Project Executive

PCL Construction

The Role

Overview

Leads construction projects, ensuring safety, budget, schedule, quality, and team performance.

Key Responsibilities

  • design review
  • submittal review
  • quality management
  • coordination management
  • design compliance
  • commissioning

Tasks

-Manages and monitors areas identified from the design documents that require interdisciplinary coordination, scope gaps, and technical risk. -Critically evaluates information from company operations and support departments and challenges the process as needed. -Manages and monitors review of design documentation, leveraging the necessary team members, and seeks resolution from the design team with respect to level of design completeness, accuracy, and quality as applicable to various design stages and construction. -Monitors timely reviews of subcontractors’ submittals for compliance with scope, design documentation, and coordination with other disciplines. -Oversees and verifies progress preparation payments to clients and trade contractors, and monitors progress. -Oversees the development and implementation of a quality management plan and quality culture with stakeholder buy-in. -Leads to secure new work by participating as part of core pursuit/preconstruction team to contribute to estimate, proposal, and/or presentation. -Ensures project team representation at site inspection by the design team for installation deficiencies, and witnesses and signs off on systems commissioning. -Supervises, directs, trains, and mentors project team, including direct and indirect reports on the same or multiple sites. -Manages and monitors team’s review of design and seeks resolution from the design team with respect to compliance, scope creep, cost optimization, code requirements, procurement, safety in design, construction sequencing, and constructability. -Provides overall leadership and support for several small projects or one very large project with high complexity. Accountable for safety, budget, quality, schedule, and profitability performance.

Requirements

  • estimating
  • construction manager
  • engineering
  • safety
  • cost management
  • leadership

What You Bring

-Ability to identify opportunities and mitigate potential risks on complex construction projects. -12–24 months of estimating or related experience preferred. -2–5 years as construction manager with demonstrated experience leading successful projects and contributing to the district in a leadership capacity preferred. -Postsecondary education or training in engineering, construction management, or related discipline. -Expert knowledge of and ability to apply project construction laws and building codes and to leverage such knowledge. -15+ years of progressive construction experience with multiple contract delivery types as a leader and mentor preferred. -Experience establishing, implementing, and monitoring cost and change management processes. -Demonstrated experience leading effective project meetings with customer, consultants, and internal employees; experience presenting at client meetings or for project pursuit. -Demonstrated experience leading and managing others and many construction project facets, including multiple scope coordination. Experience leading and assessing trade performance. -Expert knowledge and application of safety and environment principles/ procedures/legislation. -Experience with diverse project types, delivery and construction methods, and sequencing and timelines.

The Company

About PCL Construction

-A prominent group of independent construction companies operating across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean, and Australia. -Headquartered in Edmonton, Alberta, and operates as a 100% employee-owned company, fostering a collaborative and innovative work environment. -Renowned for a comprehensive range of services, including general contracting, construction management, and design-build services. -Serves various sectors such as civil infrastructure, heavy industrial, and buildings markets, handling projects of all scales and complexities. -Skilled in managing projects related to transportation, water infrastructure, institutional, educational, residential, commercial, mining, oil and gas, renewable energy, and sports facilities. -At the forefront of leveraging advanced digital construction technologies and sustainable practices to deliver innovative solutions that exceed client expectations.

Sector Specialisms

Buildings

Civil

Industrial