Description
As Senior Project Director, Defence Infrastructure, you will provide strategic project leadership across a national portfolio spanning military bases, shipyards, armouries, aircraft hangars, maintenance and storage facilities, training and recreational assets, industrial and logistics facilities, fire halls, and police stations.
Your Impact
- Lead end-to-end delivery of defence and federal infrastructure projects from planning and procurement through design, construction, commissioning, and closeout.
- Establish project governance through execution plans, schedules, budgets, resource plans, quality controls, and risk management strategies.
- Direct multidisciplinary teams across architecture, structural, civil, mechanical, electrical, security, project controls, and specialty consulting disciplines.
- Serve as the primary client interface and point of accountability for scope, schedule, cost, quality, risk, and delivery outcomes.
- Coordinate with Defence Construction Canada, contractors, regulatory authorities, and other stakeholders to advance complex, controlled-access projects.
- Deliver projects through Design-Build, Design-Build-Finance, Construction Management, Alliance, P3, and traditional Design-Bid-Build models.
- Grow trusted client relationships, contribute to account and pursuit strategies, and support repeat business in the defence and federal sectors.
- Mentor project managers, project controls professionals, engineers, and junior staff while fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and high-performing culture.
The Skills That Set You Apart
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related discipline.
- Minimum 12 years of progressive project delivery experience, including at least 5 years delivering defence and/or federal infrastructure projects.
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects for Defence Construction Canada or comparable federal agencies, preference for experience with maritime/shipyard projects
- Proven track record managing complex capital projects valued at $25 million or greater.
- Experience with alternative delivery models, including Design-Build, P3, Construction Management, or Alliance contracts.
- Strong knowledge of federal procurement, governance frameworks, contract administration, security requirements, regulatory compliance, and project financial performance.
- Professional designation such as P.Eng., PMP, OAA, RAIC, or equivalent is considered an asset; bilingualism in English and French is also considered an asset.
- Ability to obtain and maintain the required federal security clearance is mandatory
Compensation
- AB, BC, NT, NU, SK & YT: $147,500 - 195,400
- MB & ON: $134,600 - 184,600
- NB, NL, NS, PE & QC: $133,200 - 176,900