Software development manager Jobs in St. Catharines, ON

Modern Niagara Building Services 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 Building Services, 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 Building Services 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 highly organized and detail-oriented Project Manager to join our Building Service Team in the West-End, primarily St. Catharines.

The mission of a Project Manager is to manage the budget, schedule and work closely with the foremen, subcontractors and vendors to deliver a successful project. One of the key success factors is to assist Project Delivery teams with successfully completing projects within the planning process. The Project Manager focuses on reaching the overall financial goals of their projects, in collaboration with the Operations Team.

The Project Manager role encompasses a wide range of duties which include but are not necessarily limited to the following: budgets, managing labour, purchasing, administration, cost control, supplier and subcontractor coordination, communication, scheduling, pricing of change orders, financial management of projects, establishing and managing client relationships. Project Managers are viewed as the project leads and have a direct line of communication with General Contractors and owners; the expectation is to promote all faculties of Modern Niagara (specifically Services) to clients for the complete building life annual cycle.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manages department activities, identify, justify, and implement projects involving facility upgrades, new facilities equipment installations, modification or improvement of processes, equipment, buildings and property.
• Manages the improvements of building systems HVAC, and other building infrastructure.
• Investigates and collects data on project problems, prepares and submits plans for their resolution
• Responsible for building the budget, procuring equipment and subcontractors while billing and collecting funds for their respective projects in line with the KPI targets as determined by management on a quarterly basis.
• Participate in estimating turnover meetings, preconstruction meetings and post construction meetings.
• Complete monthly financial forecasting reports and participates in project status review meetings.
• Attends client and construction meetings as required and to disseminate the information to work force, subcontractors and suppliers.
• Manage and coordinate the equipment and systems commissioning process.
• Contributing as necessary to the pre-construction process by reviewing contracts and determining project scope, planning and estimating prior to execution.
• Maintaining safety standards in all aspects of each project.
• Preparation and monthly update of the work in progress (WIP) forecast sheets.
• Attends job site progress walks and is aware of project construction status.
• Maintain safety standards in respect of their projects.
• Creates purchase orders for suppliers and subcontractors.
• Breaks out labour budget and reviews break out with Foremen.
• Reviews Foreman labour plan with budget and input.
• Communicates and confers with Foreman on the labour progress and makes financial judgement calls in monthly review on final labour hours.
• PM is aware of field progress and communicates with foremen against the plan.

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• Minimum 2 years experience working as a Project Manager in construction is an asset
• Minimum 2-3 years of related experience with respect to facilities systems, buildings, HVAC and property.
• Post-Secondary education or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Experience in reading and interpreting construction drawings and documents.
• Computer literate in Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint) and computerized scheduling packages.
• Demonstrates the ability to plan and manage to a project schedule
• Knowledge of construction costs and budgets.
• Understanding of all facets of the construction process.
• Knowledge of basic accounting principles is an asset.
• Team player, energetic, resourceful
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work in an office and field environment and maintain excellent working relationships with others.
• Competent in conflict and crisis management.
• Excellent time and project management skills.
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail

This is a new position. The salary range is between $105,000 - $115,000

Modern Niagara offers a competitive total compensation package including:

• Performance based bonus opportunities
• Defined Contribution Pension Plan with a generous employer contribution
• Flexible Health and Dental benefits with tiered options to meet the needs of you and your family
• An annual health spending account to support your overall wellness
• 24/7 confidential support through our Employee and Family Assistance Program with access to comprehensive resources and professional services
• A competitive vacation package with additional vacation granted throughout your tenure with the organization.
• Employer Paid Parental Leave Top Up
• Annual Community Day dedicated to volunteering and giving back to the communities where we live and work
• Corporate Discounts through various vendors across Canada for programs such as fitness, mobile phones, travel, home and auto insurance and many others
• Here at Modern Niagara, because we know our people are the best in the industry, we pride ourselves on providing a total compensation package that rewards employees for their hard work and supports employees and their families in their overall wellbeing.

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

At Modern Niagara Building Services, 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 .