Senior Project Manager - Municipal Projects

Overview

At Colliers Project Leaders, we deliver capital project solutions to fulfill our clients’ needs across the built environment.

The work we do makes a difference in communities and for the people who live there. We have a passion for it.

Our commitment to realizing our clients' vision inspires us to look beyond the immediate to the possibilities of what we can achieve together.

We are 17,000 projects and counting improving lives and helping shape the growth of sustainable, progressive and inclusive communities.

Your role

Join our team as a Senior Project Manager with the Southern Ontario business unitteam.

In this role, you’ll join our team of experts who lead major capital building and infrastructure projects. Working with our clients across Southern Ontario, our team is part of bringing meaningful change by delivering community projects such as recreation centres, civic administration buildings, fire halls, libraries and other municipal infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership to the client's projects, representing their best interests and achieving their strategic end goals.
• Be a trusted advisor to the client, applying your deep understanding of design, construction and operation of community infrastructure.
• Lead clients through the set-up, initiation, execution, monitoring and reporting of their projects
• Organize project teams towards a common goal and establish levels of authority and lines of communication.
• Work with a project manager to report on project status by means of progress reports, meeting minutes, and other reports.
• Chair project and site meetings, identify and resolve project issues and coordinate multiple stakeholders
• Serve as the relationship manager for select clients with the goal to nurture trusted relationships
• Contribute to planning and growth of the municipal business unit within the Southern Ontario Region
• Apply your leadership and communication skills to bring together stakeholders and project teams.
• Peer review the work of, mentor and develop project managers and engineering support staff.

Qualifications

• A degree or diploma in civil, municipal engineering or a related engineering discipline.
• P. Eng. and PMP designations preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of consulting engineering experience delivering capital projects for municipalities.
• Previous exposure to capital and municipal planning for infrastructure development
• Extensive client-facing experience in the delivery of related projects.
• Led and / or significantly contributed to the preparation of RFP / Q’s, tenders and tender awards.
• Strong working knowledge of a variety of design and construction delivery models and associated industry standard contracts.
• Practical understanding of provincial government planning legislation and processes.
• The leadership skills needed to influence decisions and resolve client and project issues.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Strong computer skills, including a working knowledge of scheduling (MS Project).

Don’t have every single qualification? We know that some people are less likely to apply for a job unless they are a perfect match.

At Colliers Project Leaders, we’re not looking for perfect matches. We’re looking to welcome people to our diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace.

So, if you’re excited about this role but don’t have every single qualification, we encourage you to apply anyway. Whether it’s this role or another one, you may be just the right candidate.

What you can expect :

• An opportunity to truly impact our communities
• A flexible work environment
• A comprehensive onboarding experience
• Significant professional development, training, and a mentorship program
• A paid volunteer day
• An environment where people feel welcome, heard and included, regardless of their differences
• And much more!

Join our team of difference-makers and help shape the growth of dynamic communities.

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Disclaimer

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Colliers Project Leaders is an equal opportunity employer and celebrates diversity in its workforce. Colliers encourages applications from all qualified individuals and will accommodate applicants' disability-related needs, up to the point of undue hardship, throughout all stages of the recruitment and selection process.

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