Real Estate Project Manager

Real Estate Project Manager - ( 2400038H )

Description

Grow with the best. Join a smart, creative, and inspired team that works to support operational excellence. The Stantec community unites more than 30,000 employees working in over 450 locations across 6 continents.

Our Functional Services Team includes Corporate Development, Finance, HR, HSSE, IT, Legal, Marketing / Communications, Practice Services and Real Estate and Procurement.

Bringing together individuals with diverse backgrounds, talents, and expertise, our FSTs are vital to making our Company stronger.

Your Opportunity

The Corporate Real Estate Team is looking for a Project Manager to administer and organize all aspects of Tenant Interior projects.

The Corporate Real Estate Project Management team is responsible for all renovations and tenant fit outs for offices within North America.

As the Project Manager, your job is to plan, budget, oversee and document all aspects of the specific project you are working on.

You will be working directly with leadership and the project team to ensure that the scope and direction of each project is on schedule and on budget.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Support the site selection during the lease transaction by participating in site tours, understanding the requirements and requests of the client user, and the limitations imposed by leadership (such as project budget and headcount).
• Prepare, schedule, coordinate and monitor the assigned tenant improvement projects.
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on time, within scope and within budget.
• Collaborate with Corporate Real Estate managers, user groups, architects, engineers etc. to determine the specifications of the project and be able to communicate requirements to each of the team members, including design and MEP.
• Interact regularly with the regional leadership and with the client user to interpret their requests, needs and requirements with regard to limitations of the project (such as SF, approved headcount, Playbook guidelines).

Represent the regional leadership and client user in the project while respecting the need to acknowledge the role of the Corporate Real Estate department as the owner of the project.

• Be seen as a trusted partner and consultant by the geographic leadership.
• Provide input and guidance in development of the scope and budgets. Maintain budget updates on a regular basis.
• Analyze risks and opportunities.
• Monitor project progress and handle any issues that arise.
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule and costs.
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems tools and techniques as provided within the TI Project Program, reporting and escalating to management issues as needed.
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Act as the projects main point of contact and communicate project status to all participants.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, plans and reports
• Ensure standards and requirements are met through conducting quality assurance tests and oversight.
• Negotiate contracts with external vendors to reach profitable agreements.
• Ensure approvals as required (design and plan approvals, scope, budget, contracts etc.).
• Ensure permits and licenses are obtained from appropriate authorities.
• Determine needed resources (manpower, equipment and materials) from start to finish of the project with attention to budgetary and schedule limitation.
• Plan all operations and schedule intermediate phases to ensure deadlines will be met.
• Assist with the coordination of owner dictated vendors and others such as AV, IT, FF & E, security and others into the construction schedule.
• Hire contract and other staff and allocate responsibilities.
• Evaluate and communicate progress in prepare detailed reports press enter ensure adherence to all health and safety standards and report issues.
• Monitor compliance to applicable codes, practices QA / QC policies, performance standards and specifications.
• Manage Consultant and Construction Manager procurement processes including conducting post-proposal interviews, analyzing responses and preparing recommendations for award.
• Generate and maintain project planning documentation including schedules, budgets and cost control processes and procedures and work breakdown structure.
• Coordinate the design, procurement, and construction phases of the project.
• Establish and manage change management processes and procedures press enter.
• Maintain clear traceability between project scope and the final product.
• Chair or be a key player in all project and site meetings and ensure meeting minutes are kept and distributed.
• Resolve disputes between the contractor consultant from sub trades as required.
• Ensure effective management of punch list, warranty and closeout phases of the project.

Qualifications

Your Capabilities and Credentials

• Skilled in facilitating collaborative problem-solving sessions and decision-making processes at various levels.
• Experienced in analyzing complex problems, synthesizing information, and conceptualizing alternative solutions.
• Proficient in evaluating the impact of design and construction alternatives on project parameters such as cost, schedule, and scope.
• Strong planning abilities to achieve both short-term objectives and long-term goals.
• Capable of defining trade-offs and identifying optimal solutions for complex problems.
• Familiarity with risk management practices and quality assurance control measures.
• Skilled in working cooperatively with diverse stakeholders in institutional settings to achieve project goals.
• Strong client-facing skills and ability to foster teamwork within cross-functional teams.
• Proficient in reading, interpreting, and working from advanced sketches, blueprints, and construction drawings.
• Knowledgeable in contract security and insurance strategies within defined risk profiles.
• Experience in managing projects, coordinating tasks, and meeting multiple deadlines.
• Demonstrated leadership aptitude by creating collaborative teams and assertively leading project meetings and conversations.
• Expert communication skills ensuring timely dissemination of information to all stakeholders.
• Capable of preparing and interpreting schedules and step-by-step action plans.
• Solid organizational abilities, including attention to detail, multitasking, and time-management.
• Providing guidance and support to new and junior team members.
• Ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management or similar
• 1-3 years proven work experience as a Project Manager or similar role, from conception to delivery.
• 5 years' experience in building / interior fit-out construction.
• Must be able to travel internationally approximately 10%
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus

Typical office environment working with computers and remaining sedentary for long periods of time. Field work may include exposure to the elements including inclement weather.

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.

Benefits Summary : Regular full-time and part-time employees will have access to health, dental, and vision plans, a well-being program, health care spending account, wellness spending accounts, group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, group tax-free savings account, life and accidental death & dismemberment (AD&D) insurance, short-term / long-term disability plans, emergency travel benefits, tuition reimbursement, professional membership fee coverage, and paid time off.

Temporary / casual employees will have access to group registered retirement savings plan, employee stock purchase program, and group tax-free savings account.

The benefits information listed above may not apply to union positions because benefits for such positions are governed by applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Primary Location : Canada-Alberta-Edmonton

Other Locations : Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador-St. John's, Canada-Manitoba-Winnipeg, Canada-Saskatchewan-Regina, Canada-Alberta-Calgary, Canada-Nova Scotia-Dartmouth, Canada-Ontario-Toronto

Organization : BC-1204 Procurement & Real Estate-CA Canada

Employee Status : Regular

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Travel : Yes, 10 % of the Time

Schedule : Full-time

Job Posting : Aug 26, 2024, 8 : 12 : 04 AM

Req ID : 2400038H

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