Senior Director of BIM, Modelling and Integration Function
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- Mississauga, ON
- Permanent
- Temps-plein
- Define and lead the nuclear-specific BIM and digital engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with regulatory frameworks (e.g., CSA N286, CSA N290, ASME, ISO 19650) and organizational objectives.
- Establish governance structures for modelling, data management, and configuration control across nuclear new-builds, refurbishments, and operating facilities.
- Drive digital transformation initiatives that enhance nuclear safety, reliability, and lifecycle asset performance.
- Oversee the governance and oversight function, ensuring independence from daily operations and fostering a culture of constructive challenge and evidence-based decision-making.
- Oversee configuration baselines, change control, and versioning in accordance with nuclear regulatory requirements and quality assurance programs. Ensure digital configuration management support for safety case development, licensing and operational decision making.
- Act as the escalation point for technical issues and disputes, resolving them collaboratively with project leadership.
- Provide leadership and support in addressing complex technical and resource challenges within projects.
- Work closely with senior project leadership to ensure technical consistency and alignment across projects.
- Drive process and regulatory compliance, ensuring quality and continuous improvement across all projects.
- Drive excellence and develop innovative ideas to improve efficiency in our delivery processes with a fit for purpose mentality – this includes final accountability for selecting any technical software tools and ensuring they are configured, integrated and utilized to promote efficiency & quality of work product.
- Conduct design assurance and management self-assessment activities.
- Serve as the technical authority for software tools, methods, and methodologies in their domain.
- Oversee the management of engineering software applications, code libraries, code holders, software verification & validation activities, software lifecycle, and hardware configuration.
- As needed, supports the Proposal team in the review of proposals and to develop innovative ideas to create efficiencies and avoid engineering conservatism.
- Lead multidisciplinary teams of BIM managers, directors and Subject Matter Experts.
- Monitor discipline performance, talent movement, and staffing decisions in collaboration with Project leadership teams.
- Interpret and apply negotiated agreements with bargaining agents as they affect the rights, obligations, and working conditions of employees.
- Lead the development and execution of strategic plans for the BIM, modelling and integration disciplines, including capability building, succession planning, and resource management within each Skill Category / Job Family.
- Define technical training, qualifications and certification requirements for each skill category/job family within the Function.
- Lead the technical and skill communities across all related projects.
- Support BIM, modelling and integration Directors and Managers in identifying gaps in the size or technical capabilities of the job family relative to overall forecast requirements and supports the development and execution of a plan to close those gaps through a combination of hiring, releasing and developing staff.
- Evaluate BIM, modelling and integration Functional staff performance and provide clear expectations, including performance management as needed.
- Support Project Engineering Directors and Managers to develop and implement corrective measures to improve individual and team performance.
- Support Mentoring, coaching, and developing engineering staff, fostering knowledge transfer and a collaborative technical community. Including overseeing the development of future knowledge & skill sets.
- Work collaboratively with project leads to support compensation and level reviews with the goal of maintaining internal equity and proper distribution of levels within each Skill Category / Job Family and across the engineering organization.
- Chair Promotion Committee meetings and approve promotion cases for Grades 4 and above.
- Ensure all BIM, modelling and integration Functional engineering resources are managed within business plans and financial targets.
- Interface with senior executives, project partners, and external stakeholders to ensure effective engineering support.
- Engage with the strategic workforce planning process to ensure sufficient resources with the right skills.
- Support recruitment, promotion, and movement of personnel and maintaining a robust cohort of Subject Matter Experts (SMEs).
- Engineering or Science degree from a recognized university; advanced degree preferred.
- Minimum 15 years of relevant experience.
- Expertise with BIM platforms, engineering design tools, and enterprise integration technologies.
- Demonstrated experience in leading significant BIM/modelling teams and multi-disciplinary teams.
- Experience working throughout various stages of complex engineering projects from conception to commissioning.
- Extensive knowledge of INPO/WANO fundamentals, nuclear safety practices, CANDU reactor technology and regulatory requirements is considered an asset.
- Meaningful experience working at project site.
- Advanced capabilities in BIM, modelling and integration, process improvement, resource and growth management, and operational excellence.
- Visionary, results-oriented, and highly motivated leader.
- Strong business acumen, technical expertise, and people management skills.
- Excellent communicator, negotiator, and influencer.
- Ability to drive change, enhance productivity, and deliver results in a complex, regulated environment.
- Commitment to safety, integrity, and continuous improvement.
- Uphold and promote the organization’s safety and quality culture.
- Deliver strategic and operational objectives for the BIM, modelling and integration discipline.
- Foster a high performing, engaged, and accountable engineering team.
- Drive compliance with all regulatory and organizational standards.
- Champion innovation and best practices in engineering delivery.
- Foresee and implement emerging trends in technology and engineering delivery.