Forbes Bros Ltd. is currently seeking a qualified Project Manager (full-time, permanent) to join our team in Eastern Canada! This is a hybrid opportunity that requires up to 75% travel to various project sites in Eastern, Northwestern, and Southwestern Ontario.

The Project Manager will be responsible providing overall guidance and management to one or more construction projects with the responsibility for ensuring compliance with client requirements. Additionally, the Project Manager will assume a leadership role and oversee and provide guidance for internal requirements for safety, quality, schedule, and cost for all assigned projects. The successful candidate will have prior experience in Industrial or Powerline construction and demonstrate strong understanding of project management processes and execute leadership skills with the ability to analyze data and provide professional judgement and solutions.

Forbes Bros Ltd. has a family-oriented culture that focuses on flexibility, communication, growth & respect in the workplace. Welcome to this exciting career opportunity!

What We Are Looking For

• Competitive Salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Enrolment in pension program
• Vacation Days and PTO days
• Hybrid work model
• Family orientated working environment
• Opportunity for growth and development

Key Responsibilities:

• Lives Forbes Bros. value of WE WORK SAFE & never compromising on safety in all aspects of our every day
• Obtains technical guidance required to support Project technical issues. Guides field teams as required
• Ensure preparation and transmittal of submittals required for approval of technical issues, vendor documents, and material information
• Ensure tracking and collection of quality documents and provides correction of and proper documentation of field quality issues
• Support development of field quality procedures
• Prepare and updates project schedules, prepares recovery schedule when required, publishes schedules as requires for Clients and/or Company, including narrative schedule analysis of critical schedule elements
• Prepare budgets, tracks, and analyzes costs, forecast, develop plans for improving cost performance, works with construction supervision to implement changes
• Efficiently coordinate resources as per project requirements
• Supports estimating team during estimate preparation and provides supporting documents to help estimating, inclusive of but not limited to: execution narratives, and other construction plans
• Read, review and understand contract content and requirements. Able to instruct and inform other of contract requirements
• Communicate with/or supervises communication with client concerning changes in contract scope or terms with goal to obtain appropriate change order
• Direct and coordinate installation crews and provide direction to administration and field support staff as required
• Ensure preparation and submittal of necessary change order information to client and negotiate
• Manage materials and subcontracts from pre-qualification, bidding packages, negotiation, tracking, coordinating mobilization, managing performance, etc.
• General management and reporting of all projects within scope
• Other projects & duties as assigned

What We Are Looking For:

• Three (3) + years' experience in a field involving linear construction such as electrical transmission or pipeline and/or industrial construction, is required
• Post-secondary education in Construction Management, Project Management, or an engineering discipline related to the company's work is preferred. A combination of education and relevant experience will be considered.
• Knowledge of main construction office processes; project set-up; subcontract management; change orders; RFI's; closeout
• Proven experience with providing direction and managing multiple concurrent projects
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite, Microsoft Project and Primavera P6
• Able and willing to travel to and work in remote project locations, embedded in operational work groups
• Have and maintain a valid driver license and acceptable give (5) year drivers abstract
• As per client requirements, candidates to comply with pre-access Drug & Alcohol testing to access certain project sites

Forbes Bros Ltd. Is an equal opportunity employer committed to best practice recruiting and hiring, to promote gender equality and workplace diversity. We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those candidates who meet the requirements noted and who earn an invitation to interview will be contacted.

In compliance with Client and Project/Work site requirements, candidates may be required to undergo pre-access screening.