
Associate Project Manager
- Ottawa, ON
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Plans and oversees the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects. At this level, projects managed are typically of low complexity, risk and exposure.
- In collaboration with project concerned parties, defines project scope, deliverables and requirements.
- Develops and implements project plans.
- Determines resource and budget requirements, cost estimates, and timelines.
- Identifies project risks and develops and implements mitigation and contingency plans.
- Monitors project delivery against timelines and ensures timely completion.
- Oversees the activities of project team members and monitors project task completion.
- Communicates project status to relevant concerned parties.
- Ensures projects are delivered on time, within scope, budget and requirements, and complies with all regulatory, environmental and health and safety requirements.
- Develops and maintains effective relationships with clients.
- Responsible for resolving issues, managing client expectations, and ensuring client satisfaction.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Project will be initiated immediately; Project manager works with the operations team to identify and collect requirements.
- Start an immediate risk assessment, cost estimates, and kick off meeting with all concerned parties as an introduction and forecast of next steps.
- Funding is generally completed “on the fly” a good understanding of benchmarking, and or current industry costs to provide budgets to the client.
- Able to work independently on challenges to ensure the project keeps moving.
- Understands the importance of a regular cadence of communication.
- Navigate the client's organization, to capture who should be engaged and when for project updates.
- Schedule updates, risks, and opportunity updates.
- Community college diploma preferably in architectural technology, construction technology, engineering technology or equivalent work experience.
- 1 to 3 years of project management work experience; or 5 to 7 years of project coordination work experience.
- Project management - proven ability and experience in delivering projects on-time, on-budget, within specifications and in-compliant with all requirements including but not limited to regulatory, environmental, health, and safety requirements.
- Project Budget management - proven ability and experience in developing and managing budgets.
- Project risk mitigation and management - proven ability and experience in mitigating and managing project risks.
- Communication - strong communication, influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
- Relationship building - proven ability and experience in building and maintaining effective relationships.
- Client management - proven ability and experience in managing client relationships and expectations.
- Client service orientation - strong client service orientation.
- Project team leadership - proven ability and experience in project team leadership.
- Vendor management - proven ability and experience in managing vendor performance.
- Quality - possesses a continuous improvement and quality mindset along with a desire to continuously seek and incorporate best practices and technologies in order to optimize program delivery and deliver value to the client.
- Computer proficiency - proficient in and experience with MS Office suite of applications along with proven ability to quickly learn new applications.
- High sense of urgency.
- Excellent communicator both verbal and written.
- Able to create project schedules independently.
- Ability to create class D estimates, without consultant support.
- Strong multitasker, juggling multiple projects simultaneously at various stages of development.
- Understanding of the construction industry.
- Able to differentiate on reporting to executives and team members.
- Create business cases for funding, with clear and precise information to ensure funding approvals.
- Goal orientated.
- Understanding of impacts and implements creative solutions.
- Project Management Institute Accreditation, in progress.
- LEED certification; in progress.
- Construction Administration Certificate