Director, Construction Administration

WSP•Markham, ON

5d•CA$161,500 - CA$222,300

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Director, Construction Administration – Bridges Highways & Roads Ontario for its Transportation business line. This position provides leadership and strategic direction for the Construction Administration division across Ontario. The Director is responsible for approximately 60 technical staff and revenues of $12 million CAD. The role is primarily responsible for people leadership, financial performance, project delivery, organic growth, client services, safety, and staff performance management for the Construction Administration division across Ontario. This role ensures the coordination of efforts across offices and other business lines, developing plans, programs, and organizational objectives to enhance margins, workforce utilization, and cash generation, enabling the business growth and ensuring client satisfaction. All activities are undertaken in support of the WSP Canada strategic plan.

Requirements

Advanced leadership and communication abilities, notably capable of inspiring, engaging, and influencing a high caliber team to drive a business to higher performance levels and seize the opportunities presented internally and, in the market, to the benefit of a wide body of stakeholders (including, but not limited to clients, employees, shareholders, partners, suppliers, and society at large)
Strong civil engineering professional services business acumen, likely demonstrated through prior successful experience in a large scope civil engineering management role
10+ years’ experience working in construction administration and project management capacity on construction administration assignments for public sector clients
5+ years’ experience managing and mentoring a large team of technical staff
University degree in Civil Engineering
Eligible for a Professional Engineer license in Ontario
Advanced ability to communicate effectively (verbal, written, and executive presentations) with the internal and external clients and stakeholders, and build well-developed teams and positive relationships
Strong negotiation, communication and customer relationship skills are essential
Excellent technical, interpersonal and teamwork skills
The ability to successfully lead with little direction to meet organizational goals

Nice To Haves

Experience in construction administration for the Ontario Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is considered an asset
Experience within an engineering consulting environment (is preferred)

Responsibilities

Accountability and responsibility for the overall performance of the Construction Administration division in Ontario, including meeting established revenue and profitability targets
Provides effective leadership by inspiring and engaging all managers, project managers, and professional/specialist individual contributor employees towards achieving the short-term and long-term objectives of the business line, as reflected in the WSP Canada strategic plan, business line’s strategic plan, and the division’s operating plan and targets
Manages the implementation of the operating plan and its objectives for the Construction Administration division in Ontario, with primary efforts focused on project delivery excellence, financial performance, and adherence to the business line’s strategic plan and organic growth
Works and collaborates with Managers as part of the Discipline management team, to establish discipline-specific strategies, budgets, goals, and objectives consistent with, and supportive of, broader Business Line and Corporate strategies
Senior responsibility for managing and developing employees in accordance with WSP core values, the performance management program and the job architecture and job family structure, including supporting the identification and retention of, and investment in, top talent
Provides leadership to sustain a culture of continuous improvement and client satisfaction
Upholds the company’s core values and maintains Health and Safety at the highest level.
Senior responsibility for optimizing the performance of the Construction Administration division in Ontario, including project margin, staff utilization, DSO, and general administration costs
Defines contracting strategies, commercial terms, and measures to manage and mitigate risk during key pursuit processes including interacting directly with customers during negotiations
With support from the corporate legal team, provide guidance and direction to managers to ensure operational and project delivery excellence
Conducts regular project reviews to ensure budget, schedule, risk, and cost to complete estimates are in order
Guides and directs project management employees on measures to mitigate project performance issues and risks, ensuring successful delivery on the contractual commitments and financial targets for the project portfolio to meet client expectations and achieve or exceed profitability targets for the business line
Collaborates closely with the finance, quality, legal/risk, and project delivery shared services to advance project management tools such as project status reports, ensuring the design meets business line requirements and proper deployment and utilization within the business line
Promote collaboration within the business line and across offices to ensure effective resource sharing, workload/resource balancing and to bring the best the business line has to bear to meet the needs of clients
Monitors business development investments to deliver acceptable returns on the investments, aligned with the business line strategy and its backlog and sales targets