Construction Jobs in Kingston, ON

Modern Niagara helps building owners, managers, and general contractors meet the mechanical, electrical, integrated building technology, and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto, Southwestern Ontario, and Ottawa. We also develop custom, turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canada’s infrastructure and on the communities where we live, learn, work, and heal.

WE BUILD FOR LIFE.

We value passion, initiative, determination, professionalism, and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and, as a result, our award-winning safety culture has a record that’s well above industry standards.

At Modern Niagara, you will work alongside values-driven, safety-conscious, and high-impact teams in a fast-paced, innovative, and collaborative environment. Here, your knowledge, skills, and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

We are seeking a Construction Manager or a Senior Project Manager that can transition into a main leader in the Kingston territory. They will be hired to help maintain and grow the construction mechanical operations in Kingston. This person will need to strengthen our relations with new and existing clients and help execute projects on the go.

As a member of Modern Niagara, the mission of the Construction Manager will be to provide oversight and solutions to ensure the successful execution of various projects by leading a team of project managers and coordinators. The Construction Manager will be responsible for delivering an amazing customer experience in a multi-trade environment ensuring the seamless delivery of the Modern’s four core services.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Actively participating and contributing in estimating turnover, and pre-construction meetings
• Ensuring the successful completion of assigned projects, their profitability, and retaining the owner as a key client
• Establishing project objectives, policies, procedures and performance standards within the boundaries of Modern Niagara policies
• Monitoring and controlling construction progress through administrative direction of on-site project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget
• Mentor, coach and supervise Project Managers and Project Coordinators
• Work with Labour managers to ensure optimum utilization of labour, material and other resources across all projects
• Managing financial aspects of contracts to protect the company’s interests
• Monthly Forecasting and reporting to Area / Operations Manager
• Assisting with reviews and negotiation of contracts; liaises with legal counsel as appropriate in conjunction with the Area Manager and Operations Manager
• Developing, recommending and implementing project plans upon project award
• Monitoring and controlling progress, costs and budgets throughout the project
• Advising the Management Team on project status and results in a timely fashion
• Resolving disputes between the Company and owner, or Company and subcontractors
• Identifying required and optional changes in project scope; negotiating COs with the owner
• Ensuring members of the project team understand and follow Modern Niagara’s operating policies and practices
• Adhering to Modern Niagara’s safety standards
• Developing and Ensuring quality control and commissioning plans are in place on all projects as required to meet the client’s standards
• Builds and maintains positive relationships with all external parties including trades, clients, engineers, suppliers and subcontractors.

Qualifications and Job Requirements

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara, we recognize the value of fostering a diverse, equitable, and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women, Indigenous, Black, racialized, 2SLGBTQIA+, people with disabilities, and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities, experience equitable outcomes, and can thrive and reach their full potential.

We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process, please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at careers@modernniagara.com.

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