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Project Manager at Turner & Townsend in Montreal, Quebec, CA
Job Description
Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.
Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.
Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.
We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.
Job Description:Who are you?
You are a Project Manager with experience in commercial construction and renovation, with between two to five years of postgraduate experience, seeking a new opportunity, and currently holding a similar position in a comparable environment.
Key responsibilities:
- Advanced knowledge of best practices and applications in commercial construction and renovation project management.
- Manage stakeholders, including client representatives, architects, interior designers, engineers, general contractors, property owners, suppliers, and other consultants.
- Lead and facilitate design and pre-construction meetings and actively participate in construction meetings.
- Ensure quality control and the implementation of established processes and collaborate with stakeholders.
- Prepare project execution reports for key stakeholders and program governance, including scheduling and progress metrics and key performance indicators.
- Ensure project monitoring and control, including financial management, schedule management, and risk management.
- Act as the client’s primary point of contact throughout the project, ensuring alignment of business objectives, budget, schedule, and scope of work.
- Analyze and validate cost estimates, bids, and change orders, and provide informed recommendations to clients prior to key decisions.
- Manage change orders, including assessing their impact on cost, schedule, and quality, as well as overseeing their approval and communicating them to stakeholders.
- Ensure regulatory and contractual compliance, including permits, applicable standards, property owner requirements, and the contractual obligations of suppliers and contractors.
- Plan and oversee the commissioning and project close-out phase, including final inspections, deficiency resolutions, end-of-project documentation, and the transition to operations.
- A degree in business management, construction management, engineering, project management, or a related technical field.
- Between two to five years of project management experience on projects and programs.
- Strong communications kills, both verbal and written, and the ability to supervise team members.
- Multitasking and time management in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to work in a team environment and independently.
- Ability to bring innovation to existing processes and procedures.
- Strong analytical skills with a strong ability in data visualization.
- A good understanding of standard forms of construction contracts in Canada.
- Bilingualism in French/English is required, as this role involves communication with stakeholders and leaders’ location outside Quebec who primarily work in English.
Preferred:
- Accreditation by PMI or similar professional associations.
- Previous experience in contract management.
- Willingness to travel within Quebec and potentially to other provinces.
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Additional Information:What's in it for you...
- 100% covered health and dental benefits for you and your dependents (including paramedical services)
- Health spending account, to top up expenses not covered in the benefits program
- RRSP option with company matching
- Annual learning and development budget
- Access to a range of online learning tools, and support for career development and growth
- Coverage of one professional membership or license fee per year, if directly related to your role
- We believe in work-life balance, so you can recharge and take care of what matters most with vacation, flex and sick days
- A flexible, hybrid work approach that allows colleagues to find balance between their professional and personal lives
- Commitment to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture that promotes a sense of belonging
Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.
Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.
Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.
It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.
We may use automated or AI-based tools to support the screening, assessment, or selection of applicants.
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