Building Science Project Manager

at  RDH

The Building Science Project Manager role requires technical knowledge in building science fundamentals, building envelope design, and building enclosure construction principles. This role focuses on the delivery of building enclosure projects, including investigations, design, construction document preparation, and field review.
This role will include being the day-to-day client contact for projects from investigation, design phase, through construction documents, tendering, submittal review, and quality assurance reviews on site. This work will focus on assessing and determining solutions to assist our clients in ensuring excellent building enclosure performance on a variety of building types, with opportunities available to work on existing and new buildings.
This role will include review of construction site field review documentation prepared by junior staff, as well as mentoring and training of junior staff, particularly on field review, testing, and documentation tasks. Project management responsibilities will include project financial performance, technical quality, project scheduling, and client satisfaction.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelors degree in Engineering, Applied Science, or Architecture required; Masters degree an asset
• 5+ years of experience in building science consulting
• 2+ years of project management experience
• Significant field experience addressing site conditions and working with construction process
• Eng. registered with PEO preferred

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

• Intermediate technical knowledge of building enclosure design and construction principles, including local building codes
• Excellent ability to communicate technical information to clients, trades, employees, and project managers while instilling confidence
• Analytical problem-solving skills and strong investigative aptitude, including ability to troubleshoot and diagnose building performance issues
• Ability to build collaborative relationships with clients, staff, and consultants
• Ability to gather and diagnose information, interpret data and drawings, and assess conditions of multiple components
• Proven team player who fosters teamwork and cooperation
• Excellent ability to shift focus between changing priorities
• Very good project management skills and the ability to work with others to achieve excellence
• Strong work ethic, eager to assume responsibility and do what it takes to have successful project outcomes for RDH and our clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent attention to detail
• Excellent organizational skills
• Strong desire to learn

ABOUT US:

RDH is an amazing place to work. A role with RDH is a career commitment to learn and grow alongside inspiring and dedicated people who care deeply about making buildings better.
We are an employee-owned consulting firm with 300 employees in nine offices across North America. Our core area of business is the integration of building science engineering, architecture, and construction management to optimize the performance of the building enclosure (walls, windows and roofs). Since our beginnings in 1997, we have become industry leaders in North America and continue to grow as we focus on technical excellence and delivering high-quality projects.
We offer a positive workplace with incredible teams, opportunities for professional growth, development and ownership. As well as your background, we seek alignment with RDH’s core values: 1) commit to excellence, 2) act with integrity, 3) work as a team 4) do what it takes, and 5) always learn.
Our collaborative teams fuel our mission of Making Buildings Better. We seek balanced representation in our teams, and to achieve a welcoming and inclusive community for all people who share a passion for our values and mission. We believe diverse thought, ideas, and voices make us great – people of different identities, races, ethnicities, genders, ages, orientations, religions, abilities, education, cultures, and skills. We are committed to equity through building teams based on qualifications, merit, and business needs. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Additional information on our expertise, projects, and culture can be found at www.rdh.com.

• Participation as part of the RDH team from concept design to the implementation stages of new and existing building projects
• Ensure delivery of services and products meet RDH quality standards
• Supervise staff on projects; provide mentorship to junior staff and support their career development plans.