MANAGER DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION LINEAR INFRASTRUCTURE

City of Toronto; Toronto; On-site; CAD 126,000 - 176,000; Full time

Job summary

City of Toronto is seeking a Manager of Design & Construction Major Infrastructure within the Engineering and Construction Services division. The role leads multi-year municipal infrastructure projects at major facilities, with responsibility for design, construction, and program management.

You will manage budgets, oversee staff performance, and ensure regulatory compliance and safety in a dynamic government environment.

Qualifications

• Extensive management experience in engineering design and construction of complex, large-scale projects.
• Experience preparing RFQs, tenders, technical specs, cost estimates and stakeholder consultations.
• Ability to lead a diverse workforce and operate in unionized and non-union environments.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical, financial and administrative oversight to deliver capital projects.
• Lead and develop staff, ensuring high-quality work and continuous improvement.
• Direct budget development, monitor expenditures and negotiate contract terms with consultants and contractors.
• Prepare reports for standing committees, Council and external stakeholders.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Verbal and written communication

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Budgeting and financial oversight

Education

Professional Engineer (Ontario) license

Job description

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MANAGER DESIGN & CONSTRUCTION MAJOR INFRASTRUCTURE

Amendment Type: #1
Amendment Date: 07/31/2026
Amendment Reason: Job Description Updated Job ID: 66314
Job Category: Engineering & Technical Division & Section: Engineering & Construction Services,Roadways
Work Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street
Job Type & Duration: Full-time, Permanent
Salary Range: $126,000.00 - $176,140.00
Shift Information: Monday to Friday, 35 hours per week
Affiliation: Non-Union
Number of Positions Open: 1
Posting Period: 31-Jul-2026 to 17-Aug-2026

Creating the safe, sustainable municipal infrastructure that makes Toronto so livable is the responsibility of ourEngineering and Construction Services (ECS) Division,which provides specialized engineering design and construction services to Toronto Water, Transportation Services, Solid Waste Management Services and other City of Toronto divisions, Agencies, Boards and Commissions, and external clients such as the development industry, utility companies and other public agencies.

TheMajor Infrastructure Sectionis one of four sections within the Division’s Design and Construction business unit that plan, design and construct the renewal, upgrading and new construction of municipal infrastructure for internal clients and external agencies across the city. If you have a passion for municipal infrastructure construction, this is where you want to be, asManager, Design & ConstructionMajor Infrastructurewithin the Water Treatment and Solid Waste Facilities Unit.

This mandate calls for an experienced Professional Engineer with strong leadership and project management skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for delivering critical infrastructure projects for the City of Toronto's residents, businesses, and visitors. As such a leader, you have a proven track record in delivering infrastructure projects and managing teams and are highly motivated to take a lead role in delivering essential services to the community.

Reporting to the Director of the Major Infrastructure Section, you’ll provide the technical, financial, and administrative oversight needed to effectively and successfully deliver capital projects at the City’s R.C. Harris, F.J. Horgan, R.L. Clark and Island water treatment plants, storage reservoirs, pumping stations, various solid waste transfer stations, organics processing and closed landfill sites within the City and within the Greater Toronto Area.

Effective Leadership of Technical Staff

As you’d expect of a managerial role like this, you’ll lead, motivate and train the Unit’s staff, ensuring effective teamwork, high standards of work quality and organizational performance, and continuous learning. Providing oversight and allocation of staff and resources, you’ll ensure effective project management with respect to scope, schedule and administrative requirements for projects undertaken by the Unit. You'll cultivate a culture of continuous improvement and innovation within the Unit, by contributing to the continuous review and relevancy of key performance indicators for the Unit and by evaluating program delivery on an ongoing basis in consultation with staff, senior management, service users, clients and partners with the goal of improving effectiveness and efficiency.

Expertise in Constructing Municipal Works

Recognized for your engineering knowledge and passion for municipal infrastructure construction, you’ll provide technical expertise and oversee the execution, planning, design and construction of multidisciplinary engineering projects associated with the City’s water treatment plants and systems, solid waste management facilities, including transfer stations, and other major infrastructure. This will see you guiding the delivery of multi-year projects and programs through various delivery models, including conventional design-bid-build, design-build and program management. We'll count on you to oversee, and provide input and quality assurance on, project constructability, conformance with AWWA and industry acceptable standards, and City of Toronto standards, and compliance with all health and safety regulations and approvals/ permits from regulatory authorities.

