Operations Director, Buildings – Permanent – 3141

Operations Director, Buildings – Permanent – 3141 Ottawa, ON

About the Opportunity

Parker Huggett is partnering with a growing construction organization to recruit an Operations Director – Buildings to lead and scale its Ottawa operations. This is a senior leadership role for a construction professional who excels at building teams, systems, and consistent project outcomes.
Reporting to the General Manager, you will take ownership of people, performance, and project execution across a portfolio of complex building projects.

What You’ll Lead

• People & Culture: Recruit, develop, and mentor a high-performing operations team while fostering a safety-first, accountable, and collaborative culture
• Operations & Systems: Establish and continuously improve workflows for procurement, scheduling, safety, and reporting to support scalable growth
• Project Oversight: Provide senior oversight across active job sites, monitoring schedules, budgets, quality, change management, and HSSE, with regular site presence
• Commercial & Financial Performance: Oversee job costing, forecasting, P&L, cash flow, contracts, claims, and risk management in partnership with the GM
• Partners & Growth: Build strong relationships with designers, subcontractors, and suppliers; support procurement, bids, and future work planning

About You

The successful candidate will have the following:

• 15+ years in construction, including 10+ years in senior leadership roles
• Proven experience delivering major building projects $100M+
• Strong understanding of construction methods, scheduling, and delivery models (CM, Design-Build, IPD)
• Expertise in job costing, forecasting, and financial reporting
• A decisive, collaborative leader with excellent communication skills and a strong HSSE mindset

About the Job

This is an opportunity to shape and scale an Ottawa buildings operation, influence strategy, and build the systems and teams behind long-term success.

How to Apply

We truly appreciate your interest in this opportunity. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we will only be reaching out to candidates whose experience most closely matches our partner’s needs. If we do not connect with you for this role, please know that we will gladly keep your profile in mind and reach out when other suitable opportunities arise.

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