Manager, Learning & Development

Colas is a Canadian leader in transportation infrastructure - materials, construction, and maintenance. From roads to rail, airports to ports, we build some of the most important projects that connect our communities.

Backed by our network of Colas companies across Canada and the Colas Group worldwide, Colas offers a wide range of innovative and sustainable solutions for the construction and maintenance of transportation infrastructure.

Join the largest transportation infrastructure group in the world and help connect Canada. 

Help Shape the Future of Talent at Colas Canada

Colas Canada is a national leader in transportation infrastructure, delivering materials, construction, and maintenance solutions that connect communities. Our approximately 8,000 employees across more than 300 Canadian locations combine local expertise with the global reach of Colas Group, the world’s largest transportation infrastructure company.

We are seeking a strategic, practical, and relationship-driven Manager, Learning & Development to lead enterprise learning, leadership development, onboarding, and capability-building across Colas Canada.

Reporting to the Director, Talent, you will set learning priorities, turn business needs into practical solutions, and lead a small team and network of internal and external partners. Working closely with subsidiary HR teams, operational and business leaders, subject matter experts, and the broader Talent function, you will strengthen leadership capability, enhance the employee experience, and deliver consistent, high-quality learning across a diverse, multi-business environment.

This role suits an experienced L&D leader who combines strategy with hands-on program leadership, develops others, facilitates learning, and influences diverse stakeholders without formal authority.

Why Join Colas Canada?

• Lead learning and development for one of Canada’s largest transportation infrastructure organizations
• Shape leadership, manager, onboarding, professional development, and capability-building programs
• Partner with senior leaders, subsidiary HR teams, and operating companies across Canada
• Build a scalable learning ecosystem that respects local needs and strengthens shared practices
• Develop L&D professionals, facilitators, vendors, and subject matter experts
• Use analytics and business insights to show impact and guide investment
• Support succession, career development, talent reviews, and organizational capability

What We Offer

We offer a competitive total rewards package, including:

• Annual base salary of $114,000–$126,700
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits
• Retirement and financial well-being programs
• Paid vacation and approved time-off programs
• Professional development and career-growth opportunities
• Exposure to senior leaders and operating companies across Canada and the global Colas organization

Final compensation will reflect the successful candidate's qualifications, experience, internal equity, and the scope of the role.

What Success Looks Like

Within the first 12 months, you will:  

• Understand Colas Canada’s businesses, workforce, priorities, and capability needs
• Build trusted partnerships with subsidiary HR teams, business leaders, operations, and the Talent function
• Launch a practical, multi-year L&D roadmap aligned with business and talent priorities
• Strengthen governance and delivery for leadership development, onboarding, and enterprise learning
• Introduce measures and dashboards for participation, quality, application, and business impact
• Improve the learner experience, simplify processes, optimize resources, and scale effective practices
• Strengthen the capability and accountability of the L&D team and delivery network

What You Will Lead

Learning Strategy & Business Partnership

• Lead the design, delivery, and improvement of leadership, manager, onboarding, career development, and enterprise learning programs
• Connect learning to talent reviews, succession, career pathways, early talent, and workforce priorities
• Guide needs analysis, design, facilitation, reinforcement, and evaluation using adult-learning and instructional-design practices
• Create sustainable program models, facilitator resources, toolkits, and train-the-trainer approaches

Leadership, Talent & Learning Programs

• Own Colas Canada's Early Talent strategy, including internships, co-op programs, campus recruitment, and emerging talent initiatives
• Build partnerships with educational institutions and industry networks to strengthen future talent pipelines
• Develop scalable programs that attract, engage, and convert high-potential early-career talent

Learning Operations, Technology & Learner Experience

• Oversee learning calendars, governance, nominations, communications, logistics, records, and participant experience
• Set direction for the learning management system and related technologies, including standards, content, learning paths, reporting, and user experience
• Simplify, standardize, and automate processes while maintaining responsive support for operating companies
• Ensure programs are accessible, coordinated, and consistently delivered across regions and employee groups

Measurement, Budget & Partner Management 

• Establish measures and dashboards linking participation, quality, application, capability growth, and business outcomes
• Use data and feedback to evaluate effectiveness and recommend improvements and investments
• Manage the L&D budget, forecasts, program costs, and applicable chargebacks
• Select and manage vendors, facilitators, consultants, and learning partners for quality, value, responsiveness, and alignment

Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Contribution 

• Lead, coach, and develop L&D team members, setting clear priorities, accountabilities, and service expectations
• Build an effective network of internal facilitators, subject matter experts, HR partners, and external providers
• Contribute to Talent Management, organizational development, change, employee experience, and special projects as required
• Promote a culture of learning, knowledge sharing, continuous improvement, and accountability across Colas Canada

What You Bring

• 7+ years of progressive experience in Learning & Development, Talent Management, Organizational Development, leadership development, or a related field, including experience leading complex enterprise programs
• Experience leading or developing L&D professionals, project teams, facilitators, vendors, or cross-functional workstreams
• Proven ability to translate business and workforce needs into practical learning strategies, programs, and solutions
• Experience designing and delivering leadership, manager, onboarding, professional development, or organizational capability programs
• Strong knowledge of adult-learning principles, instructional design, facilitation, learning evaluation, and program sustainability
• Experience with learning management systems, learning technologies, program operations, and learner-experience improvement
• Strong analytical capability, including the ability to develop measures, dashboards, insights, and executive-level updates
• Demonstrated project, portfolio, vendor, and budget-management capability
• Excellent communication, facilitation, consultation, and influencing skills across operational, HR, and senior leadership audiences
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, balance enterprise and local needs, and build alignment in a decentralized, multi-business environment
• Advanced Microsoft Office skills, particularly PowerPoint and Excel. 
• Post-secondary education in Adult Education, Human Resources, Organizational Development, Business, Psychology, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience. 

Preferred Qualifications

• CTDP, CPTD, ATD, CHRP, CHRL, Prosci, coaching, facilitation, or a similar professional designation. 
• Experience developing enterprise leadership journeys, academies, or manager capability programs. 
• Experience with Power BI, learning analytics, digital learning platforms, or learning-experience technologies. 
• Experience supporting organizational transformation or the evolution of an enterprise Talent operating model
• Experience working within construction, transportation infrastructure, industrial, manufacturing, or field-based industries
• Experience within a decentralized or multi-business-unit organization 
• French and English language capability

Our Values: Respect. Commitment. Pioneering. Sharing

At Colas Canada, we believe in treating people with respect, delivering on our commitments, embracing innovation, and sharing knowledge to help others succeed. These values shape our culture, guide our decisions, and enable us to build strong teams, serve our communities, and deliver infrastructure that connects Canada.

Job Posting Information

• This posting is for an existing vacancy.
• Colas Canada may use artificial intelligence-assisted tools to support certain aspects of the recruitment and selection process.

DIVERSITY IS IMPORTANT TO US
At Colas, we believe our workforce should reflect the diversity of the communities we connect. By living our core values of , respect, commitment, pionneering and sharing, we welcome all those who help create the links that bring us together. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of age, ethnicity, national origin, religious beliefs, disability, marital or family status, gender, gender identity or expression.