Capital Project Manager

LeverageTek is actively seeking a Senior Capital Project Manager for a 2-year contract opportunity with its Vancouver-based customer.

Work Location

Vancouver, BC (Hybrid/On-site as required)

Key Tasks

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex capital infrastructure projects from planning and design through construction, commissioning, and operational handover.
• Act as the owner’s representative, coordinating architects, engineers, contractors, consultants, and regulatory stakeholders while ensuring project objectives related to scope, schedule, budget, quality, and safety are achieved.
• Manage project governance activities, including status reporting, risk management, financial reporting, issue resolution, and stakeholder communications.
• Oversee design development, procurement, construction activities, contractor performance, change management, commissioning, and occupancy planning.
• Monitor project budgets, schedules, forecasts, and financial performance while ensuring compliance with organizational governance and regulatory requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with internal business leaders, external consultants, contractors, vendors, and regulatory authorities.

Key Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience managing large-scale capital infrastructure projects as an Owner’s Representative, delivering projects from business case through design, construction, commissioning, and operational handover.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline, along with a PMP certification. Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Registered Architect designation is considered an asset.
• Demonstrated expertise managing multidisciplinary teams, capital budgets, schedules, contractors, consultants, and stakeholders within complex, regulated, healthcare, laboratory, industrial, manufacturing, or other mission-critical environments.

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of capital project delivery methodologies, including Design-Build, Construction Management, EPC, IPD, and Design-Bid-Build.
• Experience managing project controls, including cost forecasting, earned value management, cash flow planning, and executive reporting.
• Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Project, including schedule development, resource planning, dependency management, and critical path analysis.
• Ability to interpret complex architectural, structural, mechanical, electrical, civil, and process engineering drawings and technical documentation.
• Experience overseeing permitting, regulatory approvals, construction documentation, RFIs, submittals, shop drawings, and contractor coordination.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex technical information into actionable updates for executives and governance committees.
• Experience coordinating commissioning, operational readiness, occupancy planning, validation, and transition-to-operations activities.

Assets

• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) or Registered Architect designation.
• Experience delivering projects within healthcare, laboratories, pharmaceutical, biologics, blood services, GMP, cold-chain, manufacturing, or other regulated environments.
• Experience delivering projects within occupied facilities where business continuity must be maintained throughout construction.
• Experience with Pro Forma modelling, capital investment analysis, and financial feasibility assessments.

Compensation

Hourly Rate Negotiable

About LeverageTek Staffing Solutions

Founded in 2003, LeverageTek provides end-to-end, cross-functional staffing solutions throughout North America. We are a trusted partner to leading private and public sector organizations and experts in talent solutions that create optimal business outcomes.

Don’t let our name fool you. Our roots are in technology, but we are also a proven leader in accounting and finance, sales and marketing, human resources, supply chain, and legal talent acquisition. We offer contract and permanent staffing, executive search, talent mapping, management consultancy, and contractor payroll management.

LeverageTek is an equal opportunity employer. We offer a welcoming and inclusive environment in service to one another, our customers, the candidates we represent, and the diverse communities we call home. We do all of this with kindness, empathy, and respect for each other. LeverageTek is committed to employment equity and creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, and marital status.

Accessibility accommodations are available upon request.

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