Restoration Project Manager

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Restoration Project Manager

DKI Central Alberta is seeking an experienced Restoration Project Manager to join our team.

This position is responsible for managing residential and commercial insurance restoration projects from initial loss through completion. The successful candidate will coordinate customers, insurance professionals, trades, internal staff, budgets, documentation, and project schedules while ensuring projects are completed efficiently, professionally, and profitably.

This is a key operational role suited to someone who understands the restoration industry, is comfortable managing multiple active files, and can take ownership of projects from start to finish.

Compensation

Base Salary: $90,000–$120,000 per year, depending on restoration experience, qualifications, and demonstrated ability.

In addition to base salary, this position includes a profitability-based incentive plan that provides additional earning potential based on the financial performance of managed projects.

The incentive program is designed to reward strong project management, including:

• Maintaining healthy project margins
• Effective labour, material, and subcontractor cost control
• Timely project completion
• Accurate estimating, supplements, and change-order management
• Strong documentation and file management
• Customer satisfaction
• Overall project performance

Total compensation will vary based on individual and project performance.

Responsibilities

The Restoration Project Manager will be responsible for:

• Managing insurance restoration projects from initial assignment through final completion
• Attending loss sites and completing initial assessments
• Developing project scopes, budgets, and work plans
• Coordinating mitigation, demolition, reconstruction, contents, and specialty trades
• Scheduling internal staff, subcontractors, inspections, and material deliveries
• Maintaining communication with homeowners, commercial clients, adjusters, consultants, and other stakeholders
• Reviewing estimates, scopes, change orders, and project costs
• Monitoring job profitability, labour costs, subcontractor costs, and material expenditures
• Identifying additional or missed scope items and documenting required changes
• Preparing and managing supplements and change orders
• Ensuring projects remain on schedule and addressing delays proactively
• Reviewing project documentation, photographs, moisture records, and completion requirements
• Conducting site inspections throughout the project
• Coordinating and managing subcontractors
• Ensuring workmanship meets company standards and applicable building requirements
• Resolving customer concerns professionally and efficiently
• Maintaining accurate and timely project documentation
• Working closely with production staff, estimators, administration, and management
• Participating in emergency response and large-loss operations when required

Required Experience

Previous insurance restoration experience is required.

Candidates should have:

• Experience managing water, fire, mould, or insurance reconstruction projects
• Strong knowledge of residential and commercial construction
• Experience coordinating multiple projects simultaneously
• Strong understanding of project scheduling and job costing
• Experience working with subcontractors and field staff
• Experience communicating with insurance adjusters, consultants, and customers
• Excellent communication and customer-service skills
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to manage challenging situations and competing priorities
• Strong computer and documentation skills
• A valid driver’s licence and clean driving record

Preferred Qualifications

The following would be considered strong assets:

• Previous experience as a Restoration Project Manager
• Xactimate estimating experience
• Experience with Encircle or similar restoration documentation software
• IICRC certifications
• Construction management or supervisory experience
• Experience managing large-loss or commercial restoration projects
• Experience managing project budgets and profitability
• Experience negotiating scope and pricing with adjusters and consultants

What We’re Looking For

We are looking for someone who takes ownership of their projects and understands that strong project management requires both operational execution and financial accountability.

The successful candidate will be:

• Highly organized
• Accountable
• Comfortable making decisions
• Strong with customers and difficult conversations
• Able to manage both field operations and administrative responsibilities
• Financially aware and attentive to project profitability
• Capable of prioritizing multiple active projects
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where priorities can change quickly
• A strong communicator who keeps customers, staff, and stakeholders informed
• Proactive in identifying scope, schedule, and cost issues
• Focused on solving problems rather than simply identifying them

Restoration is an emergency-driven industry, and the successful candidate must be comfortable adapting when circumstances change.

What We Offer

• Base salary of $90,000–$120,000 per year
• Profitability-based incentive plan with additional earning potential
• Full-time, year-round employment
• Opportunity to manage a diverse range of residential and commercial losses
• Support from an experienced restoration and production team
• Training and professional development opportunities
• Opportunity for advancement within the organization
• A high level of autonomy and ownership over your projects
• Performance-based earning potential tied directly to successful project outcomes

About DKI Central Alberta

DKI Central Alberta provides emergency restoration and reconstruction services throughout Central Alberta.

We work with homeowners, businesses, insurers, adjusters, consultants, property managers, and other stakeholders following water, fire, mould, storm, and other property losses.

Our Project Managers play a central role in the customer experience and in the financial and operational success of each project. We are looking for someone who can manage that responsibility confidently and professionally.

If you are an experienced restoration professional looking for an opportunity with greater responsibility, autonomy, and earning potential, we would like to hear from you.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $90,000–$120,000 per year plus profitability-based incentive compensation

Schedule: Monday to Friday, with on call responsibilities

Experience:
Insurance restoration experience: Required

Licence/Certification:
Valid Driver’s Licence: Required

Work Location: In person – Central Alberta

I can also tighten this into a more aggressive, high-performance posting aimed specifically at experienced restoration PMs who are already managing $1M+ books of business.

Pay: $90,000.00-$120,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Dental care
• Disability insurance
• Extended health care
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• RRSP match
• Vision care

Work Location: In person