Project Director, Major Civil Program - 19560

LRO Staffing; Toronto; On-site; CAD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

LRO Staffing is seeking a Project Director for a major civil program in the Greater Toronto Area. The role requires leading the pursuit, shaping design and price with owners and partners, and owning safety, quality, cost and schedule from start to handover.

You will build and lead the team, collaborate with owners and design partners, and drive the program through pursuit, development and into construction, with a strong emphasis on risk, sequencing and constructability.

Qualifications

• Heavy civil construction experience with public realm projects.
• Experience with Ontario Infrastructure owners and public bodies.
• Exposure to design-build, progressive, or P3 delivery models.
• Ability to apply constructability and sequencing thinking during design.
• Proven joint venture collaboration and influence with partners.
• Understanding geotechnical risk and its impact on cost and schedule.
• Willingness to represent the program with integrity and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Lead pursuit from qualification through interviews and development to construction.
• Influence design decisions before price is fixed.
• Provide long runway and leadership for a major program.
• Direct lines to senior leadership with decisions at the work level.
• Build and develop the team for the Ontario-based program growth.
• Operate within GTA, with compensation, benefits and development opportunities.

Skills

Heavy civil

Ontario infrastructure

Design-build / P3

Constructability

Risk thinking

JV experience

Geotechnical risk

Public realm

Job description

Toronto, ON | Permanent | ID19560

Location

Toronto, ON

Job Type

Permanent

Pay Rate

Competitive

Construction, Development & Property

Date Added

October 19, 2026

Job ID

19560

The best projects are won by the people who go on to build them.

A multi-billion-dollar civil program is coming to market in the Greater Toronto Area, and it will be delivered progressively. The team that wins it spends the first phase designing, estimating and scheduling alongside the owner, before a final price is set. Our client wants the Project Director who leads that pursuit to be the one who delivers it.

They are a national contractor with more than five decades of heavy civil work behind them, already a partner on some of the largest transit, bridge and energy programs in the country, with an Ontario business growing on the strength of that record. Big enough to pursue work at this scale; close-knit enough that the person leading it is known by name at the top.

You lead the pursuit from qualification and scored interviews through the development phase, then take the program into construction as its Project Director. You build and run the team, work with the owner and partners to settle design and price, and own safety, quality, cost and schedule from first shovel to handover.

About You

• A career in heavy civil construction, including public realm work with Ontario Infrastructure owners
• Experience on design-build, progressive or P3 delivery, ideally carrying a project from pursuit through to close-out
• You bring constructability, sequencing and risk thinking into design while it can still change, and hold your own with owners, designers and partners at the same table
• Joint venture experience, where trust and influence carry as much weight as authority
• A sound read on ground and geotechnical risk, and what it means for cost and schedule
• Ready to put your name to a program people will rely on for generations

About the Job

• Continuity from bid to build: the strategy you set during pursuit is the one you deliver
• Real influence over design before the price is fixed
• Years of runway on the kind of program that defines a career
• A direct line to senior leadership, with decisions made close to the work
• The chance to assemble and develop the team that carries the program, as the Ontario business grows around it
• GTA-based, with competitive compensation, benefits and deliberate development

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.