Senior Project Manager

Canem Systems is a leading full-service electrical and mechanical contractor, offering comprehensive services across Canada. Our expertise spans design assistance, pre-construction, planning, installation, and maintenance. We excel in delivering sophisticated solutions for complex projects and provide a wide range of specialized trade services, including electrical, mechanical, data, and communications.

With eight offices across Canada and a dedicated workforce of over 700 professionals, Canem Systems operates in diverse public and private market sectors. Our extensive knowledge, capabilities, and experience enable us to support projects in commercial, healthcare, transportation, light industrial, and data centre sectors.

• Building and maintaining effective relationships with existing and new clients and suppliers, marketing the company and its services to existing and new clients, engineers, planners, and other potential contacts, advising clients about new and effective products and services, actively seeking out new opportunities, projects, and clients for Canem and estimating and obtaining new projects.

• Leading pre-planning activities for assigned projects, obtaining agreement on effective project plan, ensuring approved project plan is successfully implemented on site, building positive relationships and a positive image for the company, achieving, and exceeding financial profit of projects, and maximizing project cashflow through careful planning and implementation of project.

• Working closely with relevant management staff in writing of quotations and project proposals, administering of contracts, negotiating, and obtaining of contracts, preparing tenders for subcontractors and suppliers, awarding subcontracts, and obtaining relevant management approvals for all estimations, proposals, and contracts prior to disclosure to an outside party.

• Setting up projects in relevant software applications and working with general contractors and consultants to ensure success on current projects and future work, scheduling manpower, equipment and material for project, ordering material to ensure material is available when necessary, deciding on which equipment and tools to use.

• Ensuring quality of workmanship is to company standards, enforce company's safety policy and identify areas for improvement, providing effective training for foreperson and ensuring correct training levels for other staff including apprentices and new employees, and ensuring that all electrical codes, safety codes and proper work practices are followed.

• Working closely with relevant management staff in documentation of project, including the approval of shop drawings, ensuring timely and effective billings, estimating, reviewing, pricing, and submitting of change orders, providing accurate forecasting and project reporting, reporting project progress on a monthly basis and effectively closing out of projects.

• Providing leadership and positive motivation for project staff and company partners by acting as a responsible and goal-oriented team player and leading by example in achieving excellence and being accountable for results and outcomes.

• A minimum 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager in electrical construction

• PEng certification or EIT with a background in electrical or power engineering an asset

• Certification as electrician's journeyman or relevant degree or diploma

• Current knowledge of electrical, building, and municipal codes and regulations

• Excellent knowledge of industry products, practices, and standards

• Knowledge of the data/communication industry an asset

• Excellent knowledge of and proficiency in required computer programs

• Knowledge of engineering software and engineering skills an asset

• Ability to learn quickly, be flexible and adaptable

• Strong organizational abilities and demonstrated attention to detail

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

• Strong time management skills, specifically the ability to multi-task and prioritize

• Able to work independently and in a team

At Canem, we prioritize a high commitment to the employee experience, fostering a professional and engaged workforce. We are dedicated to building an inclusive and collaborative community, driven by a strong sense of belonging, well-being, and social responsibility. Our people are what matter most; without them, our business would not exist. Our teams are comprised of construction professionals who deliver on our commitments with integrity and professionalism for all clients across diverse market sectors throughout Canada.

We put safety first. Our holistic health and safety culture is rooted in our commitment to work in a spirit of collaboration with all employees, trade partners, clients, and suppliers to foster the healthy and safe work environment that every worker deserves. Our goal is to ensure that everyone goes home safe every day.