City : Calgary

Category :

Industry : Materials & Construction

Employer : Stantec

Senior Project Manager - ( 210001QS )

Description

The buildings that make up the landscape of our daily lives seem like permanent fixtures, fastened to a time and place. But what if that didn’t have to be true? What if our built environment — where we live, learn, play, and conduct business — carried us forward instead?

Our Buildings practice keeps people at its heart, recognizing that our shared journey forward is shaped by the meaningful and responsive places we design. From iconic designs to monumental groundbreakings, join us to bring transformational building solutions to life. Every day we apply our expertise, creativity, and passion to propel communities into the future—join us!

Your Opportunity

Our Vancouver office is seeking Project Managers with extensive experience in large complex projects (Healthcare, Commercial, Retail, Aviation, Transportation, Education, and Justice) to join our multidisciplinary team.

Your Key Responsibilities

Project/Practice Management:

• Directly manages large and complex projects to achieve client satisfaction, quality deliverables, schedule, and budgeting objectives
• Works with our Project Team and Partners to create and execute project execution plans, including work plans, resource plans, risk management plans, etc.
• Manages day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope
• Assumes responsibilities (in partnership with the assigned principal) for technical and design excellence
• Ensures project documents, including contracts and additional service requests are approved, and filed in accordance with Stantec processes and procedures

Project Accounting

• Updates project financials on a regular basis (weekly, bi-weekly, monthly) using Stantec’s proprietary tools
• Manages project budget and schedule including tracking and reporting of team hours and expenses
• Determines appropriate revenue/gross margin recognition and analyzes bill rates and utilization targets for project teams
• Ensures timely and accurate invoicing and monitors receivables and collection of invoices

Communications:

• Facilitates and holds regular team and client meetings
• Keeps project team well informed of changes and updates
• Delivers engaging, formative, well-organized presentations both verbally and in writing
• Resolves and/or escalates issues in a timely fashion
• Understands how to communicate difficult/sensitive information

Leadership:

• Mentors and inspires project team members
• Manages team development by aligning project tasks with capabilities and career interests
• Identifies opportunities for improvement and makes constructive suggestions for change
• Remains engaged and knowledgeable regarding emerging industry practices
• Complies with and helps to enforce Stantec policies and procedures
• Actively supports Stantec’s Safer Together and Safety programs and is required to complete all Health and Safety documentation

Teamwork:

• Effectively utilizes each team members to his/her fullest potential
• Motivates team to work together efficiently
• Mitigates team conflict and communication challenges
• Consistently acknowledges and appreciates team members and their contributions
• Keeps track of lessons learned and shares those lessons with team members, peers, and clients
• Plans and facilitates team activities that promote Stantec’s Safer Together Program

Technical Understanding:

• Possesses general understanding of core and shell and interiors design and construction
• Possesses understanding of Stantec capabilities
• Regularly seeks continuing education opportunities to increase knowledge base

Client Management:

• Manages day-to-day client interaction, evaluates and manages client expectations
• Seeks opportunities to increase client satisfaction and develops lasting relationships with clients
• Communicates effectively with clients to identify needs, evaluates alternative solutions, and delivers value added services
• Builds a knowledge base of each client’s business, organization, and objectives

Business Development:

• Identifies business development and additional service opportunities for all Stantec disciplines as they relate to a specific project, program, or client Engages in proposal efforts, including completing project scoping and pricing

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Extensive experience in large complex projects (Healthcare, Commercial, Retail, Aviation, Transportation, Education, and Justice) to join our multidisciplinary team
• Demonstrated experience in Alternative Project Delivery models
• Minimum of 15 years’ experience
• Professional designation and/or PMP preferred

Education and Experience

Bachelor or Master’s degree in project management, architecture, engineering, interior design, or equivalent in work experience

This description is not a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that may be required of the employee and other duties, responsibilities and activities may be assigned or may be changed at any time with or without notice.

Stantec is a place where the best and brightest come to build on each other’s talents, do exciting work, and make an impact on the world around us. Join us and redefine your personal best.

Primary Location : Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver

Other Locations : Canada-Alberta-Calgary, Canada-Alberta-Edmonton

Job : Project Manager

Organization : BC-1443 Buildings-CA British Columbia

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : No

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Mar 7, 2022, 11:40:00 AM

Req ID: 210001QS

Vaccine Policy: Stantec requires some positions in North America to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 subject to reasonable accommodation to the extent required by law because of a medical reason or a sincerely held religious belief.

Stantec provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants for future and current employment and prohibit discrimination on the grounds of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. We prohibit discrimination in decisions concerning recruitment, hiring, referral, promotion, compensation, fringe benefits, job training, terminations or any other condition of employment. Stantec is in compliance with local, state and federal laws and regulations and ensures equitable opportunities in all aspects of employment. EEO including Disability/Protected Veterans