Director of Construction

Director of Construction

Location: Woodstock, ON

Salary: $190K–$230K + benefits

Position: Full-Time, Permanent

Our client is seeking an experienced Director of Construction to provide strategic and operational leadership across its General Contracting Division.

This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone with a strong General Contracting background who has experience overseeing Project Managers, Project Coordinators, Superintendents/Field Operations, and multiple concurrent projects. The successful candidate will play a key role in project delivery, financial performance, risk management, team development, and operational improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide senior leadership and strategic direction for all construction operations.
• Oversee and mentor Project Managers, Project Coordinators, and Field Operations leadership.
• Monitor projects from pre-construction through closeout, ensuring performance across safety, quality, schedule, and budget.
• Establish accountability, KPIs, performance standards, and operational procedures across the division.
• Oversee budget forecasting, cost tracking, project financial performance, and cost-to-complete reporting.
• Identify and mitigate operational, contractual, and project-level risks.
• Review schedules, resource requirements, project forecasts, change orders, and claims.
• Lead the resolution of major disputes, delays, and high-risk project issues.
• Support preconstruction, estimating, business development, proposals, and project planning.
• Build and develop high-performing teams while identifying future leadership talent.
• Collaborate with Estimating, Preconstruction, Safety, HR, Finance, and other internal teams.
• Maintain strong relationships with major clients, consultants, and project partners.
• Drive continuous improvement and the adoption of construction technologies and digital tools.
• Prepare regular operational and performance reports for senior leadership.
• Develop workforce and succession plans to support future project growth.

Required Experience

• Post-secondary education in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive construction experience, including at least 7 years in senior leadership.
• Proven experience overseeing both field and project management teams within a General Contracting environment.
• Strong knowledge of Lump Sum, Construction Management, and Design-Build delivery models.
• Strong expertise in scheduling, project forecasting, risk management, cost control, and dispute resolution.
• Knowledge of Ontario construction law, OHSA, contracts, change orders, and permitting.
• Experience with construction management systems such as Procore, Viewpoint Vista, and scheduling tools such as MS Project or Primavera.
• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, and relationship-management skills.
• Valid G Driver’s License and ability to travel to project sites across Ontario as required.

Fuze HR Solutions is committed to building a diverse, accessible, and equitable workforce. Our approach is twofold. Both internal, where we focus on creating a diverse and inclusive environment for our employees, and external, where we source and recruit from the most diverse candidate pools. Our teams are educated on current best practices at attracting, retaining, and working with the most talented and diverse candidates.

As an equal opportunity employer, we are committed to accommodating every candidate and encourage those who identify as a member of a visible minority group, or a person with a disability and requiring specific accommodations, to apply.

For all questions, comments and feedback on our diversity and inclusion programs and policies or to request information relating to accommodation measures, please contact your local Fuze HR Solutions branch.

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

At Fuze HR, we may use AI-powered tools to assist with some of the behind-the-scenes tasks in recruitment. These tools help us work more efficiently and stay organized, but all final hiring decisions are made by our team of real people.

This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Contract Info / Information sur le contrat

• Job ID / No. du Poste: 60448245
• Open Positions / Postes Ouverts: 1