Building Sustainability, Ontario Market Lead

CIMAs Buildings team is recognized across Canada for designing high-quality energy-efficient and resilient buildings that prioritize occupant comfort and long-term performance. Our portfolio includes award-winning projects and some of the countrys most complex high-performance buildings. To continue delivering exceptional value to our clients we have established a national team of sustainability specialists dedicated to supporting high-performance and low-carbon projects across Canada.

We are seeking a Building Sustainability Ontario Market Lead to grow and lead our sustainability advisory practice in Ontario. This role is primarily client facing and market focused with accountability for building relationships shaping opportunities leading pursuits and positioning CIMA as a trusted advisor for building performance decarbonization and resilience strategies. The role works closely with our Ontario Buildings leadership and our national sustainability team to convert market demand into scalable services and consistent delivery and will collaborate closely with national sustainability leads and regional sustainability leads across Canada to align strategy share expertise and scale delivery.

 The successful candidate brings a strong Ontario client network proven business development capability excellent facilitation and communication skills and enough technical depth to lead executive level conversations and guide multidisciplinary teams toward measurable outcomes. This role can be based in our Toronto Mississauga Markham or Bowmanville offices in a hybrid model (2 days /week in the office).

Key responsibilities

Ontario growth and client leadership
Own the Ontario market growth plan for building sustainability services and deliver annual sales targets
Build and maintain senior level client relationships across developers owners institutions utilities and public sector clients
Identify and qualify opportunities lead pursuit strategy and direct proposal development in collaboration with internal teams
Lead client meetings and executive presentations that connect technical solutions to value risk reduction and return on investment
Represent CIMA through industry presence speaking opportunities partner relationships and targeted thought leadership

National and cross regional collaboration
Work closely with national sustainability leads and regional sustainability leads to align service offerings share best practices and coordinate delivery
Partner with other regions to support multi market clients and pursue national opportunities with consistent positioning and technical approach
Contribute to national practice development including tools templates quality standards and knowledge sharing

Advisory and technical leadership
Provide strategic direction and senior oversight for building performance analysis operational carbon and decarbonization roadmaps for new and existing buildings
Guide project teams on energy and carbon targets EUI strategy electrification pathways and retrofit prioritization
Provide senior review of energy modeling and GHG analysis approaches for alignment with NECB Ontario requirements and project goals
Lead advisory conversations on whole building life cycle assessment embodied carbon reduction and life cycle cost considerations
Support climate risk vulnerability and resilience assessments and help clients translate findings into actionable measures

Practice team and quality leadership
Lead mentor and grow the Ontario sustainability team including recruitment and capability development
Coordinate resourcing with the national sustainability team to scale delivery without being the day-to-day modeler on every project
Establish service offerings templates quality processes and consistent client deliverables for Ontario pursuits and projects
Facilitate integrated design workshops and stakeholder alignment sessions to maintain momentum from early design through delivery
Partner with mechanical electrical architectural and planning teams to embed sustainability into project strategy and client narratives

Qualifications :

Bachelors degree in building engineering building science mechanical engineering environmental engineering or a related discipline
10 plus years of progressive experience in building sustainability consulting with clear evidence of client leadership and practice growth
Demonstrated success leading pursuits building pipelines and converting relationships into secured work
Strong Ontario market network and the ability to build credibility with senior decision makers
Working knowledge of energy modeling tools and sustainability platforms such as EnergyPlus IES VE eQUEST and LCA software such as One Click LCA with the ability to direct and review technical work produced by others
Strong understanding of sustainable development energy efficient systems carbon accounting and incentive or funding programs
Professional accreditations such as LEED AP BDC WELL AP Envision SP or equivalent are strongly preferred
Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and the ability to translate technical topics into clear business decisions

 Why join CIMA

Work with a national platform delivering award-winning high-performance buildings across Canada
Join an employee-owned firm that values collaboration entrepreneurship and sustainability leadership
Build and lead a growing Ontario practice with strong support from a national team of specialists
Flexible work arrangements and strong opportunities for professional growth and leadership

For more information about this job opportunity please contact Georgeta Suta

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Additional Information :

At CIMA we recognize the richness and diversity of each individuals experience. Compensation for this role is therefore based on the candidates experience skills and qualifications while maintaining internal equity. The level and associated salary may vary depending on the candidates profile.

CIMA uses an applicant tracking system that includes an automated match score feature. However this score is not used to screen assess or select applicants. All hiring decisions are made through human review.

Ethics and integrity are fundamental values at CIMA. That is why we are committed to ensuring equal access to resources and opportunities for candidates regardless of their identity (race ethnicity colour religion gender age disability sexual orientation gender identity or expression socio-economic status or background etc.).

In keeping with the principles of employment equity we encourage all applications including but not limited to those from women Indigenous people people with disabilities and visible minorities. We also encourage candidates to complete the self-identification form when applying for employment.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time