Vice President, Construction Management - Monark

Candu Energy Inc.; Mississauga; Hybrid; CAD 280,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Generous time-off policies

Competitive compensation

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis is seeking an experienced executive leader to oversee nuclear new build construction programs in Canada, ensuring safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and predictable delivery. You will drive integrated planning, work packaging, and modularization while managing EPCm partners and construction contractors.

The role emphasizes leadership in construction management systems, disciplined execution, and credible reporting to executives and regulators, with a strong focus on safety

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.
• 20+ years of progressive construction leadership experience, including large, regulated infrastructure projects.
• Executive leadership roles on major capital programs and nuclear facilities.
• Proven capability in construction planning, workface planning, and constructability.

Responsibilities

• Lead and govern all site construction activities for a nuclear new build project, ensuring safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and schedule predictability.
• Establish and oversee construction execution strategies that translate engineering intent into field-ready, licensable work.
• Define and govern construction processes, management systems, and procedures across planning, execution, quality, and turnover.

Skills

Construction planning

Workface planning

Modularization

Estimating & cost control

Executive leadership

Communication with executives

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Construction

Tools

Construction management systems

Job description

Job Description Overview

AtkinsRéalis is a world-class engineering and nuclear organization with more than 60 years of experience supporting the nuclear industry in Canada and internationally. As the steward of Canadian CANDU® technology, our Nuclear Canada business continues to grow through major new build programs both domestically and abroad. We are seeking an experienced executive leader to play a critical role in the safe, compliant, and predictable delivery of nuclear new build construction programs.

Your Role

Lead and govern all site construction activities for a nuclear new build project, ensuring safety, quality, regulatory compliance, and schedule predictability. Establish and oversee construction execution strategies that translate engineering intent into field-ready, licensable work. Define and govern construction processes, management systems, and procedures across planning, execution, quality, and turnover. Drive integrated construction planning, work packaging, workface planning, and modularization strategies to maximize productivity and minimize risk. Provide executive oversight of EPCm partners and construction contractors, ensuring clear interfaces, accountability, and performance. Champion nuclear safety culture, quality excellence, and disciplined execution across site and partner organizations. Represent construction delivery performance in executive, regulatory, and stakeholder forums, providing clear and credible reporting.

About You

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or related discipline.

20+ years of progressive construction leadership experience, including:

• Large, complex, regulated infrastructure projects


• Executive leadership roles on major capital programs


• Demonstrated large project experience, including new build or major nuclear facilities

Proven capability in:

• Construction planning and workface planning


• Construction engineering and constructability


• Modularization and productivity improvement


• Estimating, forecasting, and cost control

Executive role on a nuclear FOAK or major new build project, preferred.

Experience in unionized labour environments, preferred.

Aptitude for establishing and governing construction management systems, work packaging, and workface planning frameworks.

Ability to inspire, build, and manage high-performing construction leadership teams.

Strong judgment, communication skills, and credibility when engaging with senior executives, regulators, and partners.

Rewards & Benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive - at every stage of your life and your career at AtkinsRéalis in Canada. Enjoy competitive compensation, employee recognition, and a brilliant range of flexible benefits you can tailor to your health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle needs. Make the most of diverse opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And take advantage of our hybrid working culture and generous time-off policies to balance a fulfilling career with your personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

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Employee & Diversity Statement

Worker Type Employee. Job Type Regular. At AtkinsRéalis, we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.