What is the Opportunity?Reporting to the Vice President, ATW, the General Manager is responsible for the overall safety, leadership, operational performance, financial results, and strategic direction of the company's roadway construction operations in Calgary and surrounding areas.
What You'll Do Here: Safety & Risk Management
- Champion a strong safety culture and hold leaders accountable for performance.
- Promote a culture where employees are empowered and expected to stop unsafe work.
- Ensure compliance with Alberta Occupational Health and Safety requirements and company policies.
- Review significant incidents, near misses, and corrective action plans.
- Integrate safety into planning, estimating, scheduling, and project execution.
Operational Leadership
- Provide overall leadership and direction for roadway construction operations.
- Establish annual and long-term operational objectives aligned with company strategy.
- Oversee successful execution of multiple construction projects simultaneously.
- Ensure appropriate resources, equipment, labour, materials, and subcontractors are available.
- Monitor project performance and intervene when schedule, cost, quality, or resource challenges arise.
- Establish standardized operational processes, best practices, and accountability.
Financial & Business Performance
- Maintain overall accountability for profitability and financial performance of the business unit.
- Review project financials, budgets, forecasts, cost-to-complete, productivity, and margins.
- Monitor revenue, gross margin, overhead, utilization, and operating results.
- Develop and manage annual operating budgets and identify corrective actions.
- Drive continuous improvement in productivity, cost control, and project profitability.
Project Management & Delivery
- Provide oversight of major and high-risk projects from bid through completion.
- Ensure Senior/Project Managers and Operational Managers maintain strong project controls.
- Review schedules, budgets, forecasts, manpower requirements, and production targets.
- Support resolution of significant contractual, client, subcontractor, and operational issues.
- Ensure project closeout, financial reconciliation, and recovery of outstanding claims/change orders.
Estimating & Business Development
- Provide strategic direction to estimating and business development.
- Identify and pursue opportunities aligned with company capabilities and objectives.
- Review major bids and provide input on pricing, risk, production assumptions, equipment, labour, and subcontracting.
- Develop relationships with municipalities, developers, general contractors, consultants, and suppliers.
- Monitor market conditions, competitors, infrastructure opportunities, and profitable backlog.
People & Leadership
- Lead, mentor, and develop the team.
- Recruit and retain high-performing construction professionals.
- Establish performance expectations, succession plans, and leadership development.
- Support employee engagement, retention, and professional development.
- Work with HR on workforce planning, compensation, employee relations, and organizational development.
Client & Stakeholder Relations
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with key clients and stakeholders.
- Act as senior company representative for major projects and strategic accounts.
- Resolve escalated client concerns and contractual issues.
- Participate in major client meetings, negotiations, and project reviews.
Quality & Continuous Improvement
- Establish expectations for quality and project execution.
- Ensure construction activities meet contractual specifications and company standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve productivity, processes, and project delivery.
- Implement KPIs, operational reporting, and lessons learned.
What You Bring to the Team:- 10+ years of progressive leadership experience within construction and/or post-secondary education in Construction Management, Civil Engineering, Business Administration, or a related discipline preferred.
- P.Eng., Gold Seal, PMP, CET, or equivalent designation is an asset.
- Significant roadway, civil, earthworks, underground utilities, grading, paving, aggregates/base construction, or heavy civil experience.
- Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects and operational teams.
- Proven project financial management and profitability experience.
- Strong understanding of construction contracts, estimating, scheduling, project controls, and risk management.
- Strong knowledge of Alberta construction practices and regulatory requirements.
