Project Manager / Estimator (Roofing)

Title: Project Manager / Estimator (Roofing) Location: Ottawa, ON Company: Triumph Group of Companies Role Overview The Project Manager / Estimator (Roofing) owns the full cycle of roofing work in the Ottawa market, from the first quote to final handoff. You'll prepare accurate, competitive estimates, track and submit tenders through Building Connected and similar bid platforms, and manage awarded projects from material procurement through completion. As the sole PM/estimator for the Ottawa branch, you work directly with clients, suppliers, and site crews, and you make the reasonable call in the moment instead of waiting to be told, since there's no one else in the seat to check with when a decision needs to happen right away. Good work in this role means bids that win without leaving money on the table, materials that show up when the job needs them instead of holding up a crew, and a client list that keeps calling Triumph back for the next project instead of shopping the work around. Because this is a standalone branch, the reputation Triumph builds in the Ottawa roofing market over the next few years is, in large part, whatever reputation you build for it. That's a significant amount of trust placed in one role, and it comes with a corresponding amount of latitude to run the branch the way you see fit, within Triumph's broader standards. You're as comfortable on a roof as you are at a desk: job site visits, ladders, and roof hatches are part of the routine, not the exception, and you'll move between quoting at your desk in the morning and walking a roof with a client or a crew lead in the afternoon. The people who thrive here bring real Ottawa roofing market knowledge, quote with discipline rather than guessing at numbers, and own a miss on a bid or a schedule the moment they spot it instead of letting it slide and hoping it resolves itself. Because you're the only estimator and PM in the branch, the quality of the whole Ottawa book of business runs through the decisions you make day to day, from how you scope a job to how closely you track a schedule once the crew is on site. There's no layer of management standing between you and the outcome of a project, which means both the credit and the accountability land squarely with you. That's a trade a lot of people find appealing after working in larger organizations where a good decision and a bad one can get equally lost in the crowd. What We Offer

• Salary: $60,000 to $90,000, commensurate with experience. Where you land in that range depends on how directly your prior estimating and project management experience maps onto roofing specifically, and on how quickly you can take over the Ottawa book of business with minimal ramp-up. Your compensation is reviewed as you build a track record in the market and take on more of the branch's pipeline.
• Standard group benefits, giving you and your family coverage without having to piece it together on your own once you're through the standard eligibility period. This is the same baseline coverage offered across Triumph's other branches and divisions.
• Full ownership of the Ottawa roofing book of business, from first bid to project close, meaning the wins, the misses, and everything in between are genuinely yours to manage rather than shared across a larger team. There's no ambiguity about whose call a decision was, and no committee to route a straightforward decision through before it can move.
• Direct line to branch leadership, with real input into how the Ottawa market is approached, including which clients and project types Triumph goes after and how aggressively bids are priced. Your read on the local market carries real weight in those conversations, since you're the one closest to it day to day.
• A stable, growing organization with projects across multiple construction and infrastructure sectors, so the Ottawa roofing branch you're building has the backing of a larger company behind it rather than standing entirely on its own. That means access to established systems, purchasing relationships, and support functions that a standalone startup branch wouldn't have on day one.
• Room to complete working at heights and other certifications on the job if you don't already have them, so a gap in your current certifications doesn't have to be a barrier to starting in this role. Triumph will support getting you properly certified rather than expecting you to arrive fully credentialed on day one.
• A culture focused on safety, accountability, and getting the work done right the first time, rather than one that rewards rushing a job through and dealing with the callback later. That standard applies just as much to the branch you're building as it does to any established Triumph division. What You Bring to the Table Technical Skills
• 5 or more years of estimating experience, ideally with a roofing contractor operating specifically in the Ottawa market, so you already understand local pricing, competition, and client expectations rather than having to learn the market from scratch. Knowing which local competitors typically bid a job, and roughly where they land, is a real advantage in this role.
• 3 or more years in a project management or supervisory capacity, with a track record of actually running a job through to completion rather than only preparing the estimate that won it. You understand what happens to a schedule once a crew is mobilized and know how to keep a project moving when something inevitably doesn't go to plan.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and bid management platforms such as BuildingConnected, comfortable tracking multiple live bids and their deadlines without anything slipping through the cracks. You're the one responsible for noticing an addendum or a deadline change, since nobody else is watching the platform for you.
• Skilled at quoting and managing tenders and projects from start to finish, including material procurement, so you can carry a job all the way from the first conversation with a client through to the final invoice, without handing pieces of it off to someone else along the way.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to run multiple bids and active projects at once, since this branch doesn't have a second estimator to absorb the overflow when things get busy. Dropping a deadline or a follow-up call isn't something a bigger team can quietly absorb here. Attributes
• Clear, direct communicator in English, comfortable representing Triumph with clients and on site, whether that's walking a property manager through a quote or talking a crew lead through a schedule change. In a branch of one, you are effectively the face of Triumph in Ottawa for most of the people you deal with.
• Makes the reasonable call in the moment rather than waiting to be told, since this is a standalone role with no other estimator or PM in the branch to check with before a decision has to be made. Waiting for sign-off that isn't readily available would slow down decisions that need to happen the same day.
• Owns a miss on a bid or a schedule the moment it's spotted, and says plainly what will change next time, rather than downplaying the miss or hoping nobody notices it. Branch leadership would rather hear about a problem early from you than find out about it late from a client.
• Comfortable working at heights and on active job sites, including climbing ladders and accessing roof hatches, and treats site safety as a non-negotiable part of the job rather than an inconvenience. You set the example on site, since crews will often take their cue on safety from how the PM behaves.
• Self-directed and consistent, bringing the same standard to every quote and every site regardless of who's watching, because in a branch of one, there's no one else checking the work before it goes out. That consistency is what builds trust with clients over repeated projects, rather than a single strong showing follow