Construction Project Manager – Workforce & Trades
The Byng Group · Ottawa, ON ·
- Category
- Project management
Reporting to the Trade Services Manager, the Construction Project Manager - Workforce and Trades, is responsible for sourcing, recruiting, and onboarding qualified skilled tradespeople to support The Byng Group Inc.'s renovation projects. This role owns the full recruitment lifecycle — from identifying talent needs and building a reliable trade network, through screening, field testing, and onboarding — while working closely with the Trade Services Manager and local/regional management to ensure the right trades are in place to meet project timelines, quality standards, and client expectations
Recruitment & Selection of Skilled Trades
Qualifications & Skills
Key Responsibilities
Recruitment & Selection of Skilled Trades
- Identify, recruit, and select qualified tradespeople (e.g., carpenters, electricians, plumbers) based on project needs and timelines.
- Develop and maintain a strong network of skilled trades for immediate and future projects.
- Source candidates through job boards, referrals, trade associations, industry events, and social media/networking platforms.
- Screen resumes and applications, conduct initial phone/video interviews, and evaluate candidates against role and project requirements.
- Maintain an active pipeline of pre-vetted trades to reduce time-to-fill for urgent project needs.
- Monitor the early performance of newly placed trades and gather feedback from site/project management to confirm fit and quality of work.
- Support ongoing performance management processes for trades in coordination with the Trade Services Manager, including addressing performance concerns.
- Track performance outcomes to continuously refine sourcing and selection criteria for future recruitment.
- Act as a point of contact for trades on performance-related matters, trade engagement issues, addressing questions and resolving issues as they arise.
- Provide regular updates to the Trade Services Manager on trade performance, retention, and recruitment pipeline status.
- Liaise regularly with local and regional management teams to align on project needs, resource allocation, and client expectations.
- Partner with the Trade Services Manager to forecast upcoming labour needs based on project pipeline.
- Provide regular updates and reporting on recruitment pipeline status, time-to-fill, and trade availability
Qualifications & Skills
- Three to five years of experience in recruitment, staffing, or trade coordination, ideally within construction, renovation, or a related trades environment.
- Strong knowledge of skilled trades roles, requirements, and certifications in multi-family residential (an asset).
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build relationships with trades, site teams, and management.
- Highly organized, with the ability to manage multiple recruitment needs and priorities at once.
- Comfortable working both independently and collaboratively across local and regional teams.
- Proficiency with recruitment/ATS tools and general office software.
- Location: Ottawa with regular travel to Belleville and Kingston.