MANAGER CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

Job ID: 50400

Job Category: Buildings, Property Operations & Real Estate

Division & Section: Corporate Real Estate Management, FM Project Management Office

Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John St, Toronto, M5V 3C6

Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Temporary (12 months) 

Salary: $122,305.00-$163,639.00, TM0892 and Wage Grade 8

Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 Hours per week per week

Affiliation: Non-Union

Number of Positions Open: 1 

Posting Period: 16-Oct-2024 to 30-Oct-2024

The City of Toronto’s Corporate Real Estate Management Division is seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager, Capital Construction Projects to lead and manage transformative initiatives that will shape the future of our city. This is your opportunity to play a critical role in high-impact, strategic construction projects that support key housing, shelter, and infrastructure programs in Toronto.

As a Manager, Capital Construction Projects, you’ll have the chance to lead a team of talented professionals—project managers, senior managers, and coordinators—across some of the most high-profile and rapidly executed multi-year housing and shelter initiatives in the city. You will be directly involved in strategic programs with values ranging from $5 million to $250 million, including the Rapid Housing Initiative, the Modular Housing Initiative, and the Homelessness Services Capital Infrastructure Strategy (HSCIS).

You will work closely with diverse stakeholders, including internal divisions, the Housing Secretariat, and Toronto Shelter & Support Services, to deliver on these pivotal programs. You’ll guide the team through the entire project lifecycle, from development approvals to construction and handover, ensuring the highest standards of quality, efficiency, and community impact.

Major Responsibilities:

• Develops and implements detailed plans and recommends policies regarding program specific requirements.
• Manages, motivates, and trains the unit's staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, continuous learning and encourages innovation in others.
• Supervises the day-to-day operation of all assigned staff including the scheduling, assigning and reviewing of work. Authorizes and controls vacation and overtime requests. Monitors and evaluates staff performance, approves salary increments and conducts performance management when needed.
• Administers the annual client budget for the unit and ensures that the unit's expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations.
• Provides client consultation, cost benefit analysis, feasibility study, technical review, and budget estimates services with respect to facility planning and capital construction.
• Forecasts, develops, and implements, short- and long-term financial budgets to facility requirements.
• Ensures capital projects and programs are successfully delivered.
• Implements project control systems, cost evaluation methodologies and performance evaluation criteria for consultant selection in accordance with established corporate policies and guidelines.
• Manages the preparation of specifications for new work and capital projects. Implements, and maintains a performance evaluation for contractors and consultants in consultation with the City's procurement department.
• Liaises and works collaboratively with client service managers to ensure that customers' needs are identified and met.
• Plans financial and operational requirements and determines staffing requirements.
• Maintains the cost control system for responsible capital projects.
• Liaises with other managers for the preparation of capital budgets.
• Manages issues related to labour relations, performs recruitment and selection, performance appraisals, and training and development of staff to ensure competency.
• Prepares reports, and responses to questions at Council and Committee meetings.
• Provides value engineering for capital project implementation.

Key Qualifications:

1. Post Secondary Education in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business Management, or an approved equivalent combination of education and experience.
2. Extensive large scale strategic project and program management experience in the area of building construction including architecture, engineering and design. 
3. Considerable experience managing a large, multidisciplinary team of technical and professional staff with experience leading, motivating, coaching, and developing employees.
4. Experience with advanced procurement processes, strategic sourcing, program vendor management, audit and monitoring of KPIs/SLAs reporting out through the program delivery, including managing financial expenditures, progress payments and assigned budget.
5. Considerable experience managing a variety of delivery models including Stipulated Sum, Design-Build, Construction Management, and Integrated Project Delivery are seen as an asset.
6. Experience in facilities project and/or program management for multiple clients with varying needs based on their operational requirements.
7. Experience successfully building stakeholder relationships including negotiation, facilitation, and engagement.
8. Working knowledge of building planning and design principles, concepts, and procedures. Experience with net zero or sustainable building construction would be considered an asset.
9. Working knowledge in all aspects of building systems; heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems; security systems and accessibility.
10. Demonstrated knowledge of applicable codes and government legislation such as the Occupational Health and Safety Act and its regulations, the Construction Act the National Fire Code, Ontario Building Code (OBC), Construction Standards Association (CSA), Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA), and other relevant codes and regulations.
11. Demonstrated success in developing and implementing capital development   programs.
12. Experience with capital and/or operating budgets, financial controls and procedures affecting facilities and real estate.
13. Experience in the procurement of construction and professionals’ services; contract preparation; execution and administration; and project cost control.
14. Experience with project control, program control and monitoring activities including risk analysis, risk mitigation, project action + decision logs and change request approval reporting. Strong experience managing project budgets, cash flow forecasting, earned value analysis, and detailed project scheduling is required.
15. Experience in the tender preparation of construction documents, requests for proposals for design/build assignments and professional service assignments, request for quotations, and the execution of the corresponding contracts and agreements.
16. Proficient with a variety of software packages including, MS Office (i.e. Word, Excel, Access, Visio and PowerPoint), project scheduling + tracking software and databases (i.e.MS Project, Primavera P6) and general knowledge of SAP with strong data analytics and spreadsheet abilities. Knowledge of Building Information Modelling (BIM) software and clash detection analysis would be considered an asset.
17. Effective decision-making skills, demonstrating innovation and results-oriented leadership and a strong customer service orientation.
18. Highly developed human relations skills, with the ability to communicate both orally and in writing at all levels of the organization, including elected officials, internal and external clients.
19. Ability to travel to various work locations and conduct site visits.

Note To Current City of Toronto Employees 

City of Toronto employees are eligible to apply for the posted job opportunity, but cannot hold two different jobs. To be considered for this job posting, you must indicate that you are a "Current City of Toronto employee" on the on-line application form, and provide your "Employee Number".

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

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