Director, VDC
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29-08-2025
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Job Summary
Modern Niagara helps building owners managers and general contractors meet the mechanical electrical integrated building technology and building services needs of their buildings across Vancouver Calgary Edmonton Toronto Southwestern Ontario and Ottawa. We also develop custom turnkey solutions to help reach the desired outcomes. We are committed to having a positive and meaningful impact on Canadas infrastructure and on the communities where we live learn work and heal.
WE BUILD FOR LIFE.
We value passion initiative determination professionalism and teamwork and we are committed to ensuring that our teams have everything they need to succeed. Health and safety are embedded in everything we do and as a result our award-winning safety culture has a record thats well above industry standards.
At Modern Niagara you will work alongside values-driven safety-conscious and high-impact teams in a fast-paced innovative and collaborative environment. Here your knowledge skills and excellent service will help ensure that the buildings that make up Canadas infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.
Modern Niagara is one of Canadas Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNAs Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazines Gold Winner for Canadas Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canadas Best Health Safety Culture Award as well as Canadas Best Health Safety Leader Award.
The Director VDC leads the strategic direction and execution of VDC processes for projects in Toronto. This role oversees a team of VDC Designers drives innovation in modeling and ensures seamless integration between design fabrication and field operations.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead VDC Strategy for the Toronto construction division by aligning with overall operational and business goals
- Integrate VDC across all phases of design preconstruction fabrication and field execution
- Support the Area Manager in building managing and mentoring the VDC team including VDC designers subject matter experts and leads
- Oversee the creation and coordination of 3D models for MEP systems
- Ensure clash detection model accuracy and constructability reviews are completed efficiently
- Work with the operations team to establish deliverables and schedules for each project and ensure timely execution
- Coordinate with general contractors and other trades to resolve design issues and to ensure adherence to VDC project requirements (BIM Execution Plans)
- Build relationships with general contractors and conduct business development to align on new projects
- Budget VDC projects for tenders and pursuits
- Support preconstruction estimating and operation teams by providing models and quantity takeoffs
- Monitor and report on project budgets and production status
- Responsible for data integrity of the department which will feed into other data sources for data driven decisions
- Align and support quality assurance and quality control on all projects
- Innovative software development in the industry drive new tech and software within the organization
- Proposal support interviews with clients for executing projects
Qualifications and Job Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field
- 8 years experience in VDC/BIM within MEP contracting
- Strong knowledge of mechanical systems
- Proficient in Revit Navisworks
- Familiarity with project management software solutions such as Procore
- Proven track record in a leadership position supporting a regional team
We thank all applicants for their interest however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.
At Modern Niagara we recognize the value of fostering a diverse equitable and inclusive organization and are committed to eliminating barriers faced by members of equity-seeking groups (women Indigenous Black racialized 2SLGBTQIA people with disabilities and new immigrants) in the construction industry. Our DEI vision is to build an organization where everyone has access to the same opportunities experience equitable outcomes and can thrive and reach their full potential.
We value the diversity of the people we hire and serve. Modern Niagara is an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation during the recruitment process please advise us so that suitable accommodations can be made. We can be reached at .
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Fundraising
- Management Experience
- Coaching
- Analysis Skills
- Strategic Planning
- Team Management
- Budgeting
- Leadership Experience
- Mentoring
- Public Speaking
- negotiation
- Supervising Experience
About Company
Modern Niagara offers mechanical contracting, electrical contracting, HVAC service, commercial plumbing, sheet metal fabrication and more across Canada.
