Senior Manager / Director – Building Science
Building Envelope Systems | Concrete Restoration | Technical & Team Leadership
Location: Vaughan / GTA
Working arrangement: 3 days in office, 2 WFH, half days on Friday
Employment type: Permanent, Full-Time
Compensation: Up to $150k Competitive senior leadership package, dependent on experience
Discipline: Building Science / Building Envelope Systems
About the Company
Our client is a growing multidisciplinary engineering consultancy delivering Building Science, structural, capital planning and engineering services across Ontario and other Canadian markets.
The organization supports condominium corporations, property managers, building owners and institutional and commercial clients through the assessment, rehabilitation and long-term management of existing buildings.
Its Building Science group works across building envelope investigations, concrete restoration, condition assessments, rehabilitation programs and construction-phase consulting. Following continued project growth, the business is seeking an accomplished Building Science leader to provide technical direction, strengthen project delivery and support the ongoing development of the team.
Your New Role
As Senior Manager / Director – Building Science, you will take a senior leadership position within the Building Envelope Systems practice.
This is broader than a conventional Project Manager position. You will help oversee the Building Science team, provide technical guidance across complex assignments and ensure that projects are delivered to the required technical, financial and service standards.
The immediate priority is to bring additional leadership and capacity to an active department managing a growing project portfolio. You will provide oversight to Project Managers and Project Coordinators, help allocate workloads and act as a senior technical resource on building envelope and restoration projects.
The successful candidate will ideally bring strong experience in concrete deterioration, repair and rehabilitation, alongside broader Building Science and building envelope expertise.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and technical oversight to the Building Science and Building Envelope Systems team.
- Lead, support and mentor Project Managers, Project Coordinators, technical staff and site personnel.
- Oversee a portfolio of complex Building Science, restoration and rehabilitation assignments.
- Provide technical direction on concrete deterioration, repair strategies and rehabilitation programs.
- Lead investigations and assessments involving building envelopes, parking structures, balconies, façades, roofs and waterproofing systems.
- Review technical reports, drawings, specifications, tender packages and construction documentation.
- Oversee projects through investigation, design, tendering, construction administration and closeout.
- Monitor project schedules, budgets, staffing requirements, quality and commercial performance.
- Coordinate resources across project management, design and field-review teams.
- Review construction-phase deliverables, including shop drawings, RFIs, change documentation, payment recommendations and field reports.
- Act as a trusted senior contact for clients, contractors, property managers and condominium boards.
- Lead internal and client meetings and provide clear recommendations on technical, financial and project-delivery matters.
- Improve project management procedures, reporting standards, quality-control systems and internal workflows.
- Support proposals, business development and the continued growth of the Building Science practice.
- Work with senior leadership on recruitment, resource planning and the longer-term direction of the department.
Relevant Project Experience
The strongest candidates will have delivered and overseen projects involving several of the following:
- Concrete parking garage restoration
- Balcony and slab-edge rehabilitation
- Reinforced-concrete deterioration and repair
- Waterproofing and traffic-deck systems
- Building envelope investigations
- Façade repair and rehabilitation
- Roofing replacement and restoration
- Window, curtain-wall and cladding systems
- Building condition assessments
- Performance audits
- Capital planning and Reserve Fund Studies
- Construction administration
- Existing-building investigations
- Multi-residential and condominium properties
- Commercial, institutional and industrial buildings
What You’ll Need to Succeed
You will bring substantial consulting experience within Building Science, Building Envelope Systems or structural restoration, ideally gained within a multidisciplinary engineering or specialist Building Science consultancy.
The successful candidate will ideally offer:
- Years of relevant industry experience, with demonstrated progression into management or senior leadership.
- Strong technical knowledge of building-envelope systems, existing buildings and rehabilitation projects.
- Meaningful experience in concrete assessment, deterioration, repair and restoration.
- Experience leading Project Managers, Coordinators, Engineers, Technologists or field-review personnel.
- Responsibility for project budgets, schedules, resourcing, quality and client outcomes.
- Strong construction-administration and contract-documentation experience.
- The ability to review and guide technical work rather than solely manage schedules.
- Strong client-facing, technical-writing and presentation skills.
- A degree in Civil, Structural or Architectural Engineering, or relevant education in Engineering or Architectural Technology.
- A P.Eng. designation is strongly preferred, although accomplished practitioners with other relevant professional designations may be considered.
- A valid Ontario G driver’s licence and willingness to attend project sites.
What You’ll Get in Return
- A competitive senior-level compensation package based on experience.
- Performance-based salary reviews and bonus opportunities.
- Hybrid working following probation.
- Flexible working hours.
- Short Fridays throughout the year.
- Paid mileage for business-related travel.
- Employer-supported technical training and external professional-development courses.
- Company-sponsored events and team activities.
- The opportunity to take a leadership role within an active and growing Building Science practice.
- Direct influence over team structure, technical standards and project-delivery processes.
- A varied portfolio of concrete restoration, building-envelope and existing-building projects.
- Visibility with senior leadership and a genuine opportunity to shape the future direction of the department.
What You Need to Do Now
If you are an experienced Building Science or Building Envelope professional ready to lead a team and help strengthen a growing practice, please send an up-to-date CV to tim.spencer@hays.com for a confidential discussion.
If this position is not quite right but you are considering your next move within Building Science, concrete restoration, building envelope consulting or existing-building engineering, please get in touch to discuss other opportunities.
This posting is for an existing vacancy with the organization.
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