Our client, a premier heavy civil contractor based in Southwestern Ontario, has partnered with our team to recruit an experienced Project Manager / Estimator – Wet Utilities & Infrastructure across their Heavy Civil division. In this role, you will lead end-to-end execution, financial performance, and resource coordination for majour municipal p
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rojects, with a strong focus on water management, deep sewer and watermain systems, bulk earthworks, and site servicing. This is an exceptional opportunity for a strong operational leader to oversee complex civil projects with a highly respected, established industry player. The ideal candidate will bring a strong track record in Heavy Civil, Municipal, or Water and Sewer construction, with hands-on experience driving projects from initial tender through to final completion.
Advantages
This is a permanent opportunity with a full-service construction company focused on positive working relationships and professional excellence:
● Competitive Compensation: Highly competitive base salary plus performance-based bonus structure.
● Benefits: Full health, dental, and medical benefits coverage after 3 months.
● Retirement: Group RRSP Matching Program.
● Time Off: 2-week company-wide shutdown in December, in addition to allotted paid vacation.
● Career Growth: Regular performance reviews with clear pathways for professional advancement.
Responsibilities
● Lead the end-to-end planning, organizing, scheduling, and execution of heavy civil and wet utility projects.
● Prepare comprehensive project estimates, proposals, and cost calculations from fundamental engineering principles.
● Determine full project cost structures, including material quantities, equipment allocation, utility logistics, and labor requirements.
● Manage all stages of the tender and bidding process, including bid closings, proposal submissions, and securing vendor/subcontractor quotes.
● Facilitate seamless project handoffs and transitions from the estimating phase to field operations teams.
● Maintain and expand a comprehensive directory of qualified suppliers, vendors, and trade subcontractors.
● Establish and nurture strong working relationships with subcontractors, field supervisors, labor personnel, and executive leadership.
● Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, providing regular status reports to executive management and external project stakeholders.
Qualifications
● Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Project Manager or Estimator within the heavy civil construction sector.
● Proven expertise in wet utility construction, specifically sewer, watermain, and municipal water systems.
● Deep proficiency in core estimating principles, unit pricing, project scheduling, and subcontractor management.
● Demonstrated ability to build accurate cost calculations and manage bid packages across all tender stages.
● Proficient with industry-standard estimating and project management software suites.
● Working knowledge of Ministry of Transportation (MTO) standards and specifications is considered a strong asset.
Summary
This is a dual-focused civil management position combining full-cycle estimating with on-site project execution for heavy municipal sewer, watermain, and site-servicing developments across Southwestern Ontario. If you are interested and feel you are the right fit, please apply directly or email your resume to parveen.sandhu@randstad.ca. Only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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Our client, a premier heavy civil contractor based in Southwestern Ontario, has partnered with our team to recruit an experienced Project Manager / Estimator – Wet Utilities & Infrastructure across their Heavy Civil division. In this role, you will lead end-to-end execution, financial performance, and resource coordination for majour municipal projects, with a strong focus on water management, deep sewer and watermain systems, bulk earthworks, and site servicing. This is an exceptional opportunity for a strong operational leader to oversee complex civil projects with a highly respected, established industry player. The ideal candidate will bring a strong track record in Heavy Civil, Municipal, or Water and Sewer construction, with hands-on experience driving projects from initial tender through to final completion.
Advantages
This is a permanent opportunity with a full-service construction company focused on positive working relationships and professional excellence:
● Competitive Compensation: Highly competitive base salary plus performance-based bonus structure.
● Benefits: Full health, dental, and medical benefits coverage after 3 months.
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● Retirement: Group RRSP Matching Program.
● Time Off: 2-week company-wide shutdown in December, in addition to allotted paid vacation.
● Career Growth: Regular performance reviews with clear pathways for professional advancement.
Responsibilities
● Lead the end-to-end planning, organizing, scheduling, and execution of heavy civil and wet utility projects.
● Prepare comprehensive project estimates, proposals, and cost calculations from fundamental engineering principles.
● Determine full project cost structures, including material quantities, equipment allocation, utility logistics, and labor requirements.
● Manage all stages of the tender and bidding process, including bid closings, proposal submissions, and securing vendor/subcontractor quotes.
● Facilitate seamless project handoffs and transitions from the estimating phase to field operations teams.
● Maintain and expand a comprehensive directory of qualified suppliers, vendors, and trade subcontractors.
● Establish and nurture strong working relationships with subcontractors, field supervisors, labor personnel, and executive leadership.
● Serve as the primary point of contact for clients, providing regular status reports to executive management and external project stakeholders.
Qualifications
● Minimum of 3 years of experience as a Project Manager or Estimator within the heavy civil construction sector.
● Proven expertise in wet utility construction, specifically sewer, watermain, and municipal water systems.
● Deep proficiency in core estimating principles, unit pricing, project scheduling, and subcontractor management.
● Demonstrated ability to build accurate cost calculations and manage bid packages across all tender stages.
● Proficient with industry-standard estimating and project management software suites.
● Working knowledge of Ministry of Transportation (MTO) standards and specifications is considered a strong asset.
Summary
This is a dual-focused civil management position combining full-cycle estimating with on-site project execution for heavy municipal sewer, watermain, and site-servicing developments across Southwestern Ontario. If you are interested and feel you are the right fit, please apply directly or email your resume to parveen.sandhu@randstad.ca. Only qualified applicants will be contacted.
Randstad Canada is committed to fostering a workforce reflective of all peoples of Canada. As a result, we are committed to developing and implementing strategies to increase the equity, diversity and inclusion within the workplace by examining our internal policies, practices, and systems throughout the entire lifecycle of our workforce, including its recruitment, retention and advancement for all employees. In addition to our deep commitment to respecting human rights, we are dedicated to positive actions to affect change to ensure everyone has full participation in the workforce free from any barriers, systemic or otherwise, especially equity-seeking groups who are usually underrepresented in Canada's workforce, including those who identify as women or non-binary/gender non-conforming; Indigenous or Aboriginal Peoples; persons with disabilities (visible or invisible) and; members of visible minorities, racialized groups and the LGBTQ2+ community.
Randstad Canada is committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible workplace for all its candidates and employees by supporting their accessibility and accommodation needs throughout the employment lifecycle. We ask that all job applications please identify any accommodation requirements by sending an email to accessibility@randstad.ca to ensure their ability to fully participate in the interview process.
This posting is for existing and upcoming vacancies.
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