Project Manager - Professional/Technical

Technical Lead – Toronto, ON

Reporting into the Project Manager, the Technical Lead is responsible for supporting and driving the precise technical delivery of the Pape SOE Project. The role works closely with designers, subcontractors, and the client, leading the delivery of complex Support of Excavation (SOE), underpinning, and temporary works across multiple zones while managing a team of technical coordinators.

Responsibilities

• Act as GIP’s technical authority on SOE, strutting, walers, underpinning, and temporary works. Oversee design development, review, and coordination with Engineers of Record (EOR), specialty designers, and internal teams.
• Lead resolution of technical issues, NCRs, RFIs, and remedial design matters. Ensure constructability, sequencing, and safety considerations are fully integrated into technical solutions.
• Lead and mentor a team of 3–4 Technical Coordinators: assign scopes, review deliverables, ensure consistency and quality across technical submissions, and support staff development through coaching.
• Manage shop drawings, connection designs, design memos, and method statements. Ensure technical submittals meet contract requirements and are aligned with site conditions and construction sequencing. Coordinate as‑built information and ensure fabrication and installation are not delayed by technical approvals.
• Work closely with construction, commercial, and planning teams to support active works. Participate in site coordination, excavation sequencing reviews, and interface management with adjacent contractors. Lead technical input into work plans and phased construction approaches.
• Represent GIP in technical meetings with Metrolinx, EORs, and third‑party stakeholders. Coordinate interfaces with major subcontractors and design partners. Support commercial close‑out of technical issues and changes with clear documentation.

Qualifications

• Engineering background or equivalent experience, 10+ years in heavy civil, underground structures, transit, or major infrastructure projects.
• Strong background in support of excavation systems (struts, walers, soldier piles, secant piles), underpinning and temporary works, complex structural steel interfaces and connections.
• Proven experience leading technical teams and coordinating multi‑disciplinary designers.
• Strong understanding of construction staging, sequencing, and field constraints.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to lead discussions with clients, engineers, and contractors.

Benefits

Base Salary: $120,000 – $170,000 per year (dependent on experience, qualifications, internal equity, work location and market expectations). Annual performance‑based bonus. Comprehensive group benefits program. Retirement savings program. Career growth and advancement opportunities.

Artificial Intelligence Disclosure

AI tools are not used in the screening or assessment of applicants for this position.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Green Infrastructure Partners Inc. "GIP" is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Indigenous peoples, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply. GIP will provide accommodations to job applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment process. If you require an accommodation, please notify us and we will work with you to meet your needs.