Major Projects

SearchLabs•Toronto, ON

19h•Onsite

About The Position

We are partnering with one of Canada’s most established national builders on multiple senior leadership mandates within their Major Projects group. These are not standard project management roles. We are looking for proven construction executives who have already led major institutional work at scale and are ready to take ownership of complex, high profile builds that require technical depth, political maturity, commercial strength, and real leadership presence. The ideal candidates will come from a major Canadian general contractor, construction manager, P3 consortium, or large infrastructure delivery environment. Hospital experience is strongly preferred. Airport, major institutional, transit, public sector, or other technically complex live environment experience will also be highly relevant. This is a strong opportunity for senior construction leaders who want to be attached to landmark Canadian projects, work with sophisticated internal and external stakeholders, and operate at a level where delivery strategy, governance, risk, client management, and team leadership all matter. As Director, Major Projects, you will play a senior leadership role in the delivery of large scale institutional construction projects, including healthcare, hospital, airport, and other mission critical public infrastructure assignments. You will be responsible for leading complex project teams, managing executive level client relationships, overseeing commercial and delivery strategy, and ensuring major projects are delivered safely, profitably, and to a standard expected on nationally significant work. This role will suit someone who has already been trusted with major projects, understands the pressure of high value public infrastructure, and knows how to lead through complexity without losing control of schedule, cost, quality, safety, or client confidence.

Requirements

15 to 20 plus years of progressive construction experience
Senior leadership experience at Director, Senior Project Director, Project Executive, Operations Director, VP, or equivalent level
Direct experience on hospital, healthcare, airport, major institutional, public sector, or large infrastructure projects
Experience delivering projects in the hundreds of millions, ideally including projects approaching or exceeding $1B
Strong understanding of P3, design build, construction management, joint venture, and complex public procurement environments
Proven ability to lead large teams through complex delivery, commercial pressure, stakeholder demands, and schedule risk
Strong project controls knowledge, including schedule, cost forecasting, budget management, risk, claims, change management, and reporting
Experience dealing with consultants, owners, boards, government agencies, public sector clients, and senior executives
Commercial strength, including contract strategy, negotiation, financial risk, dispute resolution, and governance
A leadership style that is direct, credible, steady, and respected by senior project teams

Nice To Haves

Hospital experience is strongly preferred
Airport experience is also highly attractive because of the similar complexity around phasing, security, operations, public interface, stakeholder management, and working in active facilities.

Responsibilities

Leading complex project teams
Managing executive level client relationships
Overseeing commercial and delivery strategy
Ensuring major projects are delivered safely, profitably, and to a standard expected on nationally significant work
Involved in major project delivery from preconstruction through closeout, including strategy, planning, execution, commissioning, and operational transition
Lead multidisciplinary teams across construction, engineering, commercial, scheduling, estimating, project controls, safety, quality, commissioning, and client interface
Work with senior stakeholders including owners, consultants, government bodies, joint venture partners, lenders, boards, and executive leadership
Help shape delivery strategy on complex projects using models such as P3, design build, construction management, alliance, joint venture, and other major project structures
Bring discipline, judgement, and calm leadership to large teams working under pressure