Hybrid Project Manager – Building Engineering

at Arcadis

• Job title: Project Manager – Building Engineering
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $90,000 - $125,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: PMP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Vancouver, Canada

About the role

• Project Manager with engineering background in buildings at Arcadis, delivering solutions for industrial, commercial, and institutional projects. Leading project delivery, managing diverse teams, and ensuring compliance.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage project delivery including defining project scope, specifying deliverables, estimating and controlling project duration, effort and cost, create detailed project plans and manage change requests.
• Manage industrial, commercial and institutional building projects from start of design to completion of construction.
• Ensure all deliverables are delivered on time and within budget.
• Drive an attitude within project teams to deliver solutions, resolving issues and risks as they arise, while managing a diverse project team.
• Conduct regular site visits to monitor construction progress, attend construction meetings, identify potential issues, and ensure compliance with design specifications and local regulations.
• Oversee and ensure contract administration deliverables are completed in accordance with client requirements.
• Review contractor activities are in accordance with the contract documents and requirements.
• Provide oversight and confirmation of completed contract quantities are accurately calculated for processing progress and final payments.
• Review, interpret, and analyze the Contractor’s initial critical path schedule to determine conformance to the contract, and provide regular review and analysis of monthly critical path schedules.
• Supervise and perform quality assurance acceptance and inspection of construction works.
• Coordinate specialty inspection and testing.
• Liaise with the contractor and client representatives.
• Chair and lead project meetings.
• Provide interpretation and recommendation of contractor submittals.
• Negotiate price agreements, change orders, claims and work directives.
• Travel to projects across the province.
• Drive the requirements and analysis phase of the project by reviewing requirements documents, facilitating solution evaluation process, and managing RFP process where required.
• Work with clients, vendors and managers/supervisors, directing and developing project charters, project plans, costs estimates, business cases, steering committee presentations and other documentation supporting the requirements phase of the project.
• Drive day-to-day project activities through the application of sound project management principles and methodologies.
• Develop and maintain a detailed status, activities and issues report on each project to present to Management and major project stakeholders.
• Facilitate regular stakeholder and project sponsor meetings to define project direction and priorities in line with corporate objectives.
• Work with Business and Executive to establish meaningful, key metrics that properly reflect the performance of the team and indicates progress towards objectives.
• Works with the project team to conduct post-completion analysis of all projects and document post-completion recommendations, outstanding issues, and incomplete deliverables.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering preferred
• Minimum 8+ years full time experience in Project Management with projects related to industrial, commercial and institutional buildings
• Ability to read and interpret contracts and contract documents
• Automotive industry experience is an asset
• Registered or eligible to be registered with Professional Engineers considered an asset
• PMP Project Management Professional certification completed or in progress is desired
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing, and be able to independently write reports and correspondence, as well as take part in proposal submissions
• Must be familiar with current software - Bluebeam, AutoCAD
• Proficient in Excel and Word (Office Suite)
• A vehicle and valid Driver’s License to travel to the site around the Vancouver Metro Area

Benefits

• We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best.
• We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
• You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet.
• Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
• Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
• Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
• We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions.
• Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.
• We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply.
• We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.