Job Description
Build your future with an industry leader
Canam Group is seeking a dedicated Project Manager for Hambro projects to join our Western Canada team. This is a permanent, full-time opportunity for a construction professional who understands the importance of planning, coordination, financial control, and site execution in delivering successful Hambro projects.
The role
As a Project Manager, you will lead the successful delivery of Hambro projects from handoff to closeout. You will act as the link between sales, estimating, engineering, detailing, fabrication, logistics, installation, concrete coordination, and the general contractor.
You will be responsible not only for schedule and execution, but also for protecting the financial health of the project through forecasting, cost control, change management, invoicing, and proactive risk identification.
Key responsibilities
- Project planning and execution
Lead the project from kickoff through completion, including proposal review, scope clarification, schedule development, procurement planning, logistics coordination, and site execution.
- Hambro technical coordination
Coordinate Hambro-specific requirements including erection drawings, joist and deck installation, pre-pour audits, concrete coordination, and interface with other trades.
- Schedule management
Develop and maintain project schedules using MS Project or similar tools. Prepare look-ahead schedules, track progress against baseline, identify delays, and coordinate recovery plans when required. Application of LPS.
- Financial forecasting and cost control
Prepare and maintain project forecasts, including budgeted cost, actual cost, committed cost, remaining cost, and estimated cost at completion. Monitor labour, equipment, consumables, rentals, subcontractors, and change impacts to protect project margin.
- Progress billing and schedule of values
Prepare, update, and manage the schedule of values. Support timely invoicing, progress claims, extras, back charges, and collection of required backup documentation.
- Change management
Identify scope changes early, prepare pricing support, negotiate extras, track pending changes, and ensure no additional work proceeds without proper authorization when possible.
- Site and quality control
Attend site meetings, conduct site visits, support pre-pour reviews, verify installation readiness, monitor deficiencies, and ensure Canam’s quality and safety expectations are maintained.
- Stakeholder communication
Act as the primary point of contact with general contractors, consultants, internal teams, subcontractors, and site crews. Communicate clearly, professionally, and proactively.
Qualifications
Your professional profile
- Education and experience
Civil Engineering, Construction Management, or equivalent construction experience. Hambro, structural steel, concrete, or multi-trade coordination experience is an asset.
- Technical skills
Ability to read structural drawings, erection drawings, shop drawings, architectural drawings, and project specifications. Understanding of Hambro by Canam systems, construction sequencing, and site coordination is strongly preferred.
- Financial acumen
Comfortable managing budgets, forecasts, cost reports, invoicing, extras, back charges, and margin protection. Able to identify financial risks before they become project losses.
- Software skills
Strong working knowledge of MS Project or similar scheduling tools, MS Excel/Google Sheets, Google Workspace, and project management platforms.
- Leadership traits
Organized, accountable, proactive, firm when needed, and comfortable saying “no” professionally when scope, schedule, safety, or cost are at risk.
- Mobility
Able to support projects across Western Canada with regular site travel as required.
Why career professionals choose Canam
Canam offers competitive remuneration, profit sharing, comprehensive benefits, professional development, and the opportunity to grow within an industry-leading organization.
Ready to join the team?
If you are a detail-oriented construction professional who can manage Hambro by Canam projects with strong technical, operational, and financial discipline, we want to hear from you.
Additional Information
Canam, an employer that makes you want to stay
Since 1960, Canam has been an employer with a strong, unifying and family-oriented culture, rallying its 5,100 employees. Established in Canada, the United States, Romania, India and the Philippines, our company continues to grow thanks to the innovation and know-how of each and every one of our employees. In fact, in order to build structures that are known and recognized for their quality throughout North America, you need to feel that you have what it takes to succeed in these major projects. Proud of our accomplishments, we are here to stay, and it is with you that we want to do so.
Canam Group Inc. appreciates your interest in this position. Please note that only candidates selected for an interview will be contacted. We reserve the right to conduct criminal, credit, and job-related medical background checks as part of the hiring process, upon the candidate's written authorization and at the company's expense.
