Bilingual Senior Project Manager (FR/ENG)

BGIS•Montreal, QC

4h•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior Project Manager plans and oversees the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, ensuring delivery within scope, budget, and requirements. At this level, projects are typically of moderate to high complexity, risk, and exposure. The role may also be accountable for providing immediate supervision to project administration and coordination roles. This is a regular, full-time position.

Requirements

Community college diploma in architectural technology, construction technology, or engineering technology.
More than 5 years of project management work experience.
Proven ability and experience in delivering projects on-time, on-budget, within specifications and in-compliant with all requirements including but not limited to regulatory, environmental, health, and safety requirements.
Proven ability and experience in developing and managing project budgets.
Proven ability and experience in mitigating and managing project risks.
Strong communication, influence, persuasion, and negotiation skills.
Proven ability and experience in building and maintaining effective relationships.
Proven ability and experience in managing client relationships and expectations.
Strong client service orientation.
Proven ability and experience in project team leadership.
Proven ability and experience in managing vendor performance.
Possesses a continuous improvement and quality mindset along with a desire to continuously seek and incorporate best practices and technologies in order to optimize program delivery and deliver value to the client.
Proficient in and experience with MS Office suite of applications along with proven ability to quickly learn new applications.
High sense of urgency.
Excellent communicator both verbal and written.
Able to create project schedules independently.
Ability to create class D estimates, without consultant support.
Strong multitasker, juggling multiple projects simultaneously at various stages of development.
Understanding of the construction industry.
Able to differentiate on reporting to executives and team members.
Create business cases for funding, with clear and precise information to ensure funding approvals.
English is required because you will be dealing with English-speaking customers as part of your job.

Nice To Haves

University degree in Architecture or Engineering.
Project Management Institute Accreditation.
LEED certification.

Responsibilities

Plans and oversees the end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, which are typically of moderate to high complexity, risk, and exposure.
In collaboration with project stakeholders, defines project scope, deliverables, and requirements.
Develops and implements project plans.
Determines resource and budget requirements, cost estimates, and timelines.
Identifies project risks and develops and implements mitigation and contingency plans.
Monitors project delivery against timelines and ensures timely completion.
Oversees the activities of project team members and monitors project task completion.
Communicates project status to relevant stakeholders.
Ensures projects are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and requirements, and complies with all regulatory, environmental, and health and safety requirements.
Develops and maintains effective relationships with clients.
Responsible for resolving issues, managing client expectations, and ensuring client satisfaction.
May be accountable for providing immediate supervision to project administration and coordination roles.
Project will be initiated immediately; works with the operations team to identify and collect requirements.
Start an immediate risk assessment, cost estimates, and kick off meeting with all concerned parties as an introduction and forecast of next steps.
Funding is generally completed “on the fly”; requires a good understanding of benchmarking and/or current industry costs to provide budgets to the client.
Able to work independently on challenges to ensure the project keeps moving.
Understands the importance of a regular cadence of communication.
Navigates the client’s organization to capture who should be engaged and when for project updates.
Other duties as assigned.