Construction Project Manager- Renewable Energy – Alberta

Construction Project Manager – Renewable Energy

Location: Alberta or Ontario (flexible remote based options)

Position Summary:

The Construction Project Manager (working on major utility scale, wind, solar and battery energy storage projects), under the Construction Director’s responsibility, ensures the comprehensive supervision and coordination of all the steps of a construction project. This includes collaboration with Health and Safety, planning, quality, cost, relation with client and collaboration with subcontractors. In addition this role will coordinate and manage construction activities that are needed for overall project success – including scheduling, budgeting, contractor request for pricing initiatives, contractor selection and interaction with project development team and operations leadership to plan and ensure a successful project life-cycle for company objectives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the Company representative on site;

• Responsible for planning the project tasks, organizing the master schedule, proceeding with the work estimate, contract award, controlling costs, managing the project and supervising the project team;

• Ensures good relations with the community, the client, the vendors and the project team.

Project Coordination

• Coordinate work in collaboration with the project team;

• Establish work methods in collaboration with the Site Manager and the Superintendents;

• Negotiates and approves the selection of major contractors in collaboration with the upper management;

• Manage procurement;

• Organize and conduct construction site meetings as required;

• Participate in meetings with the client and circulates information required for smooth operations at the site;

• Organize internal meetings to effectively communicate relevant information, and coordinate resources,
• including subcontractors;

Project Follow-Up

• Perform administrative follow-up—costs, productivity, contingencies, contracts, etc.;

• Perform technical follow-up—technical data sheets, inspections, etc.;

• Follow up on notices of change—estimation, bid to client, negotiation, issuance of orders and/or of contract;

• Follow up on payments with accounts payable department and accounts receivable department;

• Authorize payments to subcontractors and suppliers;

• Perform guarantee follow-up;

• Coordinate preliminary inspection of the work in collaboration with the superintendents;

• Coordinate preoperational verification in collaboration with the superintendents;

• Deliver the project in collaboration with the superintendent and obtain client’s final acceptance;

• Reports performance indicators to Senior Management.

Experience / Qualifications:

• 10+ years of total construction industry experience working on large projects

• A minimum of 5 or more years’ experience working on renewable energy projects (utility scale wind, solar, hydro power or battery storage).

• Extensive experience working on utility scale renewable energy construction projects

• Civil/Mechanical/Electrical/Construction engineering bachelor’s degree;

• Good ability in Microsoft Office Suite;

• Excellent communication

• High geographical mobility (with the flexibility to travel to various project sites)

• Valid driver license;

• Ability to work in teams;

• Excellent management, negotiation and problem-solving skills;

• Ability to exercise initiative, autonomy and leadership;

• Excellent team management and conflict resolution assets;

• High administrative rigor;
• Being able to adapt to high-stress environment and weather fluctuations (construction site).

• Proficient with:
• MS Suite of Software tools

What you will do to complete this mission successfully:

• Company representative on site;

• Responsible for planning the project tasks, organizing the master schedule, proceeding with the work estimate, contract award, controlling costs, managing the project and supervising the project team;

• Ensures good relations with the community, the client, the vendors and the project team.

• Job ID / No. du Poste: 37064
• Open Positions / Postes Ouverts: 1