Project Executive

DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Ltd.; Calgary; Hybrid; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary + bonus

Employee Share Purchase Plan

In-office amenities & meals

Disability and insurance benefits

EAP and onboarding program

Job summary

DIRTT Environmental Solutions is seeking a Project Executive to serve as the technical-commercial lead for evaluating project opportunities before solution development. You will partner with the commercial team to ensure opportunities align with operational capabilities, margins, and strategic focus.

As the first operational gate in the pursuit, you will screen opportunities, manage risk, and prioritize high-quality projects, while fostering national account relationships for repeat business.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related discipline.
• 8–12+ years of experience in architectural systems, interior construction, prefabrication, engineering, or technical sales environments.
• Experience evaluating complex project opportunities, solution feasibility, and execution risk.
• Experience working in cross-functional environments that include sales, engineering, estimating, and operations.
• Strong understanding of construction project delivery models, including scope development, project sequencing, and installation approaches.
• Ability to evaluate technical feasibility, operational fit, and margin implications of potential projects.
• Familiarity with estimating, costing, and margin management principles.
• Ability to identify execution risks and construction scope gaps early in the pursuit process.

Responsibilities

• Qualify opportunities and assess revenue quality against DIRTT capabilities.
• Collaborate with sales to shape project opportunities and provide early feasibility guidance.
• Identify opportunities where DIRTT solutions provide a competitive advantage.
• Support commercial teams in developing relationships with the goal of turning one-off projects into repeat clients.
• Define the margin and execution framework before detailed solution development.
• Prioritize opportunities by strategic value and execution readiness.
• Coordinate with Solutions Designers and the Manager of Construction Cost Estimating on descope reviews.

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline

Job description

Calgary - 7303
7303 30 St SE
Calgary, AB T2C, CAN

Description

Who We Are

Not just built for today. Building for tomorrow.

DIRTT is a global leader in industrialized construction. Our system of physical products and digital tools empowers organizations—alongside construction and design leaders—to build high-performing, adaptable interior environments.

Operating across workplace, healthcare, education, and public sector markets, DIRTT provides total design freedom and greater certainty in cost, schedule, and outcomes.

We are a highly motivated group of individuals who embrace the company’s entrepreneurial spirit. Everyone is hands-on, regardless of role. We celebrate our successes together, work hard, have fun, and treat one another with respect.

Who You Are

The Project Executive serves as the technical-commercial lead for evaluating project opportunities prior to solution development.

This role partners closely with the commercial organization to determine whether opportunities align with the company’s operational capabilities, margin expectations, and strategic focus. The Project Executive is responsible for assessing revenue quality, margin potential, and operational fit before opportunities proceed into detailed solution development.

By screening and shaping opportunities early in the sales process, the Project Executive ensures that resources are focused on projects that can be delivered profitably, predictably, and within operational capabilities. They also identify potential national accounts and foster those relationships to generate repeat business.

The Project Executive acts as the first operational gate in the opportunity lifecycle.

What You’ll Do

• Opportunity Qualification and Revenue Quality
• Evaluate incoming opportunities to determine their alignment with the company’s operational model.
• Responsibilities include:
• Assess project fit relative to DIRTT system capabilities
• Evaluate project complexity, scope clarity, and risk factors
• Identify potential margin risks early in the pursuit process
• Determine whether opportunities meet Revenue Quality Index (RQI) thresholds
• Recommend whether opportunities proceed to solution development
• Additional duties may be assigned that are reasonably related to the role. Responsibilities may be adjusted or reprioritized in response to evolving business needs, technology, and organizational priorities, while maintaining alignment with the overall scope, purpose, and responsibilities of the position.

Key outcome: Only high-quality opportunities advance into Solutions Execution.

Commercial Partnership

• Serve as the primary technical partner to the commercial sales organization throughout the project lifecycle.
• Responsibilities include:
• Collaborate with sales teams to shape project opportunities
• Provide early guidance on solution feasibility and approach
• Identify opportunities where DIRTT solutions provide competitive advantage
• Help commercial teams position solutions that align with DIRTT capabilities
• Support commercial teams in developing relationships with the goal of turning one off projects into repeat clients who continue building with DIRTT.

Key outcome: Sales pursuits aligned with realistic DIRTT delivery models.

Margin and Risk Framing

• Define the margin and execution framework before detailed solution development begins.
• Responsibilities include:
• Establish target margin expectations for opportunities
• Identify scope ambiguity or specification gaps
• Highlight execution risks that may affect pricing or delivery
• Guide sales teams on pricing structure and scope boundaries
• Escalate high-risk opportunities to the Director of Solutions Design

Key outcome: Margin assumptions grounded in operational reality.

Opportunity Structuring

• Shape project opportunities so that they can be effectively engineered and executed.
• Responsibilities include:
• Determine appropriate level of customization vs standardization
• Frame the initial project scope before Solutions Designers begin design
• Establish the execution model (prefab scope, installation model, sequencing assumptions)
• Perform descope cost reviews with contractors to ensure there are no cost duplications between
• DIRTT scope and conventional construction estimates

Gate Keeping and Resource Prioritization

• Ensure internal resources are focused on the right opportunities.
• Responsibilities include:
• Control which opportunities advance into solution development
• Prioritize opportunities based on strategic value and execution readiness
• Maintain visibility into pipeline quality and opportunity readiness
• Coordinate with Solutions Designers and the Manager of Construction Cost Estimating on

Key outcome: Efficient use of design and estimating resources.

What You’ll Bring

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Interior Design, Architecture, Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or a related discipline, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 8–12+ years of experience in architectural systems , interior construction, prefabrication, engineering, or technical sales environments.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating complex project opportunities, solution feasibility, and execution risk.
• Experience working in cross -functional environments that include sales, engineering, estimating, and operations.
• Strong understanding of construction project delivery models, including scope development, project sequencing, and installation approaches.
• Ability to evaluate technical feasibility, operational fit, and margin implications of potential projects.
• Familiarity with estimating, costing, and margin management principles.
• Ability to identify execution risks and construction scope gaps early in the pursuit process.

What’s In It for You

• Competitive base salary plus a variable pay (bonus) program
• Eligibility to participate in DIRTT’s Employee Share Purchase Plan
• For in-office roles: continental breakfast, coffee, tea, soda, daily hot cafeteria lunch, and snacks
• Disability and insurance benefits, including short- and long-term disability, life insurance, dependent coverage, and voluntary options (may vary by location)
• Mental health and wellbeing support, including an Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• A thorough and supportive onboarding program designed to set you up for success

Equal Opportunity & Hiring Information

DIRTT Environmental Solutions is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible workplace. We welcome applications from all qualified individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic.

DIRTT is committed to providing reasonable accommodations throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please let us know.

Roles at DIRTT are safety-sensitive. Pre-employment drug and alcohol testing may be required. Applicants must be 18 years or older.

Employment is conditional upon the successful completion of a background check, where permitted by law. This will be conducted through a trusted third-party provider after a conditional offer has been accepted.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.