Posted 4 months ago
Director, Site Selection & Land Development (Canada)
@ HYREON TALENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Canada
Overview
HYREON Talent Solutions is recruiting a Director, Site Selection & Land Development for data center and digital infrastructure campuses across Canada. The role covers evaluating and securing greenfield or brownfield sites where power, fibre, water, permitting and community acceptance determine project viability. Full-time, on-site or hybrid, with a typical base of CAD 180,000 to 240,000 plus variable pay.
Responsibilities:
- Identify and evaluate industrial sites for data center campuses
- Assess utility capacity, transmission access and upgrade risk
- Secure land control and advance sites through municipal zoning approval
- Engage Indigenous rights-holders and communities early and respectfully
- Flag project fatal flaws early
Requirements summary:
- Track record securing industrial land for power-intensive development
- Experience with municipal zoning, official plan amendments and council approvals
- Experience engaging Indigenous rights-holders and communities
- Ability to evaluate utility capacity and large-load study pathways
- Experience at industrial REITs, energy developers or hyperscale site selection teams
Source and dates
Source type not verified · zoho
- Employer posting date
- 2026-07-29
- First seen by our source
- 2026-11-15
- Source record updated
- 2026-11-15
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Director |
| Department | Business development |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Work setting | Office, Outdoors, Client sites |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical low · computer moderate |
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HYREON TALENT SOLUTIONS INC.
Data center & digital infrastructure · on-site / hybrid, Canada
Location options
Alberta / British Columbia / Ontario / Manitoba / Saskatchewan
Opportunity profile
We are building our network of site selection and land development leaders for data center and digital infrastructure campuses across Canada and the US.
This discipline determines whether a project is viable before major construction capital is committed. You will have evaluated greenfield or brownfield sites where power, fibre, water, permitting, community acceptance, and delivery schedule matter as much as land economics, and advanced preferred sites through control and entitlement.
About HYREON
HYREON Talent Solutions is a North American boutique search firm, headquartered in Canada, specializing in leadership and business-critical talent across the energy, utilities, data centre and digital infrastructure sectors. We connect employers across Canada and the United States with the senior leaders and specialist professionals driving the continent’s power and compute build-out.
Requirements
- A track record identifying and securing industrial land for power-intensive development
- Ability to evaluate utility capacity, transmission or distribution access, large-load study pathways, delivery timelines, and upgrade risk
- Experience navigating municipal zoning, official plan amendments, and council-level approvals
- Experience engaging Indigenous rights-holders and communities early, respectfully, and in line with applicable consultation requirements
- The judgment to read a project's fatal flaws early and say so
This background often comes from land development directors at industrial REITs, energy developers, or hyperscale site selection teams.
Screening question: Have you personally secured land control for an industrial or energy project above 50MW of connected load, and taken it through municipal zoning approval?
Benefits
Typical market compensation
Canada: CAD 180,000 – 240,000 base, plus variable
The applicable range and total-rewards structure will vary by employer, location, scope, employment structure, incentives, equity, travel, shift and project conditions.
How to apply
Apply through this posting or share your resume/LinkedIn profile with HYREON for confidential consideration. Please include your expected salary, preferred locations, Canadian work authorization and openness to travel, relocation, rotation or regional assignments where relevant. Employer, project and selection-process details will be discussed with aligned candidates at the appropriate stage.
Our commitment
HYREON supports inclusive and accessible recruitment. We welcome qualified professionals and consider candidates without regard to characteristics protected by applicable law. Accommodation is available on request during any HYREON-led process.
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