Exacting Financial Oversight and Management

Your responsibilities in this leadership role will range from developing, recommending and administering the annual budget for the Unit, and ensuring that expenditures are controlled and maintained within approved budget limitations, to leading the negotiations of contractual terms and conditions, and the finalization of agreements with consultants and contractors. It will also be your job to authorize, and ensure the accurate preparation of, progress payments, and documentation and justification for change orders to consultants and contractors, as well as the issuance of substantial performance and completion certificates to contractors.

Polished Customer Focus, Relationship Building and Political Acuity

Comfortable operating within the City's multi-division, multi-stakeholder environment, you’ll provide input to the development of Capital Programs for Toronto Water and the Solid Waste Management Services Division to address rehabilitation, reconstruction and expansion needs for the City’s water treatment systems, solid waste management facilities, and other major infrastructure. A polished, confident and persuasive communicator, you’ll prepare both technical and staff reports to Standing Committees and/or Council, and material for public education and/ or communication purposes. Your drive for excellent customer service – internally and externally – will also prove invaluable as you represent the Division/Section/Corporation at meetings with the public, clients, stakeholders, Councillors and their staff, Standing Committees, Community Councils, City Council, court proceedings, and other committees.

KEY QUALIFICATIONS

Thesuccessful candidate for the position ofManager, Design & Construction Roadays within theWater Treatment and Solid Waste Facilities Unit of Engineering and Construction Serviceswillhave:

• A Professional Engineering license and be a member in good standing of the Association of Professional Engineers of Ontario.
• Extensive management experience in the area of engineering design and construction of complex, large-scale multi-disciplinary projects for water/wastewater treatment systems, pumping stations, and storage reservoirs; solid waste management facilities, including transfer stations; and other major infrastructure.
• Extensive experience in preparing Requests for Proposals, construction tenders, technical specifications, cost estimates and stakeholder consultations.
• Experience in managing, attracting, motivating and leading a diverse workforce and establishing and operating in an environment that promotes excellence.
  The following additional skills and experience would be beneficial to have:
  

• Exceptional knowledge of the principles of civil engineering and of materials and methods of construction, rehabilitation and upgrading of water treatment and solid waste management facilities.
• Highly developed verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to effectively engage and interact at all organizational levels.
• Well-developed people management skills with proven success in achieving results in a unionized and non-unionized environment.
• In-depth knowledge of relevant approvals, permits, acts and regulations, including but not limited to Occupational Health & Safety Act, Employment Standards Act, Construction Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, Environmental Protection Act. building permits, site plan approvals, TRCA, building code, easements, Construction Act, Planning Act, Excess soil regulation, Occupational Health and Safety Act.
• Knowledge of the principles and practices associated with mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and SCADA systems.
• Knowledge of engineering principles and practices associated with water treatment plants and systems; solid waste management facilities, including transfer stations; and other major infrastructure.
• Awareness and knowledge of technological advances/approaches and regulatory requirements associated with the rehabilitation and upgrading of water treatment systems, pumping stations, and reservoirs; solid waste management facilities, including transfer stations; and other major infrastructure.
• The ability to operate as a fully accountable program leader and as a member of a management team.
• The ability to thrive in an environment with frequent and competing deadlines, multiple tasks and high performance expectations in a rapidly changing environment.
• Well-developed people management skills with proven success in achieving results in a unionized and non-unionized environment.
• Well-developed interpersonal, human relations, communication (written and oral), negotiation, conflict resolution, project management, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to interact and communicate effectively with all levels of the organization and external stakeholders.
• Awareness and knowledge of Federal and Provincial regulations and requirements, including, but not limited to, the Occupational Health & Safety Act, Employment Standards Act, Construction Act, Safe Drinking WaterAct, and Environmental Protection Act.
• Ability to support the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity and respectful workplaces.

Equally important, you have what it takes to support the Toronto Public Service values to ensure a culture that champions equity, diversity and respectful workplaces.

Note To Current City of Toronto Employees

City of Toronto employees are eligible to apply for the posted job opportunity, but cannot hold two different jobs. To be considered for this job posting, you must indicate that you are a "Current City of Toronto employee" on the on-line application form, and provide your "Employee Number".

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

The City is an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to creating a workplace culture of inclusiveness that reflects the diverse residents that we serve. Learn more about the City’s commitment to employment equity .