Major Projects Director - Defence and Federal Infrastructure Location: Canada (Flexible) GHD is seeking a highly experienced Major Projects Director - Defence and Federal Infrastructure to support the pursuit, development, and delivery of some of Canada's most significant and complex infrastructure programs. This role is suited to a senior leader with a demonstrated history of delivering large-scale capital programs in challenging environments. The successful candidate will bring exceptional leadership, commercial acumen, stakeholder management expertise, and the ability to guide multidisciplinary teams through all phases of project execution.

Projects may include defence infrastructure , remote developments, and other nationally significant infrastructure initiatives involving complex logistics, multiple delivery partners, and significant stakeholder engagement. This individual will play a key role in shaping major opportunities from strategic pursuit through delivery while helping strengthen GHD's capability in large-scale program management and infrastructure delivery. Lead major infrastructure programs from opportunity development and pursuit through execution and closeout.

Provide executive leadership across complex multidisciplinary project teams. Establish program governance, delivery frameworks, execution strategies, and performance measures. Develop and implement risk management, commercial management, and stakeholder engagement strategies.

Client and Stakeholder Management Serve as a trusted advisor to senior client representatives, government officials, delivery partners, and project stakeholders.

Project Delivery Excellence

Oversee the successful delivery of large-scale infrastructure programs with accountability for schedule, budget, risk,



quality, and resourcing. Provide strategic oversight of project controls, commercial performance, change management, procurement strategies, and program reporting. Guide delivery teams through complex operational, logistical, regulatory, and stakeholder challenges.

Mentor and develop future project and program leaders. Help build and strengthen GHD's project delivery capability across Canada. Foster a culture of collaboration, accountability, safety, quality, and continuous improvement.

Degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Architecture, or a related discipline. ~15+ years of progressive experience leading major infrastructure, industrial, mining, transportation, energy, aviation, defence , or federal programs. ~ Demonstrated success leading large multidisciplinary teams within highly complex project environments. ~ Experience delivering major capital projects + 300 million ~ Solid understanding of program governance, commercial management, project controls, risk management, and strategic delivery planning. ~ Proven experience managing projects delivered through collaborative and alternative delivery models including Design-Build, Modified Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build. ~ Experience delivering defence , federal, aviation, mining, industrial, energy, remote development,



or other major infrastructure programs would be considered an asset. ~ Experience delivering projects in remote, logistically challenging, operationally constrained, or geographically dispersed environments. Defence and federal infrastructure programs. Major mining developments and remote infrastructure programs.

Large-scale transportation, transit, aviation, industrial, or energy projects. Remote, geographically dispersed, or logistically challenging project environments. Executive leadership roles on programs involving multiple stakeholders, partners, contractors, and large delivery teams.

The successful candidate will be a senior leader capable of operating at both the strategic and delivery levels. They will understand how to build and lead high-performing teams, manage complex stakeholder environments, and guide large infrastructure programs from pursuit through execution. This individual will be recognized for their ability to lead complex programs, influence senior decision-makers , and create successful outcomes in challenging and dynamic environments.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started and may be used during the process to improve efficiency and fairness. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team. While AI supports some steps through the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.

This is a national opportunity. While a specific office location may be listed in the posting, we are open to candidates being based from any GHD office across Canada. #

📌 Major Projects Director - Defence and Federal Infrastructure (Quebec City)
🏢 GHD
📍 Quebec City