Edmonton or Calgary, AB

At EXP, we’re driven to provide cutting-edge solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators, and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results, and shares ambitions for each other, our clients, and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

Job Description

Director, Arctic Engineering

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Brampton or Ottawa, ON

Edmonton or Calgary, AB

At EXP, we’re driven to provide innovative solutions for the world’s built and natural environments. As a team of engineers, architects, designers, scientists, creators, and a community of professionals, we bring diverse and talented people together to solve the world’s most complex challenges. Here, you join a team that leverages differences, harnesses their entrepreneurial spirit in an employee-owned company, believes diversity is what gives us strength, seeks sustainable results, and shares ambitions for each other, our clients, and the communities we are part of and serve. To be a part of EXP means to have your own experience while staying connected to a global network of professionals, who believe we are a part of something bigger. Together, we are EXP.

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Arctic Engineering

Your Work Environment at EXP

We are seeking a senior engineering leader to guide the growth and delivery of complex infrastructure projects across Canada’s northern and Arctic regions. This role requires sound technical judgment, strategic thinking, cultural awareness, strong commercial acumen and the ability to build lasting relationships. The successful candidate will provide regional and practice leadership, lead business development, guide multidisciplinary teams and establish technical and project delivery direction. The Director will work closely with Indigenous organizations and communities, northern and territorial governments, regulators, clients, contractors and technical professionals to deliver practical, resilient and community-informed solutions in remote and challenging environments.

What a day at EXP has in store for you

Director Responsibilities

Strategic Regional Leadership, Business Development and Client Relationship

- Develop and implement a growth strategy for Arctic and Northern engineering services that aligns with EXP’s broader infrastructure priorities.
- Act as a visible senior leader and trusted advisor, collaborate across EXP offices and disciplines to assemble the best available expertise for northern assignments.




- Build and maintain strong relationships with Indigenous organizations and communities, government, municipalities, regional development organizations, utilities and private-sector clients.
- Lead and support proposals, including scope development, pricing, resourcing, risk review, interviews and contract negotiations. Develop strategic partnerships and teaming arrangements that strengthen local participation, capacity building and successful project delivery.

Project and Commercial Oversight

- Lead complex, multidisciplinary assignments. Provide oversight of scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, staffing and client satisfaction.
- Ensure projects are appropriately governed, resourced and reviewed, with timely escalation and resolution of significant issues.
- Support staff in design, contract administration, claims avoidance, procurement, construction-phase decision-making and closeout.

Technical Leadership and Quality

- Establish technical direction and promote resilient, constructible and life-cycle-focused solutions suited to permafrost, climate, logistics and remote operating conditions.
- Provide technical review of studies, designs, specifications, cost estimates, reports, drawings and contract documents.
- Ensure appropriate quality management, independent review, design verification and document control processes are followed.
- Participate in recruitment, onboarding, performance development, succession planning and retention of key talent.
- Demonstrate visible leadership in health, safety and environmental performance and ensure applicable policies and project requirements are followed.
- Identify and manage technical, commercial, contractual, r

📌 Director, Arctic Engineering (Canada)
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