Modularization Manager

Brunel•Mississauga, ON

About The Position

Brunel has partnered with Hatch to support the hiring of a Modularization Manager to join their team. Hatch is a globally recognized engineering, project delivery, and professional services firm, committed to the pursuit of a better world through positive change. With over 70 years of expertise across mining, energy, and infrastructure, Hatch delivers innovative and sustainable solutions worldwide. Through this partnership, we are seeking a Modularization Manager to join Hatch’s Project Delivery Group (PDG)—a dynamic and globally integrated team delivering world-class projects. The PDG combines deep expertise in sustainable studies, asset development, and operations, leveraging industry-leading methodologies, governance, and systems. About the role The Modularization Lead/Manager is a senior project delivery and technical leadership role responsible for developing, governing, and implementing modular execution strategies across heavy industrial projects. The role ensures modularization is embedded early in project development and consistently applied through engineering, procurement, fabrication, logistics, and construction using established methodologies. The Modularization Lead works collaboratively with project leadership, engineering disciplines, layout and module design specialists, construction teams, and logistics providers to deliver safe, cost effective, and schedule efficient modular solutions.

Requirements

Minimum 10 years of experience in heavy industrial projects with significant modular execution content.
Strong overall understanding of project execution workflows across engineering, procurement, fabrication, logistics, and construction.
Proven experience developing and implementing modular execution strategies.
Demonstrated understanding of capital cost estimating methodologies, including TIC build ups.
Practical experience working with multidisciplinary engineering teams during modularization planning and execution.
Experience coordinating modularization activities across multiple project phases.
Working knowledge of global module yards and modular supply chains.
Demonstrated ability to solve complex logistics and transportation challenges associated with large modules.
Strong understanding of discipline interfaces and engineering systems coordination.
Experience on both greenfield and brownfield projects, including constructability considerations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Proven ability to lead and coordinate, focused teams.
Experience mentoring and developing junior and intermediate professionals.
Strong ability to engage with and coordinate technical and non technical client representatives.
Clear communicator capable of aligning diverse stakeholder groups.
Strong personal commitment to health, safety, quality, and engineering excellence.
Highly collaborative and solutions driven mindset.
Comfortable working across regions, cultures, and project environments.
Willingness and ability to travel for short durations to project offices, module yards, or site locations.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and implementation of modular execution strategies across industrial facilities.
Ensure modularization is considered and embedded early in projects, using standardized and proven methodologies.
Provide subject matter expertise and guidance to identify optimal modular opportunities within project facilities.
Support and guide engineering teams during conceptual, basic, and detailed design phases to enable modular execution.
Collaborate with layout and module design leads to ensure modular concepts are technically sound and execution‑ready.
Coordinate modularization activities across engineering, fabrication, logistics, and construction phases.
Work closely with project teams to deploy modularization concepts into actionable execution plans.
Develop and review modular execution schedules (Level 3) aligned with overall project schedules.
Provide input into capital cost estimates, with a strong understanding of TIC development, including direct costs, indirects, and contractor indirects.
Apply and leverage design review tools (e.g., Navisworks, SmartPlant Review, or equivalent) to support modular planning and coordination.
Support and, where required, monitor module yard selection and global module supplier capabilities and performance.
Identify, assess, and solve complex logistical challenges related to module transportation and installation.
Apply working knowledge of module transportation equipment and ocean going transport vessels, including their limitations and advantages.
Develop module yard bid packages, including the preparation and coordination of associated technical documentation, scope definitions, and execution requirements.
Maintain strong working knowledge of existing module yards globally, including their capabilities, limitations, regional strengths, fabrication capacities, and execution experience.
Provide expert input into module yard selection strategies based on project requirements, logistics constraints, schedule, cost, and risk considerations
Support the Construction Manager during module yard execution, including coordination of fabrication, assembly, and construction readiness activities at the module yard
Prepare clear, structured reports, technical documents, and proposals related to modular execution.
Develop and deliver presentations to clients, project teams, and senior stakeholders.
Promote innovation by developing creative, practical modular construction solutions.
Stay informed of industry developments, innovations, and emerging trends in modularization.