting these options to our clients.
• Requesting weekly updates from trades on progress and status of project.
• Working with trades to coordinate scheduling and organize the order of work to be completed.
• Preparing monthly reports for owners and presenting for sign-off.

Coaching and Mentoring

• Providing learning opportunities to more junior counterparts on the team.
• Coaching team members and providing constructive feedback to assist in their professional growth.
• Contributing regular feedback and evaluating all team members annually.

Required Skills, Knowledge, Qualifications and Experience:

• Applicant must have at least a degree in engineering, construction management or other relevant disciplines; a M.Sc. degree is a plus.
• At least 10 years’ experience with large Residential and ICI construction projects in the Canadian Market.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently as well as part of a team.
• Must have the ability to use MS Office programs including word, excel, outlook, and PowerPoint to a high standard.
• Must have a strong ability using onscreen takeoff and Bluebeam, this is a necessity.
• Being familiar with AutoCAD architecture & Revit, is a benefit but not necessary.
• It is essential that the applicant can understand engineering drawings, blueprints, specifications, and construction practices and use this knowledge efficiently on a day to day basis as projects and budget preparations progress.
• Must be capable of understanding agreements and RFPs.

SKYGRiD is committed to building a diverse workforce representative of the communities we serve. Only selected candidates will be contacted for an interview. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the recruitment and assessment (if applicable) process as required under SKYGRiD’s Accessibility policies and procedures. Applicants must make their accommodation needs known upon requests for interviews.

SKYGRiD is an Equal Opportunity Employer.