Shape the standards. Lead the process. Build Ontario's highways with excellence.Join the
Ministry of Transportation's Major Highway Projects Division, Project Delivery and Controls Branch, and play a pivotal role in delivering some of Ontario's most significant infrastructure projects. In this leadership role, you will oversee contract costing, estimating, tendering, and qualification control processes—ensuring every step aligns with ministry policies, standards, and procedures. You'll provide authoritative guidance, support strategic planning, and drive continuous improvement across our contracting functions.
Information Session:We are offering an opportunity for those interested to attend a virtual session to learn more about the branch and the positions to be filled.
Date: Tuesday, March 10, 2026Time: 2:00pm - 3:00pmRemember to add this event to your calendar
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* This session is optional and has no impact on hiring decisions
About the job
In this role you will:
• Lead the development, implementation, and compliance of estimating, tendering, and contractor qualification frameworks, policies, and procedures.
• Oversee contractor qualification processes, including audits, investigations, financial assessments, and resolution of claims or disputes.
• Manage tendering operations by reviewing tender documents, overseeing bid processes, ensuring confidentiality, and coordinating contract awards.
• Provide expert costing and estimating oversight, including analysis, recommendations, and guidance to support value for money decision making.
• Provide technical supervision and leadership to staff, including training, work planning, resource coordination, and performance oversight.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, offering authoritative advice and representing the ministry on committees and working groups.
What you bring to the team
Technical Knowledge
You have:
• comprehensive knowledge of contract tendering operations
• knowledge of the principles and applications of highway contract related technology and materials, practices, standards and trends to provide technical supervision and leadership
• knowledge of related legislation, codes, agreements, policies, standards, practices, systems, procedures and methods
Interpersonal and Communication Skills
You have:
• supervisory skills to orient, train, develop and manage technical performance
• relationship management skills to establish and maintain effective working relationships with internal and external contacts
• communication and presentation skills to prepare policies, reports and recommendations and represent the ministry of provide interpretation, advice and information to diverse audiences
Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills
You have:
• analytical and problem solving skills to plan, prioritize and review contact award operations and services as well as develop, recommend and implement change
• demonstrated ability to analyze technical information, review and assess deficiencies
• experience developing, recommending, and implementing changes to operational policies, standards, systems, and procedures
Project Management Skills
You have:
• ability to manage multiple projects and consultant services while meeting deadlines and maintaining organizational productivity
• experience planning, coordinating, and reviewing contract award operations to ensure quality assurance and fairness
• ability to manage team members, complete multiple tasks within deadline and coach staff
Don't meet every qualification?
If you are excited about this position and meet most, but not all, of the listed qualifications, please still consider applying. We recognize that no one person might have every qualification in this job ad, and you just might be the right candidate!
How we support diversity, inclusion and accessibility
We are building an inclusive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage everyone interested in working with us to apply, including people with disabilities, Indigenous, Black and racialized individuals, as well as people from all ethnicities, cultures, sexual orientations, gender identities and gender expressions.
Our hiring process is accessible, consistent with Ontario's
Human Rights Code and the
Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005. We are working to prevent and remove barriers in our hiring processes and can offer
accommodation to address specific needs related to Code-protected grounds such as disability, family status and religion. For more information about accommodation during the hiring process please
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