Bid Director, Social Infrastructure - Permanent - 3252

Bid Director, Social Infrastructure - Permanent - 3252

About the Opportunity

For years, Ontario’s major social infrastructure work has gone to the same short list of general contractors. That list is getting longer. Our client, a vertically integrated Ontario builder with design, engineering, development and construction under one roof, has been taking major institutional pursuits from the usual names and delivering them on schedule. They’re shortlisted on several more right now. They want one senior leader to take those pursuits from RFQ to substantial completion, with the same team the whole way.

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Reporting directly to the Vice President who leads the business, with no layer in between
• Leading major social infrastructure pursuits (healthcare, education, culture, public safety) from qualification through design development, pricing and submission
• Staying on as Project Director to deliver what you won. No handoff at close
• Building the pursuit team, then running delivery with that same team
• Directing design consultants, estimating and trade partners through design-build and alternative delivery models
• Owning the senior relationship with public owners and their advisors, from interview to turnover

About You

The successful candidate will have the following:

• You’ve led, or been a core lead on, large institutional pursuits and know what a winnable proposal costs in time and nerve
• You’ve also delivered, so you know which bid assumptions survive contact with a site
• You can put a design team, an owner and trade partners at one table and leave with decisions
• You read risk, schedule and contract terms like someone who’ll be held to them
• You’ve lost a pursuit you should have won and can explain exactly why

About the Job

• In office five days a week in Mississauga. Pursuits are won in a room, and this team works in one
• You keep what you win
• A direct line to the person who makes the final call
• A pipeline of shortlisted work that already exists
• In-house design, engineering and development, so fewer walls between the bid and the build
• A team of smart, ambitious, very capable good humans, in a culture where people stay for a decade or more
• Projects that will shape how Ontarians live, learn, heal and play for generations

This search is confidential. If you’re tired of handing off the jobs you win, send me a note directly and we’ll talk about what this seat looks like up close.

How to Apply

Please apply by completing the application form below and submitting your résumé. You can also apply by sending your résumé directly to [email protected] or by contacting your Recruiter and quoting job 3252. Please note that all candidates must be legally permitted to work in Canada to be considered for this role.

We truly appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only be reaching out to candidates whose experience most closely matches our partner’s needs. If we do not connect with you for this role, please know that we will gladly keep your profile in mind and reach out when other suitable opportunities arise.

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