Senior Construction Manager – Land development

Salary $120-160K/year

About our client: Our client is an established home builder that has been in the industry for over 30 years.

Responsibilities:

  • Manage and direct timely tendering all site servicing activities, from earthworks, servicing, farming activities, landscaping, top out and assumption

  • Conduct contractor pre qualifications as may be needed

  • Provide tender doc quality control and review for completeness

  • Produce tender summaries against budget and produce budge variance and contractor selection recommendations

  • Conduct regular site visit of active projects to ensure completeness of work

  • Manage and produce construction schedules to meet the Business Plan servicing schedule to assumption

  • Attend/coordinate weekly/biweekly internal and external meetings with contractors, consultants, inspectors/agencies and lowrise / highrise Project Manager’s and site Supers

  • Report at monthly Management Meetings the project’s status, potential risk and mitigation, as needed

  • Review and approve PC’s and Holdbacks against construction completion

  • Construction cost control. Identify early change orders and/or omissions to allow time to strategically assess options and outcome

  • Manage and track LC reductions and cost recoveries

  • Manage and update project budgets, cost to complete and variance reporting

  • Setup and manage year over year construction cost data base

  • Support the preparation of new project budgets and input to construction schedules

  • Prepare and coordinate with appropriate consultants and internal stakeholders earthworks operations, stockpile locations to maximize total profitability across development and home building

  • Develop and coordinate annual top works and landscape program with home building and customer care team

  • Manage/coordinate annual maintenance contracts as may be required for future development holdings

  • Collaborate with internal lowrise and highrise Project Managers and site supers to help achieve the most favorable outcome

  • Support the company’s awareness and engagement in current development regulatory regimes

  • Participate in industry organizations and events, both to remain current on trends as well as to help develop the organizations industry brand presence

  • Collaborate on developing and improving Best Practices

What You Bring:

  • Applicants must have a relevant degree/diploma in Construction Management, Engineering, or similar, with a demonstrated project experience

  • You will also have an understating of contract administration and civil construction

  • CET, EIT or P.Eng certifications considered favorable

  • 8 or more years of residential focused site servicing management

  • Experience in developing residential projects in the GTHA and surrounding municipalities

  • Expert in subdivision servicing and turn-over to assumption

  • Substantial completion, certificate of basic services, commencement of warranty and assumption

  • Expert in contract documents, plan reviewing, cost control, dispute resolution, and contractor negotiations

  • Expert in LC management and cost recoveries. Including the review of applicable development agreements

  • Experiences with value engineering and utility conflict review

  • Understand all related environmental permitting, ESC, water taking, etc

  • Understanding of zoning and ability to read and confirm related by-laws

  • High degree of organizational rigger to consistently manage electronic files and hard copies. Contracts, drawing sets, PC and certifications

  • Accustomed to preparing construction tracking schedules and plan mark-ups for internal and external communication

  • Customer-focus: real empathy for our customers/building users; ensuring decisions are viewed through the perspective of the customer/user; and willingness to advocate for the customer/user in complex decisions

  • Excellent and demonstrable project management skills, with the ability to prioritize multiple projects, relationships, tasks, and deadlines

  • Must be self-motivated, independent, and detail-oriented (with strong written, oral and organizational skills)

  • Concise writing skills are required

  • Proven track record of excelling within a team-oriented and collaborative environment