Design Manager, Civil & Infrastructure | General Contractor | Toronto / Vancouver | Outpost Rec[...]

Outpost Recruitment; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading general contractor in Canada seeks a Design Manager with 10+ years' experience in civil and infrastructure projects. This full-time permanent role involves leading the design process, ensuring quality, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams to create innovative and sustainable designs. Candidates should have local Canadian experience and a professional engineering license.

Benefits

Competitive salary

4 weeks’ vacation

Group insurance including health spending account

Group RRSP

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in large scale civil and infrastructure projects.
• Local Canadian experience preferred, with at least one year.
• Ability to manage multidisciplinary design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the management of design and design consultants for civil infrastructure projects.
• Ensure quality and conformity to client’s requirements and applicable norms.
• Collaborate closely with technical teams for innovative design strategies.

Skills

Leadership

Project Management

Strong communication skills

Strategic thinking

Team collaboration

Problem-solving

Education

Professional Engineer (PE) membership

Tools

Building Information Modeling (BIM)

Job description

Large general contractor seeking experienced Design Manager with 10+ years of experience in civil and infrastructure projects including rail, highways, bridges, water, etc. in Vancouver BC and Toronto ON. Salary range is $150,000 - $200,000. Outpost Recruitment is excited to work with our client on this full-time permanent role.

Responsibilities of Design Manager:

• Put your research skills to work and provide a thorough review of project documentation including design requirements;
• Play a key role in the management of design and design consultants in design-build and P3 projects in both proposal and execution phases;
• Design Manager will develop and implement design procedures, ensuring quality and conformity to client’s requirements and applicable norms;
• Get creative and lead on value engineering and optimization processes to put together winning design strategies;
• Work closely with method engineers, construction department and technical experts to create winning designs that are buildable, safe, efficient and sustainable;
• Collaborate and support our estimation team by providing suitable designs and technical information to estimate the project and tracking quantity movements during design development;
• Put your organizational and time management skills to the test through managing design planning, monitoring and closing;
• Team up with our proposal and project teams for the development of proposal submissions, design presentations and design review submissions;
• Celebrate the successes and be a key member of the project processes.

Qualifications of Design Manager:

• Design Manager will have a minimum 10 years of experience including at least 5 years in a similar role on large scale civil and infrastructure projects;
• Member of a professional regulating body (PE);
• Experience in establishment of concepts and management of multidisciplinary design teams;
• Initiative, innovation, discipline and leadership in the planning and delivery of designs;
• Strong knowledge of construction, project management and scheduling;
• Outstanding leadership and organizational skills with the ability to effectively influence others;
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written);
• Strategic thinking and the ability to be influential with internal and external stakeholders to achieve desired outcomes;
• Familiar with Building Information Modeling-Virtual Design Construction (BIM-VDC) models;
• Solution-oriented mindset and the ability to mobilize people.

Ideal Candidate

• Local Canadian experience preferred — minimum of one year local experience.
• Only exceptional overseas Design Manager candidates who require sponsorship will be considered for this role.
• Please clearly highlight relevant work experience, project overviews and project scale ($) in your resume.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• 4 weeks’ vacation
• Group insurance (including a health spending account!)
• Group RRSP