POSITION SUMMARY:
Milestone Environmental Contracting Inc. (MECI) is seeking a Project Manager to provide overall direction for the completion of environmental remediation projects. Project Managers are responsible for project performance including costs, schedule, planning, project coordination, quality, and project status. It is essential that they establish and maintain excellent relationships with subcontractors, consultants, administrative support, and our clients.
Your attention to detail and exceptional time-management will be called upon regularly to process contract drawings and their specifications, record contract changes, make budget revisions and provide input into cost control.
Your contribution will be integral in the areas of performing material take-offs and pricing for project control recording, and reviewing bid documents (specifications, drawings, addendums, bid alternates, delivery dates, and bid closing dates.)
All the above will be performed by tapping into your excellent organizational and computer skills, utilizing software to manage data and facilitate effective retrieval of information.
You will be responsible for representing Milestone in a professional way that reflects our core values of Ingenuity, Entrepreneurial Spirit, Caring, Accountability and Collaboration.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Prepare contracts and negotiate changes to contractual agreements with Clients, suppliers, and subcontractors.
- Manage and report on project performance to senior management.
- Authorize project expenditures and procurement requisitions, i.e., purchase orders, invoices, and expense claims within higher limits of authority.
- Motivate project team staff to deliver quality results on time and on budget, and mentor others for success.
- Working with the project superintendent to establish and maintain our strict health and safety culture and environmental programs.
- Ensuring comprehensive project close-out
- Efficiently managing project meetings.
Health and Safety
- Reads, understands, and follows MECI’s Corporate Health and Safety Program, Policy, and Procedures. Ensures health and safety is considered in the performance of all activities both on and off the job. Participation in H & S initiatives will be monitored and reviewed as necessary.
QUALIFICATIONS:
Education Requirements:
- The ideal candidate will have a degree from an accredited university in a discipline relevant to project management, engineering, or equivalent, and a track record for leading large projects.
Experience Required:
- Minimum of 3 years related experience is a must. Experience working in the environmental contracting industry is desired.
- Experience with Heavy Bid and Heavy Job software is desired.
- Experience working with Indigenous communities is an asset.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Exceptional time-management.
- Excellent writing and verbal communications.
- Ability to work independently.
- Punctual and reliable.
- Organized and detail oriented.
- Work well with others.
- Problem solving.
- Decisions making.
- Critical thinking.
- Job task planning and organizing.
- Computer proficient
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
- Work is primarily in an office environment out of one of our offices (Peterborough, Cambridge, Ottawa) but requires frequent travel to work sites, to monitor the progress of work and to meet with Site Superintendents and clients.
- Must be willing to travel.
HOW TO APPLY:
- Please send your resume to: MariaC@milestoneenv.ca
We thank all applicants for their interest. Only those being considered for an interview will be contacted.