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Job Details

Construction Project Manager

Employer

ARCAN Construction

Date Posted

September 29, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Okotoks, AB
    Yellowknife, NT
  • Earnings $85,000.00 to $125,000.00 annually (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 hours per week
  • Position Permanent Full Time
  • Vacancies 2  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 13, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

ARCAN Construction

Languages

English

Education

  • College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years
  • Construction trades, general
  • Construction trades, other
  • Construction management
  • or equivalent experience

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Interior

Work setting

  • Office
  • Various locations
  • Residential construction
  • General office
  • Commercial and/or industrial construction
  • Head office

Budgetary responsibility

  • $100,001 - $500,000
  • $500,001 - $1,500,000
  • $1,500,001 - $4,000,000
  • $4,000,001 - $8,000,000
  • $8,000,001 +

Tasks

  • Coordinate subcontractors activities
  • Evaluate daily operations
  • Plan and organize daily operations
  • Select trade subcontractors
  • Prepare and submit construction project budget estimates
  • Hire and supervise activities of subcontractors
  • Plan and prepare construction schedules and milestones and monitor progress
  • Prepare contracts and negotiate revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements
  • Read blueprint, schemas and drawings
  • Plan and manage budgets
  • Direct the purchase of building materials and land acquisitions
  • Develop and implement quality control programs
  • Develop risk management plans
  • Oversee the analysis of data and information
  • Prepare reports

Supervision

  • 3-4 people
  • Contractors
  • Staff in various areas of responsibility

Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses 

  • Leadership for safety excellence course
  • First Aid Certificate
  • Construction Safety Training Systems (CSTS) Certificate
  • Fall Arrest Protection Training Course
  • Gold Seal Membership in the Canadian Construction Association

Computer and technology knowledge

  • MS Excel
  • MS Office
  • MS Outlook
  • MS PowerPoint
  • MS Project
  • MS Word
  • SharePoint

Construction specialization

Industrial, commercial and institutional

Area of specialization

Project management

Security and safety

  • Criminal record check
  • Driver's validity licence check
  • Reference required

Transportation/travel information

  • Valid driver's licence
  • Willing to travel
  • Willing to travel regularly

Work conditions and physical capabilities

Attention to detail

Personal suitability

  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Excellent oral communication
  • Excellent written communication
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Values and ethics
  • Accountability

Screening questions

  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you have the required certifications listed in the job posting?

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

Employment terms options

Day

Green job

Involves duties and responsibilities that lead to positive environmental outcomes

Workplace information

Hybrid

Health benefits

  • Dental plan
  • Health care plan
  • Vision care benefits

Financial benefits

  • Bonus
  • Group insurance benefits

Other benefits

  • Learning/training paid by employer
  • Team building opportunities

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Construction Project Manager is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

Construction Managers
DIRECTIVE

Interest in co-ordinating information to direct, control and evaluate construction projects from start to finish according to schedules, specifications and budgets; and in directing purchases of building materials and land acquisitions and in supervising the activities of subcontractors and staff

METHODICAL

Interest in preparing contracts, in planning and preparing construction schedules and milestones, in monitoring progress against established schedules and in developing and implementing quality control programs

social

Interest in negotiating revisions, changes and additions to contractual agreements with architects, consultants, clients, suppliers and subcontractors

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