Dama Construction

We’re seeking an experienced Project Manager for coast-to-coast retail construction projects. You’ll oversee planning, budgeting, scheduling, and execution while ensuring quality and efficiency. Bilingual in English and French, you’ll manage subcontractors, track costs, and coordinate with stakeholders for seamless project delivery. If you have 3+ years of Canadian retail project management experience, apply now!

Key Responsibilities:

Project Planning:

• Review project quotations, plans, and requirements for timelines, budget, construction schedules, and staffing needs.

Construction Oversight:

• Lead and maintain ongoing communication with the site supervisor to ensure construction progresses according to defined objectives, budgets, and timelines.
• Manage and monitor checklists, supply lists, delivery dates, and other critical project elements.

Financial Management:

• Ensure precise and timely management of project expenses, billings, change orders, and other construction costs.
• Maintain and update a cost-tracking database for all new construction projects.

Documentation and Compliance:

• Review construction documents and shop drawings to ensure they align with company standards.
• Manage and coordinate contract assignments, ensuring subcontractors have up-to-date project documents.

Bidding and Contracts:

• Assist the Estimation team in creating bid packages and communicating with bidders.
• Qualify bids and negotiate contracts with sub-contractors.

Process Management:

• Update and oversee all project processes, ensuring efficiency and adherence to timelines.

Change Management:

• Coordinate and communicate construction and equipment changes required for cost, code, or clarification purposes.
• Negotiate and approve change orders as necessary.

Project Turnover:

• Manage project turnover to final setup teams, including orientation walkthroughs with all stakeholders.
• Coordinate approvals with landlords and city authorities.

Confidentiality:

• Maintain discretion with all sensitive and confidential company and customer information.

Other Duties:

• Perform tasks as assigned by the Production Department Team Leader.

Qualifications:

• Experience: Minimum 5 years in Canadian retail project management (required).
• Language: Bilingual in English and French (required).

Other Position Related Qualifications:

• 7-10 years construction experience
• 5 years minimum in retail or national specialty retail or comparable construction
• Strong time management and organizational skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple projects at once
• Able to work under pressure, deadlines and the demands of constant change.
• Strong computer skills in Microsoft Office applications as well as other specific project management software (Procore, etc…)