Manager, Marketing & Communications – Industrial Maintenance

Bird Construction

$80K — $110K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years in marketing, communications, or a related field
  • Experience with high-volume, urgent demands
  • Success in recruitment marketing and campaign execution
  • Background in business development and client-facing roles
  • Ability to simplify complex operational messages
  • Strong writing/editing for various audiences
  • Project management and stakeholder alignment expertise
  • Leadership experience in fast-paced environments
  • Proficient in Monday.com, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, and Microsoft Office Suite
  • Preferred experience in construction or industrial maintenance

Responsibilities

  • Partner with leadership to develop aligned Marketing & Communications strategies
  • Lead a high-performing marketing team focused on operational priorities
  • Establish processes that prioritize marketing resources for critical needs
  • Manage execution of campaigns and urgent operational requests
  • Collaborate with subject matter experts to enable project success
  • Provide leadership visibility through KPIs on recruitment and campaign performance
  • Develop and execute recruitment marketing strategies for skilled trades hiring
  • Design effective campaigns across digital and social channels
  • Align messaging with operational needs and project timelines
  • Ensure regulatory compliance in all communications
  • Create internal communications to enhance alignment and knowledge sharing
  • Support proposals and client presentations with strategic materials
  • Govern and direct brand application across districts
  • Lead branding for major initiatives and maintain brand integrity
  • Oversee subsidiary web presence for alignment with offerings and SEO

Benefits

  • Full-time, in-office position located in Calgary, AB
  • Opportunity to influence market positioning of subsidiary brands
  • Collaborative role closely integrated with operations and leadership
  • Potential for involvement in high-impact initiatives within industrial maintenance
  • Chance to develop and execute innovative marketing strategies
Full Job Description
Manager, Marketing & Communications – Industrial Maintenance

Reporting to the Vice President, Strategic Development, the Manager, Marketing & Communications will play a key role in advancing Bird’s subsidiary brands’ market positioning, operational growth, and internal communications and engagement across the Industrial Maintenance portfolio.

This role is deeply integrated with operations, overseeing the Industrial Maintenance external and internal communications and marketing initiatives, in alignment with corporate brand governance, and supporting recruitment execution, and client-facing communications.

This position requires balancing strategic leadership with high-volume, time-sensitive operational support across districts.

This is a full-time, in-office permanent position based in Calgary, AB.

What You Will Be Working On

TeamLeadership &OperationalSupport

  • Partner with theIndustrial Maintenanceleadership team, to translate operational business strategies into an integrated Marketing & Communications strategy that drives alignedand outcomes-focused deliverables.

  • Lead a high-performing marketing and communications team aligned to operational priorities

  • Establish structured intake and prioritization processes that align marketing resources to critical business needs (recruitment, client deliverables, site support)

  • Manage execution across a high-volume environment, balancing planned campaigns with urgent operational requests

  • Partner closely withdepartment SMEsto ensure marketing efforts directly enable project success

  • Provide visibility to leadership through KPIs tied to recruitment performance, campaign effectiveness, proposal support, and brand impact


RecruitmentMarketing

  • Partner with subsidiary recruitment leadership to develop strategy for, and lead execution of recruitment marketing strategies to support high-volume skilled trades hiring across multiple sites and regions

  • Develop strategy for and lead execution of campaigns across digital, social, regional, and on-the-ground channels

  • Align messaging with operational needs, ensuring campaigns reflect project timelines and labour strategy

  • Support brand positioning to attract top-tier talent in a highly competitive labour market

  • Track and report on recruitment campaign performance

  • Ensure all communications comply with applicable regulations (e.g., CASL, privacy standards)

Internal/ ExternalCommunications

  • Develop the strategy for and lead the execution ofcommunicationsinitiativesthat showcasethe strategic impactthe Industrial Maintenance business unite hasacross the construction industry, whilebuilding institutional knowledgefor internal audiences

  • Develop site content that reinforces safety culture and performance

  • Support internal communications to ensure alignment across districts, sites, and leadership teams

  • Provide strategicsupport for proposalsand client presentations

  • Support business development and operations teams with high-quality materials for pursuits and client requests

Brand & Market Positioning

  • Provide governance and strategic direction for brand application across districts

  • Lead branding for major initiatives, workforce programs, and strategic growth areas

  • Maintain strong brand discipline while enabling flexibility for site-specific and client-specific needs

  • Oversee subsidiary web presence to ensure alignment with offerings and growth priorities

  • Continuously improve user experience, SEO, and conversion pathways

What We Are Looking For
  • 10+ years of experience in marketing, communications, or a related field

  • Proven experience supporting high-volume, time-sensitive demands

  • Demonstrated success in recruitment marketing and workforce campaign execution

  • Experience supporting business development, and client-facing deliverables

  • Strong ability to translate complex operational work into clear, compelling messaging

  • Exceptional writing and editing skills across executive, client, and workforce-facing communications

  • Strong project management and stakeholder alignment capabilities

  • Experience leading teams in fast-paced, multi-priority environments

  • Technical proficiency in Monday.com, Adobe Creative Suite, Canva, Microsoft Office Suite

  • Experience in construction or industrial maintenance is strongly preferred

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