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Avison Young is a global commercial real estate brokerage and advisory firm, offering transaction, management, financial and consulting services. We’ve designed our corporate structure to best serve our clients by enhancing collaboration across our organization.
Real estate can have an enormous positive impact on people’s lives – and we’re in the business of making spaces and places work better for people. Our purpose is to create real economic, social and environmental value as a global real estate advisor, powered by people.
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Overview:
Reporting to the Managing Senior Project Manager of Project Management Canada, the Project Management Senior Project Manager develops and directs operations and strategic planning to meet organizational goals. Provides overall strategic governance for effective project delivery in Canada. Establishes methodologies to set productivity and resource management targets for profitable outcomes. Responds to escalated project issues that may impede project delivery and coordinates solutions. Develops budgets/policies/procedures to support the functional infrastructure. Responsible for business development, meeting business revenue targets, team goals, and objectives for success.
Project sizes and scopes can range from 10,000SF to over 500,000SF. Level of finish varies from budget-conscious to high-end fit and finish with budgets of $500,000 to over $200M.
In addition to project-specific responsibilities, Senior Project Manager will work with other Project Managers, staff and teams from other business service lines and to develop business internally and externally.
Responsibilities:

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Proficient in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Project and Customer Relationship Management Tools (CRM).
• Ability to use Smart Sheet or similar digital project management / resource management platform experience required.
• Ability to read and understand architectural and engineering plans, with ability to provide value engineering advice.
• Good motivation and delegation skills.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCED REQUIRED

• College degree preferred, advanced degree a plus
• Minimum seven (7) to ten (10) years related experience
• PMP preferred

OTHER REQUIREMENTS

• Drive and determination to do whatever it takes to keep a project on schedule, within budget and a client satisfied
• Willingness to travel to and work at client locations and job sites in various stages of construction
• Valid Driver’s license, access to a car or ability to rent a car if needed to travel to sites not accessible by public transportation
• Ability to walk to job sites before, during and after construction, including walking several flights of stairs, occasionally climbing ladders
  Workplace Type: On-Site Our Equal Opportunity Commitment:
  Avison Young practices as an equal opportunity employer in all services locations around the world. We are committed to building and maintaining a workforce diverse in experience, skills and knowledge with uniformity in service excellence, commitment and integrity.
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• Internal reporting to Managing Director and Senior Director on project status.
• Working with team prepare revenue projections and other internal reporting, including regularly reporting on financial status of all projects to meet revenue and EBITDA targets.
• Coordinate project billing, invoicing, contracts & POs with department accounting lead for all assigned projects.
  Qualifications: