About Cantiro
With 30 years of real estate experience, Cantiro has developed visionary communities, built innovative homes, designed luxury condos, created the best townhomes and inspired some of the most interesting commercial properties. In each one of our four divisions—Homes, Communities, Commercial and Residential Rentals—our customers’ lives are at the centre of every decision we make. Visit our website Cantiro.ca for more information about our company.
The Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful execution of multi-family projects in SW Ontario from late-stage pre-construction and permitting through construction, turnover, and post-occupancy transition. This is a senior project leadership role requiring strong construction discipline, commercial awareness, regional relationship-building, and the ability to operate with a high degree of independence while reporting to the Regional Manager, SW Ontario.
The Project Manager will oversee projects that may include townhomes, stacked townhomes, mid-rise wood-frame, concrete, or hybrid multi-family developments, delivered either through self-perform execution or third-party general contractors. The role requires the ability to manage time, cost, quality, safety, cash flow, risk, contracts, consultant coordination, municipal interfaces, and stakeholder expectations.
The Project Manager is expected to provide leadership beyond day-to-day project administration. This includes identifying risk early, providing clear recommendations, supporting regional process development, mentoring junior project or construction team members as required, building strong local trade and consultant relationships, and ensuring that each project is delivered in a manner consistent with Cantiro’s business objectives, brand standards, and commitment to safety.
Role Summary
The Project Manager will be responsible for the following:
- Lead assigned SW Ontario multi-family projects through planning, permitting, construction, turnover, and operational handoff.
- Manage project delivery against approved budget, schedule, quality expectations, safety requirements, cash flow, and pro forma assumptions.
- Work closely with the Regional Manager, development, estimating, design, sales, marketing, finance, construction, warranty, and property management teams to ensure integrated project execution.
- Support due diligence, municipal approvals, development permitting, design coordination, budgeting, tendering, value engineering, and constructability reviews.
- Manage the post-development permit process, including building permits, servicing agreements, condominium-related requirements, registration coordination, and occupancy readiness.
- Maintain a clear understanding of Ontario construction requirements, including the Ontario Building Code, municipal approval processes, condominium requirements, and applicable new home warranty standards.
- Build and maintain effective relationships with municipalities, consultants, architects, engineers, trades, suppliers, utilities, third-party general contractors, and other local partners.
- Lead trade and consultant procurement in collaboration with the Regional Manager and corporate shared services, including tendering, scope review, contract negotiation, purchase orders, and subcontract execution.
- Ensure scopes of work are complete, coordinated, and clearly define responsibilities, exclusions, quality expectations, and interfaces between trades and consultants.
- Administer contracts, change orders, invoices, progress claims, holdbacks, and related documentation with appropriate commercial discipline.
- Monitor project key performance indicators, including schedule, budget, committed costs, forecast costs, cash flow, risk register, safety performance, deficiencies, and quality outcomes.
- Provide accurate monthly and quarterly reporting to the Regional Manager, including project status, forecast cost at completion, schedule movement, major risks, cash flow updates, and recommended corrective actions.
- Escalate project risks early and provide clear options and recommendations to support timely decision-making.
- Conduct regular site visits and project reviews to evaluate progress, quality, safety, trade performance, and alignment with approved scope.
- Support Cantiro’s Quality Management expectations and ensure deficiencies are identified, tracked, assigned, resolved, and closed in a disciplined manner.
- Coordinate turnover to property management, condominium corporations, purchasers, operators, or warranty teams as applicable.
- Ensure required permits, warranties, O&M manuals, as-builts, close-out documents, commissioning records, and deficiency documentation are complete and organized.
- Mentor and support project coordinators, assistant project managers, and other team members as required.
- Contribute to the development of SW Ontario regional processes, reporting discipline, trade base, consultant standards, and project delivery best practices.
- Set the visible standard for health and safety and ensure Cantiro employees, consultants, trades, suppliers, clients, and visitors work in a manner consistent with applicable legislation and corporate safety requirements.
Business Practice
RACI-Aligned Project Manager Tasks
The Project Manager is responsible for leading project delivery from permitting through turnover, while also supporting the Regional Manager in establishing disciplined regional execution practices. The role includes contract execution, site coordination, consultant and trade management, safety oversight, financial controls, schedule management, risk reporting, and transition into operations.
Pre-Construction and Permitting Phase
Responsible for:
- Support due diligence and project feasibility reviews
- Constructability review
- Design coordination and drawing review
- Consultant coordination
- Budget validation and value engineering
- Tender strategy and procurement planning
- Trade and supplier market input
- Building permit coordination
- Municipal approvals support
- Servicing agreement coordination
- Utility coordination
- Condominium documentation support, where applicable
- Rental or for-sale turnover planning, as applicable
- Project execution plan
- Project risk register
- Baseline schedule
- Baseline budget and cash flow setup
- ERP project setup and cost code alignment
Construction Phase
Responsible for:
- Building permits and permit tracking
- Third-party general contractor coordination, where applicable
- Self-perform construction coordination, where applicable
- Insurance coordination, including CCL, GL, COC, wrap-up, and other project-specific requirements
- Trade selection and procurement
- Trade scopes, scope gaps, and trade interface coordination
- Subcontract and purchase order execution
- Construction schedule creation, monitoring, and recovery planning
- Site logistics plan
- Winter heat plan
- Fire safety plan
- Safety documentation and reporting
- Site meeting cadence and minutes
- RFI, SI, CO, and change management process
- Drawing review and site coordination walkthroughs
- Interior design coordination and walkthroughs
- Show suite coordination, where applicable
- Quality control and quality assurance process
- Deficiency management and subcontractor performance tracking
- Security tracking and site inspections
- Financial reporting
- Project cash flow reporting
- Cost-to-complete forecasting
- Risk reporting and corrective action planning
- Progress claim review and invoice administration
- Monthly reporting to the Regional Manager
- Quarterly project updates as required
- Stakeholder coordination with sales, marketing, warranty, property management, and finance
Turnover and Operations Phase
Responsible for:
- Occupancy planning and readiness
- Municipal inspection coordination
- Completion documentation
- O&M manuals
- Warranty documentation
- As-built drawings and close-out package
- Deficiency close-out
- Property management handoff
- Warranty team handoff
- Condominium corporation or rental operations transition, as applicable
- Commercial fit-out transition and handoff, where applicable
- Lessons learned review and regional process improvement recommendations
Qualifications and Education Requirements
- Degree, diploma, or certificate in Engineering, Construction Management, Construction Technology, Architecture, Planning, Business, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
- 7+ years of progressive project management experience in multi-family residential construction, development, or construction management.
- Demonstrated experience managing larger or more complex multi-family projects, preferably including townhomes, stacked townhomes, mid-rise residential, rental, condominium, or mixed-use projects.
- Experience operating in Ontario construction and approval environments is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of Ontario Building Code requirements, municipal permitting, condominium-related processes, and applicable new home warranty expectations.
- Experience with both self-perform construction and third-party general contractor delivery models is an asset.
- Strong understanding of budgeting, tendering, construction contracts, procurement, schedule development, cost forecasting, change management, and cash flow reporting.
- Experience coordinating consultants, engineers, municipalities, utilities, trades, suppliers, general contractors, sales, marketing, warranty, and property management teams.
- Proven ability to lead project teams, mentor team members, manage ambiguity, and resolve project issues with sound judgment.
- Experience with ERP, project management, document control, and scheduling platforms such as Homefront, BuildPro, MS Project, Procore, SharePoint, Excel, or similar systems.
- PMP certification, Gold Seal, P.Eng., CET, or other industry designation is considered an asset.
- Based in SW Ontario, with regular travel to project sites, municipal meetings, consultant meetings, trade meetings, and regional business events.
- Valid driver’s licence and access to reliable transportation required.
Preferred Skills
- Strong project leadership with the ability to manage multiple priorities, stakeholders, and project risks.
- Clear, direct, and professional communication style with the ability to report effectively to senior leadership.
- Strong financial discipline, including budget management, committed cost review, forecasting, cash flow, and variance analysis.
- Ability to identify project risks early, develop options, and recommend corrective action.
- Strong contract administration skills, including scopes of work, subcontracts, purchase orders, change orders, claims, and invoice review.
- Strong understanding of construction sequencing, site logistics, quality control, commissioning, turnover, and warranty handoff.
- Ability to build productive relationships with municipalities, consultants, trades, suppliers, general contractors, and internal shared services.
- Firm but fair approach to trade and supplier management.
- Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to make balanced decisions in situations involving complexity, ambiguity, cost pressure, schedule pressure, or competing priorities.
- Demonstrated ability to improve systems, reporting routines, templates, processes, and accountability across a growing regional platform.
- Strong analytical thinking and attention to detail.
- Ability to mentor junior staff and contribute to a high-performance project management culture.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Word, Excel, Outlook, SharePoint, Teams, and MS Project or equivalent scheduling software.
Core Competencies
Leadership and Accountability:
Takes ownership of assigned projects and provides clear leadership to consultants, contractors, trades, suppliers, and internal teams. Sets expectations, follows up on commitments, and holds parties accountable in a professional and constructive manner.
Commercial and Financial Discipline:
Understands the financial drivers of project success and actively manages budget, forecast cost, committed cost, change orders, cash flow, risk, and schedule impacts.
Communication:
Communicates clearly and professionally with internal and external stakeholders. Provides concise written and verbal updates, identifies issues early, and brings forward clear recommendations.
Problem Resolution:
Identifies issues, evaluates options, and resolves conflicts in a timely manner while balancing cost, schedule, quality, safety, customer experience, and business objectives.
Teamwork and Collaboration:
Works effectively across departments and supports a positive team culture. Contributes to shared regional success and helps create alignment between development, construction, sales, marketing, finance, warranty, and operations.
Safety and Security:
Observes and reinforces safety and security procedures. Reports unsafe conditions and contributes to a safe work environment on sites and in offices.
Dependability:
Follows through on commitments, meets deadlines, responds to direction, manages priorities, and ensures responsibilities are covered when absent.
Adaptability:
Operates effectively in a growing regional business where priorities, project conditions, municipal requirements, and delivery constraints may change.
Language and Communication Skills:
Able to read, write, and understand instructions, contracts, correspondence, meeting minutes, reports, consultant documents, construction drawings, and technical documentation. Able to present information effectively in one-on-one, small group, consultant, municipal, trade, and internal leadership settings.
We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest in Cantiro, however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $110,000.00-$130,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- RRSP match
- Vision care
Application question(s):
- Are you legally authorized to work in Canada?
- Do you have experience managing multi-family construction projects such as townhomes, stacked townhomes, mid rise residential, rental or mixed use developments?
- Do you have experience working within Ontario's construction and municipal approval environment, including the Ontario Building Code?
Experience:
- Multi-Family, Residential Construction Project Management: 7 years (required)
Work Location: In person
