Assistant Project Manager - Real Estate

Company Description

Do you want to be part of our successful Real Estate team supporting top clients for Turner & Townsend in Ottawa? We are hiring an ambitious and forward thinking Assistant Project Manager to work in our growing team.

At Turner & Townsend we’re passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Our team is dynamic, innovative and client-focused. Our clients value our proactive approach, depth of expertise, integrity and the quality we deliver.

As a result our people get to work on some of the most exciting projects in the world.

Who are you?

You are an experienced an Assistant Project Manager with a minimum of 2 years post-graduate experience looking for the next step or are currently undertaking a similar role in a similar environment

Job Description

As a Assistant Project Manager, you will be involved in :

• Assisting with the onboarding of the client project and documentation at the inception of the project
• Help with the design and construction process including submittal and RFI process.
• Meeting coordination
• Assist with the procurement of consultants, contractors and 3rd Party contractors through the tendering process
• Transcribe meeting minutes and action items and drive each item to closure.
• Assist with project compliance with client’s document controls and file specifications.
• Regular collaboration and coordination is required with internal resources and design build contractors.
• Submittal approval assistance
• RFI review and processing
• Change order collation and budget management
• Assist with the review of all invoicing, certificates of payments and recommendations.
• Administration and distribution of project observation, scheduling updates, and budgeting reports
• Assisting in building commissioning reviews
• Punch-list and deficiency management
• Assist with project closeout specifications and associated turnover documentation.
• Transition of close-out documentation to operations
• Working with the Business Development Group in acquiring proposal documentation for proposal creation.

Team Work :

• Help the activities of project team
• Ability to effectively collaborate with others
• Delivers an exciting team vision, which inspires others to perform beyond their initial aspirations

Qualifications

The candidate must have :

• A minimum of 2 years of experience as an Assistant Project Manager coordinating projects and assisting construction projects of increasing complexity required.
• Security clearance (Secret) or ability to gain this quickly
• Willingness to work toward their CAPM, PMP or
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, or a similar field
• Real property construction exposure, ideally in the Ottawa market
• Proficient in MS Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & MSProject or P6.
• Good with numbers, technology, and web-based data platforms.
• Bilingual with English and French is an asset or may be a requirement

Additional Information

The benefits we offer include :

• Competitive salary
• Structured learning and development sessions throughout your programme
• Support for career development and becoming professionally qualified
• Access to a range of online learning tools
• Pension and Company healthcare plan
• Company social events

Turner & Townsend is a leading independent professional services company specializing in program management, project management, cost management and consulting across the property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors.

With 118 offices in 50 countries, we draw on our extensive global and industry experience to manage risk while maximizing value and performance during the construction and operation of our clients’ assets.

We are an Equal opportunity employer who will ensure accommodations are available for applicants with disabilities upon request

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.

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