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Group of Companies is a leading utility infrastructure contractor helping power communities across Canada and the United States. Built on family roots, we value safety, hard work, and getting the job done right for our clients. We offer competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and opportunities to build your skills and grow your career.\nThe Opportunity\nForbes Bros. Group of Companies is seeking an experienced Project Director to lead the successful delivery of complex, high-value utility infrastructure projects across North America. In this senior leadership role, you'll oversee major construction programs, including transmission infrastructure, substations, and large-scale capital projects, with full accountability for operational execution, commercial performance, and stakeholder relationships.\nThis opportunity is well-suited for an established construction leader with extensive experience managing high-risk, multi-site projects. You'll play a key role in strengthening project leadership teams, building strategic partnerships, and contributing to the long-term success of our utility construction operations.\nLocation: 1290 91 Street SW, Edmonton, AB, T6X 0P2, Canada. Supporting major utility infrastructure projects across Canada and the United States, with assignments at various project locations.\nWork arrangement: Hybrid, with required travel to project sites and attendance at the Edmonton office.\nEmployment type: Full-time, permanent.\nSchedule: Monday through Friday, with project-specific rotations assigned once onsite.\nSalary: $195,520-$364,000 CAD annually.\nTravel: Extensive travel to project locations across Canada and the United States is required, including time away from home to support project execution and stakeholder engagement.\nTravel support: $150 CAD per day while onsite at an assigned project.\nKey Elements of the Role\nLead major construction projects: Direct the execution of large-scale utility infrastructure projects, often exceeding $500 million, ensuring alignment with project schedules, budgets, contractual obligations, and delivery objectives.\n\nOversee regional operations: Provide executive oversight of multi-site and cross-border construction activities, including workforce planning, field logistics, resource allocation, and construction sequencing.\n\nDrive financial and commercial performance: Maintain full profit and loss (P&L) accountability, oversee forecasting and margin protection, and lead contract negotiations, change management, claims resolution, and commercial risk mitigation.\n\nManage complex project challenges: Resolve critical engineering, procurement, and construction issues while overseeing regulatory requirements, permitting, joint venture commitments, and Indigenous engagement.\n\nBuild strategic stakeholder relationships: Represent Forbes Bros. with clients, Indigenous governments, regulatory authorities, industry associations, and strategic partners to maintain strong relationships and support project delivery.\n\nChampion safety and quality: Ensure safety and quality assurance/quality control (QA/QC) programs are consistently implemented across projects, oversee compliance reviews and audits, and promote continuous operational improvement.\n\nDevelop high-performing leadership teams: Build and lead project leadership teams, establish accountability, support succession planning, and strengthen workforce capabilities across regional operations.\n\nSupport organizational strategy: Contribute to preconstruction planning, project pursuits, long-term resource forecasting, and strategic initiatives that strengthen organizational capabilities and national project delivery readiness.\n\nWhat You’ll Bring\nA degree in Construction Management, Engineering, or a related field.\n\n18-20+ years of senior project delivery experience within utility infrastructure, heavy industrial, or large-scale construction environments.\n\nDemonstrated success leading complex, high-value construction projects involving multiple stakeholders, geographic regions, and significant operational and commercial risks.\n\nExtensive expertise in commercial contract strategy, financial management, joint venture delivery, regulatory engagement, and construction logistics.\n\nAdvanced knowledge of construction safety, QA/QC systems, schedule management, productivity optimization, and project risk mitigation.\n\nProven ability to build and lead senior project teams, manage competing priorities, and make sound decisions in complex construction environments.\n\nStrong executive-level communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills, with the ability to influence clients, strategic partners, and internal leadership.\n\nAbility and willingness to travel extensively across regions to support project execution, operational leadership, and stakeholder engagement.\n\nAn MBA, Project Management Professional (PMP), or Program Management Professional (PgMP) designation is considered an asset.\nThe range shown is the expected base pay range for this role. Final compensation will be determined based on role requirements, experience, qualifications, work location, applicable project/site requirements, internal equity, and any applicable collective agreement or union requirements.\nThis range does not include overtime, premiums, per diem / LOA, bonuses, benefits, or other forms of compensation unless specifically stated in the job posting.\nBase Pay Range\n$195,520—$364,000 CAD\nEqual Opportunity & Recruitment\nForbes Bros. Group of Companies and its affiliated entities are equal opportunity employers committed to a respectful and accessible recruitment process. We make employment decisions based on job-related qualifications and do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, ancestry, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or family status, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.\nApplicants must currently be legally authorized to work in the country where the position is located and must maintain valid work authorization throughout their employment.\nEmployment is subject to the requirements of the applicable role, location, project, and employing entity. 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