Title: Construction Project Manager (2 openings, JR + SR)
Company Description: Canadian fashion retailer with a global footprint.
Location: Montreal, QC
Salary: up to 110K
Salary is an estimated range provided by JPSearch and commensurate with experience.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee multiple construction projects at once, including new store builds and renovations, ensuring timelines, budgets, and quality standards for both Laura and Melanie Lyne design concepts.
- Creates and maintains detailed project schedules in collaboration with the Senior Project Manager and key stakeholders, adjusting as needed to keep projects on track.
- Develop preliminary annual CAPEX budgets and manage project finances from start to finish. Monitor expenses closely and negotiate with general contractors to achieve cost-effective results.
- Lead the bidding process: prepare bid packages, evaluate proposals, and award contracts to qualified GC and vendors. Ensure workmanship meets expectations, and company brand standards.
- Issue and manage purchase orders for construction materials, fixtures, equipment, and services, ensuring alignment with project budgets and timelines.
- Conduct regular site visits to track progress and resolve on-site challenges as they arise.
- Maintain open and consistent communication with internal departments, landlords, vendors, and other stakeholders, providing timely updates on project timelines, risks, and key developments. Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks by implementing effective mitigation strategies to minimize impacts on schedules, budgets, and quality.
- Oversee permitting and ensure full compliance with local building codes, including final inspections, securing occupancy permits, closeout documentation, preparing punch lists, and managing project handover.
Qualifications:
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in construction project management, preferably in retail or commercial environments
- Demonstrated leadership, with strong negotiation and relationship-building abilities
- The proven ability to manage multiple priorities, projects and meet tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
- Highly organized, self-directed, and motivated to take initiative
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to think critically and adapt quickly
- Solution-oriented with a proactive and hands-on approach to challenges
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word, and Outlook
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Willing to travel to project sites as needed, including overnight stays.
- A valid driver’s license and vehicle are required.