Project Operations Manager (Construction)

Your tasks

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project schedules in collaboration with construction leadership, ensuring milestones are clear, delays are identified early, and recovery plans are implemented when necessary.
• Coordinate project priorities across teams, monitor commitments, and proactively resolve or escalate issues that could affect schedules, budgets, quality of delivery, or client satisfaction.
• Prepare project budgets, track actual and committed costs, forecast costs to completion, and implement corrective measures to protect gross margins.
• Provide accurate and timely financial forecasts to accounting and maintain visibility into project financial performance.
• Coordinate trade quotations, review scopes of work, and support vendor selection and trade awarding in collaboration with the Construction Manager.
• Ensure trade contracts and purchase orders are completed and approved before work begins, while maintaining current trade pricing to support accurate estimating.
• Prepare, price, coordinate, and obtain client approval for change orders before additional work is performed.
• Take ownership of projects following contract signing, coordinate the transition from sales to project delivery, and provide field teams with complete project plans.
• Maintain consistent client communication throughout the project lifecycle, ensuring clients understand project status, upcoming milestones, changes, and closeout requirements.
• Improve project management processes, workflows, and systems, including evaluating and implementing appropriate software solutions.
• Ensure schedules, budgets, task assignments, CRM records, and project documentation remain accurate, current, and consistently maintained.
• Lead and support the project coordinator by assigning responsibilities, reviewing work, monitoring progress, and following up to ensure commitments are completed.
• Track and report key performance indicators through weekly leadership meetings, performance scorecards, and quarterly priorities.
• Coordinate effectively with field operations while respecting the Construction Manager's responsibility for site execution, trade activities, construction quality, safety, and inspections.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience as a Project Manager in residential construction or renovation, with experience in multi-unit residential projects considered an asset.
• Demonstrated ability to independently develop project schedules and job-cost budgets and manage projects through completion and closeout with minimal supervision.
• Comprehensive understanding of the construction process, including permitting, trade sequencing, inspections, project handover, and the Ontario Building Code.
• Strong financial management skills, including budget development, cost tracking, forecasting, margin protection, and identifying cost variances before they become significant issues.
• Experience coordinating subcontractors and vendors, reviewing quotations and scopes, managing trade agreements, and administering purchase orders and change orders.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and familiarity with scheduling or project management platforms such as MS Project, Procore, or Buildertrend.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects, maintain accurate documentation, and establish reliable workflows.
• A proactive, accountable approach to problem-solving, with the confidence to anticipate challenges, make decisions, escalate risks appropriately, and drive issues through to resolution.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to coordinate effectively with clients, trades, construction teams, and remote colleagues.
• Consistent follow-through, responsiveness during working hours, and a commitment to keeping stakeholders informed without requiring repeated follow-ups.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a structured environment that uses daily stand-ups, weekly leadership meetings, performance scorecards, and quarterly objectives.
• Availability to work primarily in the Hamilton, Ontario area, including regular in-person meetings with the team, clients, trades, and job sites, particularly during the initial months.

What we offer

• Annual salary ranging from CAD $85,000 to CAD $105,000, depending on experience and qualifications.
• Additional employee benefits package.
• Full-time, permanent employment.
• Some flexibility for remote work alongside regular in-person collaboration in the Hamilton, Ontario area.
• Opportunity to take ownership of project operations and contribute directly to financial performance and delivery outcomes.
• Leadership responsibilities, including managing a project coordinator and collaborating closely with senior construction leadership.
• Opportunity to improve operational systems, strengthen project management processes, and contribute to the continuous improvement of residential construction delivery.

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