VDC Area Manager

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 Canada’s 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 that’s 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 Canada’s infrastructure fulfill the needs they were set out to meet.

Modern Niagara is one of Canada’s Best Managed Companies and is a recipient of SMACNA‘s Safety Excellence Award Program (SSEAP) – Canada and the Canadian Occupational Safety (COS) Magazine’s Gold Winner for Canada’s Safest Employers Award in the Building and Construction category and Excellence Winner for Canada’s Best Health + Safety Culture Award as well as Canada’s Best Health + Safety Leader Award.

Modern Niagara is seeking a dedicated and experienced VDC Mechanical Area Manager to join our dynamic team in Vaughan, Ontario. As a VDC Mechanical Area Manager, you will lead a regional team of VDC Designers and Project Leads, ensuring the seamless design and completion of installation models and drawings. Your leadership will be crucial in shaping the future of Modern Niagara’s infrastructure through innovative projects and collaborative efforts that redefine industry standards.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Build and lead a dynamic team, ensuring department resources are trained and engaged.
• Proactively manage project deadlines and deliverables, implementing QAQC status checks and ensuring departmental consistency.
• Foster collaboration between the VDC team and other departments, promoting coordinated models.
• Oversee the performance of the regional VDC team, ensuring projects are on track in terms of budget, schedule, manpower, and overall profitability.
• Implement proper procedures, system optimization strategies, and time-saving initiatives.
• Facilitate consistent BIM execution for coordinated project delivery with team leaders from various design disciplines.
• Review and report on the status of ongoing projects, including completion, coordination, schedule, and optimization.
• Develop BIM implementation and execution plans, as well as project qualification statements.
• Schedule regional VDC staffing assignments with construction/project managers.
• Write pre-qualifications, bid packages, and budgets for pursuits related to VDC scope.
• Ensure quality assurance for all VDC produced documents.
  
  

Qualifications and Job Requirements:

• 10+ years of VDC/BIM design experience, and at least 5 years dedicated to managing teams and overseeing regional operations.
• Post-secondary diploma in mechanical or construction technology, or extensive experience in a related field; Eng or CET considered an asset.
• Knowledge and experience with contractual delivery methods.
• Solid understanding of BIM standards (national and international), guidelines, and protocols.
• Mastery of Autodesk Revit, Navisworks, and AutoCAD.
• Proven track record of building successful teams and motivating team members.
• Excellent leadership and collaboration skills, adept in presentations and providing insight to the VDC team.
• Experience in conflict and crisis management, maintaining effective relationships with clients, owners, and consultants.
• Sense of urgency and drive to succeed, comfortable working within a deadline-driven, fast-paced environment.
  
  

We thank all applicants for their interest, however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

At Modern Niagara Building Services, 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 Building Services 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 [email protected].