Career Path Descriptions

Project Management

The project management stream within the PCL companies provides overall leadership for construction projects. Positions in the Project Management job stream are responsible for the project’s performance including safety, owner satisfaction, costs, schedule and quality. Individuals are able to join at an entry level providing technical support and grow to leadership roles.

Field Management

Our field management job stream manages all field construction on a major project. They are responsible for all field aspects of safety, developing and implementing the construction plan, the project’s budget, schedule, safety, productivity, and general performance.

Estimating

Our estimators are hands-on professionals who spend time understanding owner requirements, reviewing project plans and specifications, performing site visits and investigations, and evaluating the methods to construct some of the industry's most challenging projects. Using detailed construction analysis and historical costs, our estimators take off quantities, develop schedules and prepare comprehensive cost estimates to perform the work.

Safety & Loss Prevention

Safety departments manage and administer safety and loss prevention activities on our project sites. This includes small projects, where we participate as a subcontractor or general contractor, to major projects where we serve as the construction manager or prime contractor, and our own facilities.  The PCL family of companies' safety program is based on positive accountability, immediate program performance measurement and increased safety performance through analysis of current operations.

Procurement

PCL’s procurement group supports our operating companies by contracting for all goods and services required by our district operations, including permanent materials, consumable goods, construction equipment and services to support operations. The procurement group is responsible for expediting, receiving, storing and issuing all goods used on our construction projects. To satisfy operational needs they maintain, repair and supply construction tools as well as provide pricing support to our estimating departments.

The procurement function may be carried out within each operating company’s main office, or depending on the scope of a project, it may be stationed on the project itself.

Building Systems

Positions in this job stream will provide building systems coordination for a project or multiple projects as well assisting other project team members in matters concerning building systems from a technical and administrative perspective.

Quality

Quality professionals are knowledgeable in all aspects of construction projects. Their dedicated responsibility, both to the customer and company, make their services a valuable contribution to all projects from conception through to completion.

Finance & Administration

Centralized administration functions are maintained in our operating companies' main offices, including division of monthly and annual reporting, banking, payroll, remittances, and payments.

Finance and Administration functions include responsibility for all project related accounting activities; specifically, monthly project reporting, project billing, accounts payable, and time entry. The financial management function is performed from each company's main office or from the project field office, depending on the size and location of the project.

Systems & Technology

Our systems and technology support and software development team provide technical computer support in addition to developing and maintaining all custom applications required within the PCL family of companies.

Administrative Support

Administrative assistants are responsible for a variety of administrative and clerical duties relating to the department in which they work. They manage information, schedule meetings and appointments, organize and maintain paper and electronic files, manage departmental projects, provide information via the telephone, postal mail, e-mail, create electronic slide shows, plan events, prepare correspondence, and/or handle travel arrangements.

Human Resources Management

At PCL our human resources management professionals provide advice, assistance and support to employees and managers on a wide range of human resources issues such as; staff planning, performance feedback, career and professional development, discipline and conditions of work.