Executive Director

CIMA+; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Ottawa is seeking a Regional Director for Earth & Environment to oversee operations across Ontario. The role involves strategic leadership, managing business units, and ensuring financial performance while fostering team development and client relationships. The ideal candidate should exhibit strong leadership skills, have extensive experience in the engineering sector, and the ability to align regional initiatives with national strategies. This full-time position offers comprehensive benefits from day one.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Flexible hybrid working hours

3 to 5 weeks of vacation

Qualifications

• Ability to lead a team by inspiring growth and excellence.
• Strong command of planning, budgeting, and financial performance.
• Extensive knowledge in Earth & Environment disciplines.

Responsibilities

• Translate national strategic vision into regional objectives.
• Oversee Business Units ensuring project quality and profitability.
• Identify market opportunities to drive regional growth.

Skills

Leadership

Fiscal Management

Strategic Planning

Project Management

Public Speaking

Job description

You will be responsible for regional leadership and for ensuring strategic and operational alignment with CIMA national vision for activities such as Environment Geotechnical Engineering Geoscience Occupational Hygiene and Urban Planning. You will oversee all Business Units within the Ontario region for Earth & Environment ensure operational and financial performance contribute to sector growth strengthen external visibility and support leadership development. This role serves as the regional authority for the Earth & Environment Ontario sector with respect to financial results critical decision-making governance and multidisciplinary coordination.

Main Responsibilities

• Translate the national strategic vision for the E&E sector into regional objectives and priorities for Ontario aligned with CIMA mission and corporate direction.
• Oversee all Business Units within the Ontario region ensuring project quality compliance operational performance and profitability.
• Effectively manage human financial and material resources including budget planning cost control financial results and risk management.
• Identify market opportunities and support the diversification of services and client segments to drive regional growth.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary projects and opportunities at the regional level and nationally when required in collaboration with other Senior Directors.
• Act as the primary authority for go / no-go decisions related to service proposals and participate when required in proposal development and contract negotiations.
• Build and maintain strategic business relationships with key clients partners and regional organizations while strengthening CIMA visibility and positioning.
• Develop and oversee the Ontario regional mergers and acquisitions (M&A) strategy to support sector growth.
• Lead support and develop Business Unit Leaders foster interdisciplinary collaboration and promote a culture of performance innovation and engagement.
• Strengthen organizational capacity by developing key talent anticipating succession needs and aligning competencies and certifications to support long-term growth.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead a team by inspiring growth and excellence.
• Ability to define a regional vision aligned with national priorities and to mobilize multidisciplinary E&E teams around shared objectives.
• Strong command of planning budgeting financial performance management risk management and organizational performance.
• Knowledge of disciplines and expertise related to the Earth & Environment sector (Geotechnical Engineering Geosciences Natural Environments Urban Planning).
• Ability to act proactively assess the profitability of opportunities and make informed decisions including strategic go / no-go decisions for service proposals.
• Strong ability to build and maintain solid long-term relationships with major clients identify market opportunities and support growth.
• Ability to harmonize practices improve processes and promote the adoption of new approaches.
• Demonstrated capacity for strategic influence impactful negotiation and representation of the organization with high-level stakeholders.
• Strong aptitude for talent development and succession management : ability to coach train inspire and develop emerging leaders within the organization.

Why Choose CIMA

• Comprehensive benefits available from day one for all permanent employees working at least 20 hours per week.
• Employee and family assistance program.
• Retirement savings plan (RRSP) with employer contribution up to 4%.
• As an employee‑owned company an annual opportunity to purchase shares for all employees.
• Flexible hybrid working hours.
• Work‑life balance policy across Canada.
• 3 to 5 weeks of vacation depending on relevant experience.
• Tailored training to enhance your existing skills.

Ethics and integrity are core values at CIMA and we seek individuals who adhere to these principles. We are committed to creating opportunities for all our talent to contribute to the firms success grow and advance regardless of cultural or other differences. We fully embrace employment equity principles and encourage women visible minorities Indigenous people and persons with disabilities to apply. Accommodation measures are available upon request to facilitate participation in the recruitment process.

Additional Information :

CIMA uses an applicant tracking system that includes an automated match score feature. However this score is not used to screen assess or select applicants. All hiring decisions are made through human review.

Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates regardless of their identity (race ethnicity colour religion gender age disability sexual orientation gender identity or expressionsocio‑economic status or background etc.).

In keeping with the principles of employment equity we encourage all applications including but not limited to those from women Indigenouspeople people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self‑identification form when applying for employment.

Accommodations are available on request. Your Business Partner will process your request.

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Remote Work : No

Employment Type : Full‑time

Key Skills

Fiscal Management, Fundraising, Assisted Living, Management Experience, Hospice Care, Nonprofit Management, Operations Management, Strategic Planning, Budgeting, Grant Writing, Leadership Experience, Public Speaking

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1