Project Manager - Buildings Projects

Job Description

The Opportunity :

Reporting into the Market Practice Lead this is your opportunity to join our team in a quickly growing market! Our Canadian team has grown from 2 people in 2019 to 12 present-day, supporting 5 different services within Buildings Workplace Solutions.

Why choose WSP?

• We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
• Our Flexible Work Policy - we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours.

We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.

• A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
• Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
• Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
• A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work.

Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

WeAre WSP

What you can expect to do here :

• Independently lead med / high complex operational readiness (transition from construction to operations) and move projects associated with organizational initiatives, client needs and real estate portfolio strategies (such as site decommissions, site activations and temporary closures).
• Anticipate, identify and integrate customer and operational vendor needs and incorporate into projects.
• Demonstrate ability to effectively manage sensitive customers, vendors and materials at a project level.
• Perform project administration and overhead actions such as project setup, billing and invoice review, and closeout tasks..
• Primary project point of contact for end users for project related scope. Support and present end user communications for projects as applicable.
• Ability to manage and identify project risks, determine when escalate, and utilization of escalation path for support as needed.
• Host / attend applicable project meetings; report out and follow up on action items
• Execute all onsite / offsite duties for assigned projects according to program standards
• Utilization of work order / ticketing systems to coordinate project and task coordination
• Intake and coordination of ticketed services requests (furniture repairs, ergonomic product deployment, desk technology requests, etc.)
• Responsible for providing internal and client facing project reporting and maintaining project data
• Vendor management including scheduling, coordination and quality control
• Adhere projects to Service Line Agreements and Key Performance Indicators.
• Travel required to support projects within Canada

What you'll bring to WSP :

College Diploma / University degree with a minimum 5 years Project Coordination / management background.

PMP is an asset.

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP :

• We value our people and our reputation
• We are locally dedicated with international scale
• We are future focused and challenge the status quo
• We foster collaboration in everything we do
• We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note :

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview.

This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

WSP is committed to the principles of employment equity. Only the candidates selected will be contacted.

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. For more information please READ THE FULL POLICY.