Bid Director, Social Infrastructure - 19605

LRO Staffing; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

LRO Staffing is seeking a Bid Director for Social Infrastructure in Mississauga. The role leads major pursuits from qualification through design development, pricing and submission, with a direct line to the VP and no intermediate layer. You will build and run the pursuit team and then deliver with that same team.

In-house design, engineering and development capabilities reduce walls between bid and build. You will own senior client relationships, manage risk and contract terms, and guide

Qualifications

• Candidates have led or been core leads on large institutional pursuits.
• Candidates understand bid costs, time, and nerve for winnable proposals.
• Able to bring design team, owner, and trade partners to decisions at one table.
• Able to read risk, schedule, and contract terms like they will be held to them.

Responsibilities

• Report directly to Vice President; lead major social infrastructure pursuits from qualification through design development, pricing and submission.
• Deliver what you win by staying on as Project Director without handoffs at close.
• Build and lead pursuit teams and run delivery with the same team.
• Direct design consultants, estimating and trade partners through design-build and alternative delivery models.
• Own the senior relationship with public owners and their advisors from interview to turnover.

Skills

Bid management

Leadership

Client engagement

Design-build knowledge

Job description

Bid Director, Social Infrastructure-19605

Location

Job Type

Permanent

Pay Rate

Competitive

Construction, Development & Property

Date Added

October 28, 2026

Job ID

19605

• Reporting directly to the Vice President who leads the business, with no layer in between
• Leading major social infrastructure pursuits (healthcare, education, culture, public safety) from qualification through design development, pricing and submission
• Staying on as Project Director to deliver what you won. No handoff at close
• Building the pursuit team, then running delivery with that same team
• Directing design consultants, estimating and trade partners through design-build and alternative delivery models
• Owning the senior relationship with public owners and their advisors, from interview to turnover

About You
The successful candidate will have the following:

• You’ve led, or been a core lead on, large institutional pursuits and know what a winnable proposal costs in time and nerve
• You’ve also delivered, so you know which bid assumptions survive contact with a site
• You can put a design team, an owner and trade partners at one table and leave with decisions
• You read risk, schedule and contract terms like someone who’ll be held to them
• You’ve lost a pursuit you should have won and can explain exactly why

About the Job

• In office five days a week in Mississauga. Pursuits are won in a room, and this team works in one
• You keep what you win
• A direct line to the person who makes the final call
• A pipeline of shortlisted work that already exists
• In-house design, engineering and development, so fewer walls between the bid and the build
• A team of smart, ambitious, very capable good humans, in a culture where people stay for a decade or more
• Projects that will shape how Ontarians live, learn, heal and play for generations

This search is confidential.

LROCON

We value fairness, confidentiality, and human judgment in every stage of our hiring process. We do not use automated or AI-driven screening tools to assess applications. Each submission is reviewed by an experienced recruiter to ensure a thoughtful and equitable evaluation of every candidate.

Please note that all candidates must be permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this opportunity.