Project Manager - Architectural Millwork

Location: Squamish

A privately held custom manufacturing company specializing in premium architectural millwork, bespoke interiors, and fine furnishings for luxury residential and commercial projects.

Responsibilities

Independently lead and manage complex, high-end residential millwork projects, including projects valued at $3M–$5M, from initial handoff through production, installation, closeout, and warranty.

Take full ownership of project schedules, budgets, scope, resources, deliverables, and overall project performance.

Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, architects, general contractors, consultants, and other key stakeholders.

Develop, maintain, and actively manage detailed project schedules, including engineering milestones, drawing submissions, procurement, production, delivery, and installation.

Review and interpret architectural drawings, construction documentation, and technical specifications to identify discrepancies, risks, and coordination requirements.

Coordinate drawing reviews, revisions, approvals, and issuance with internal engineering, design, and external construction teams.

Lead project handoffs from estimating and pre-production into execution, ensuring scope, budgets, timelines, and expectations are clearly established.

Coordinate cross-functional activities between engineering, pre-production, fabrication, procurement, and installation teams to ensure efficient project execution.

Manage project budgets, job costing, schedules of values, and financial performance to protect project margins.

Identify, document, negotiate, and manage scope changes and change orders.

Proactively identify project risks, scheduling conflicts, technical challenges, and resource constraints, implementing solutions before they affect project outcomes.

Support capacity planning, resource allocation, and production scheduling in collaboration with departmental leadership.

Coordinate purchasing, material procurement, outsourced fabrication, vendor timelines, and delivery requirements.

Oversee production readiness, shipping logistics, site coordination, and installation planning to ensure successful execution.

Maintain accurate project documentation, including contracts, drawings, purchase orders, change orders, schedules, and financial records.

Provide consistent project status updates, progress reporting, budget reviews, and risk assessments to internal leadership and stakeholders.

Support progress invoicing, financial closeout, warranty coordination, and resolution of outstanding project issues.

Build strong working relationships with demanding clients and construction partners while maintaining clear communication, accountability, and exceptional service standards.

Drive continuous improvement in project management processes, documentation, coordination, and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

Intermediate-to-senior Project Manager with experience managing complex, multimillion-dollar construction, architectural millwork, or custom fabrication projects.

Proven ability to independently manage projects valued at $3M–$5M, with accountability for schedules, budgets, quality, and delivery.

Strong background in  luxury residential millwork, architectural woodworking, custom fabrication, or complex residential construction.

Experience in larger architectural or commercial construction organizations will also be considered where technical and project management skills are transferable.

Advanced ability to read, interpret, review, and mark up complex architectural drawings, shop drawings, and construction documents.

Strong understanding of construction documentation processes, including issue-for-tender (IFT), issue-for-construction (IFC), drawing revisions, and approval workflows.

Working knowledge of architectural…