Project Manager - Heavy Industrial

What is the Opportunity?

Aecon Industrial leads the way in industrial construction with a proven track record of safely delivering a broad range of project solutions for our clients - from fabrication and modularization to new builds, turnarounds and maintenance. Aecon Industrial provides its clients with a vertically integrated solution, self-performing all disciplines of work.

We are seeking an experienced Project Manager (Heavy Industrial) to lead the successful delivery of large-scale industrial construction projects. The successful candidate will oversee project execution from pre-construction through commissioning, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in accordance with quality requirements.

This role is ideal for a construction leader who thrives in dynamic industrial environments and has experience managing multidisciplinary scopes including civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation work.

Please Note: The successful candidate must be willing to travel and support projects across Ontario and other project locations as required.

What You Bring to the Team:

• Lead the execution of heavy industrial construction projects ranging from brownfield expansions and capital upgrades to greenfield construction projects.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary construction activities involving civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and instrumentation scopes.
• Develop and implement execution strategies that maximize self-perform construction capabilities, workforce productivity, and safe delivery.
• Manage project operations in active industrial facilities while minimizing disruption to ongoing client operations.
• Collaborate closely with construction managers, superintendents, project controls, procurement, engineering, quality, safety, and commissioning teams.
• Drive planning initiatives including constructability reviews, workface planning, turnover planning, commissioning readiness, and closeout planning.
• Ensure compliance with client requirements, regulatory standards, environmental obligations, quality requirements, and industry best practices.
• Monitor labour productivity, equipment utilization, subcontractor performance, and project financial metrics to achieve project objectives.
• Lead mitigation and recovery plans when project risks, productivity challenges, scope changes, or schedule impacts arise.
• Support client relationship management and proposal development activities as required.

What You'll Do Here:

• 10+ years of progressive construction experience, including project management responsibility on large-scale industrial projects.
• Post-secondary education in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or a related discipline. Equivalent industry experience will also be considered.
• Demonstrated experience managing multidisciplinary scopes including civil, structural, mechanical, piping, electrical, and/or instrumentation construction.
• Proven experience managing projects with significant self-perform construction content.
• Strong knowledge of project controls, scheduling, cost management, contract administration, forecasting, change management, and risk management.
• Experience leading union and/or non-union workforces in industrial construction environments.
• Experience managing subcontractors, suppliers, and client relationships throughout the project lifecycle.
• Strong understanding of industrial safety programs, quality management systems, turnover, commissioning, and closeout processes.
• Ability and willingness to travel to project sites as required.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation considered an asset.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification considered an asset.
• Experience with collaborative delivery models such as Design-Build, EPC, EPCM, Construction Management, Alliance, P3, or Integrated Project Delivery.
• Experience implementing Lean Construction principles.
• Experience with BIM, digital construction tools, project controls platforms, or project management software considered an asset.