Manager, Construction

  • Location: Edmonton, AB
  • Department: Construction

The Construction Manager is responsible for efficiently planning, organizing and directing the building process of all new homes in a project or subdivisions in Edmonton and surrounding areas. The Construction Manager strives to achieve company objectives while maintaining balance between cost, time, quality and safety.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Managing trades, construction and schedule of work following building code, safety requirements and time deadlines:

· Manage Site Superintendent across several communities in different geographical areas.

· Walk all homes in that area with Site Superintendent once a week.

· Rate accomplished production.

· Check quality, material usage and budget.

· Train Site Superintendent on all aspects.

· Responsible for assuring quality of all homes built throughout the various stages of construction.

· Train Site Superintendents to deliver homes professionally by educating customers on operation of all mechanical systems and warranty procedures.

· Carry homes as needed a la Site Superintendent.

· Assist in development of construction systems and processes including construction manual.

· Improve average cycle time to corporate target.

· Improve customer satisfaction rating to corporate target.

· Ongoing recruitment of site superintendent and trades.

· Coordinates and schedules trade and supply logistics on site.

· Responsible for monitoring and assessing quality of homes built on a daily basis.

Managing safety requirements:

· Participate on safety training and maintain strong focus on the same.

· Follow through of corporate safety and construction processes used on all sites.

· Delivery and inspection of all work by trades.

Manage cost and budget:

· Improve 100%, 0 item closing to corporate target.

· Consistently reduce VPO’S with a target of 0.5% of direct cost per home.

· Performs other related duties as assigned.

EDUCATION

Beneficial
  • Associate's degree in Civil Engineering
  • Associate's degree in Construction Engineering

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Required
  • Prov Driver's License