Construction Project Manager

Manager Waterloo, ON, CA

30+ days ago Requisition

The Construction Project Manager acts as the Owner’s Representative, providing project leadership from the latter stages of pre-construction through construction, commissioning, occupancy, and close-out.

The role drives the Owner-side transition from design into construction, including design coordination, Construction Manager procurement, building permits, MLTC Approval to Construct, utility setup, and overall construction readiness.

During construction, the Project Manager drives overall project performance across schedule, cost, quality, risk, and operational readiness, holding the Construction Manager and project consultants accountable to their contractual obligations, deliverables, commitments, and project requirements. The role proactively identifies risks and issues, drives timely decisions and resolution, and escalates matters where project performance or outcomes are at risk.

The role does not direct construction means and methods, but provides active Owner oversight, challenges project performance where required, facilitates resolution of complex issues, and ensures the Construction Manager, consultants, and internal stakeholders remain aligned with the Owner’s expectations and project objectives.

The Construction Project Manager will oversee multiple projects concurrently, typically managing up to three projects at varying stages of pre-construction, construction, commissioning, occupancy, and close-out. The role requires strong prioritization, organization, and the ability to maintain effective Owner oversight across a diverse project portfolio.

Core accountabilities include pre-construction readiness, schedule and cost performance, change management, quality and compliance, risk and issue management, Construction Manager and consultant accountability, commissioning and operational readiness, project close-out, warranty coordination, and leadership reporting.

Reports To: Director of Development

• Drive the Owner-side transition from design development into construction, including Construction Manager procurement, building permits, MLTC Approval to Construct, utilities, constructability, Owner requirements, and overall construction readiness.
• Identify outstanding design, approval, procurement, and operational requirements and drive them to resolution before they impact construction.
• Maintain visibility over critical procurement and long-lead items, challenging emerging risks that could impact construction, commissioning, or occupancy.

• Act as the Owner’s primary representative during construction, aligning the Construction Manager, consultants, vendors, and internal stakeholders with project objectives.
• Manage multiple projects concurrently at varying stages of delivery, effectively prioritizing decisions, risks, action items, and competing project demands.
• Hold the Construction Manager and consultants accountable for contractual obligations, deliverables, commitments, schedules, and timely resolution of issues.
• Actively participate in OAC meetings and site reviews as the Owner’s Representative, following up on commitments, challenging project performance where required, and ensuring Owner-related decisions, action items, and escalations are advanced in a timely manner.
• Maintain regular site presence across active projects and travel between project locations, offices, and partner meetings as required to provide effective Owner oversight, support timely decisions, and address emerging issues.

• Coordinate Owner requirements and decisions across Operations, Clinical, IT/Systems, Finance, FF&E, and other internal stakeholders, ensuring requirements are communicated and incorporated at the appropriate stage. The Project Manager coordinates FF&E, IT, clinical systems, and operational readiness deliverables and dependencies with the project schedule; functional leaders remain accountable for their functional scope, decisions, deliverables, and readiness confirmation.
• Drive timely Owner decisions and approvals to maintain project momentum and minimize avoidable schedule or cost impacts.
• Maintain alignment between construction delivery, organizational standards, and operational requirements throughout the project.

• Oversee schedule performance, key milestones, critical path activities,…