Future Opportunity - Senior Superintendent, Major Projects

20 Ledcor Construction Limited; Toronto; On-site; CAD 149,000 - 199,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation assistance

Competitive total rewards package

Job summary

Ledcor Group seeks an experienced Superintendent / Senior Superintendent to oversee large-scale institutional projects across Ontario, including defence and government facilities. The role requires on-site leadership, staff management, and adherence to strict safety and regulatory standards.

Applicants must be eligible for a Government of Canada Secret Security Clearance and be willing to work across locations such as Ottawa, Toronto, and Trenton.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years of progressive experience with a General Contractor leading complex building, infrastructure, defence, institutional, healthcare, correctional, transportation, or government projects.
• Post-secondary education in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading major institutional, defence, or government-funded construction projects valued at $250M+.
• Experience on military installations, defence facilities, secure environments, federal government projects, or similarly complex institutional projects preferred.
• Proven understanding of federal procurement processes, security requirements, and public-sector project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of Design-Build, CM, P3, and other collaborative project delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Oversee staff to ensure successful delivery of complex construction projects from start to finish.
• Ensure field staff have the resources required to complete projects safely and per plans, specs, and codes.
• Participate in pre-bid and preconstruction site layout, logistics, scheduling, and workforce planning.
• Collaborate with safety personnel to uphold Ledcor safety programs and policies.
• Lead development of Project Quality Program (PQP) and ensure conformance with PEP.
• Review schedules, identify milestones and delays, and drive solutions.
• Promote site safety programs and ensure subcontractor compliance with OH&S acts and codes.
• Oversee care and maintenance of equipment and manage project-related equipment needs.
• Participate in hiring and manage hourly staff, timecards, and job costing details.
• Maintain relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and clients/consultants for current and future work.
• Support Ledcor’s values of safety, quality, integrity, sustainability, and success.
• Represent the organization in negotiations with clients, consultants, government agencies, and project partners.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Stakeholder management

Safety compliance

Education

Construction Management

Engineering

Architecture

Tools

Design-Build

CM

P3

Job description

We are seeking Superintendents & Senior Superintendents to oversee complex institutional projects, leading the pursuit and delivery of major capital programs across Ontario. This role is ideal for an experienced Superintendent with a proven track record delivering large-scale defence, military, government, healthcare, correctional, post-secondary, or other highly regulated institutional projects. Projects may be located in Ottawa, Trenton, Petawawa, Toronto, and other locations throughout Ontario, requiring a willingness to work on-site as business needs dictate. Due to the nature of our projects and clients, the successful candidate must be eligible to obtain and maintain a Government of Canada Secret Security Clearance. This is an exciting future opportunity anticipated to start in the Spring of 2027.

Essential Responsibilities:

• Oversee staff to ensure the successful delivery of complex construction project to completion.
• Ensures that field staff are equipped with the resources required to efficiently complete projects according to approved plans, specifications and applicable building codes while ensuring that safety regulations are strictly followed.
• Actively participates in the pre-bid and preconstruction process regarding site layout, logistics, scheduling, and workforce planning.
• Works collaboratively with safety personnel to ensure adherence to Ledcor’s Corporate safety programs and policies.
• Ensures all projects follow Ledcor’s Construction Operations Manual and lead the development of the Project Quality Program (PQP), ensuring PEP conformance.
• Review and maintain schedule, ensure milestones are met, identify scheduling issues and delays and lead solution development.
• Promotes the overall site safety program including subcontractor compliance with Ledcor standards, the Project Specific Safety Plan (PSSP), and all applicable OH&S acts, regulations, and codes.
• Oversees the care and maintenance of internal and rental equipment on projects to maximize use while on the job sites and returns equipment to storage or the rental company when no longer required.
• Participates in the hiring and managing of hourly employees as required, and maintains, approves, and submits hourly timecards with all necessary details for job costing purposes.
• Maintains strong relationships with subcontractors, suppliers, and clients/consultants to ensure client needs are met and ensure future business opportunities.
• Supports and promotes Ledcor’s core values of safety, quality, integrity, sustainability and success.
• Represent the organization during negotiations with clients, consultants, government agencies, and project partners.

Qualifications:

• 10-15+ years of progressive experience with a General Contractor leading complex building, infrastructure, defence, institutional, healthcare, correctional, transportation, or government projects.
• Post-secondary education in Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, or a related discipline preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading major institutional, defence, or government-funded construction projects valued at $250M+.
• Experience working on military installations, defence facilities, secure environments, federal government projects, or similarly complex institutional projects is strongly preferred.
• Proven understanding of federal procurement processes, security requirements, and public-sector project delivery.
• Strong knowledge of Design-Build, CM, P3, and other collaborative project delivery models.

Working Conditions:

This is an on-site and project-based leadership position supporting projects throughout Ontario. Assigned project locations may include Ottawa, Petawawa, Trenton, Toronto, and other military or institutional sites across the province. Regular travel within Ontario is required. Must have a valid driver's license and the ability to travel to project sites as required. WHMIS 2015 certification and willingness to obtain any additional client- or site-specific certifications. Must be legally eligible to work in Canada and capable of obtaining and maintaining a Government of Canada Secret Security Clearance. Relocation assistance may be available for exceptional candidates.

#LI-NC1 #LI-Onsite Compensation

$149,400.00 - $199,200.00 This is the expected base pay range for this role. Individual base pay will be determined based on a variety of factors including experience, knowledge, skills, education and location. Our competitive total rewards package provides compensation and benefits that support your physical, mental and financial wellbeing. We offer exciting, challenging work with opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge.

Additional Information

Ledcor Building offers full-service construction for commercial, residential, institutional, and light industrial projects, along with expertise in green building. Our depth of knowledge and expertise come from building hundreds of projects – of all sizes – across North America each year. Our workplace culture has been recognized as one of Canada’s Best Diversity Employers, Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures, and a Top 100 Inspiring Workplace in North America.

We're a diversified construction company, made up of teams of people who are proven in their industries. All working to design, build, transport, operate, and maintain projects all over North America. But we believe that projects are about more than concrete and steel. They're about people and the power of partnerships. Partnerships with our employees, our communities, our contractors and clients. We believe in building trust in the places where we do business—whether that’s by engaging honestly, by giving back, by putting safety first, or by looking for smarter, more sustainable ways to get the job done right.

Employment Equity

Employment Equity At Ledcor we believe diversity, equity, and inclusion should be part of everything we do. We are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified individuals, regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, Veteran status or any other identifying characteristic are encouraged to apply. Our True Blue team consists of individuals from all backgrounds who contribute diverse perspectives and experiences to Ledcor. We are committed to continuing to build on our culture of empowerment, inclusion and belonging. Adjustments will be provided in all parts of our hiring process. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance by submitting a request via email. For more information about Ledcor’s Inclusion and Diversity initiatives, please visit our I&D page.