The posting
What you'll do
As Director, Construction for Mark's, you will lead the national delivery of $40-50M annual capital of construction projects across Canada, overseeing a portfolio of new stores, relocations, expansions, and complex renovations within active retail environments.
This portfolio includes:
- Refresh and renovation projects generally ranging from approximately $900K to $1.8M, with scope tailored through Good, Better, and Best investment tiers
- New stores and relocations generally ranging from approximately $1.3M to $5.3M, depending on format, size, market, and landlord conditions
- Multiple store formats, including Bigger, Bolder, Better, Mark's 50, Small Market Format, and WorkPro, delivered nationally in landlord-controlled environments
Reporting to the AVP, Design & Construction, you will be accountable for end-to-end execution across all provinces, ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, on budget, and in alignment with Mark's brand strategy, capital commitments, and customer experience objectives.
- Lead delivery of Mark's national capital program across all provinces, including new stores, relocations, expansions, BBB conversions, and tiered refreshes
- Deliver the portfolio against approved budgets, opening dates, quality standards, and business-case commitments across a high-volume portfolio
- Oversee the national portfolio of complex, multi-phased renovations in live stores, coordinating hoarding, merchandise moves, fixturing, signage, IT, loss prevention, and operational turnover while minimizing disruption
- Lead and develop a team of Project Managers and Coordinators located across Canada (5-10)
- Establish clear expectations, drive accountability, and enable consistent execution across regions
- Build team capability and structure to support Mark's growing multi-year investment program and diverse national formats
- Partner with Real Estate, Leasing, Store Planning, Operations, and Finance to support site due diligence, Schedule C development, scope definition, capital planning, and business-case approvals
- Lead detailed estimates, project scopes, option analysis, and value-engineering strategies, including disciplined use of prototype learnings and repeatable unit pricing
- Select and implement the appropriate delivery model, including Construction Management (CCDC5b) and Stipulated Sum (CCDC2), based on complexity, phasing, schedule, and risk
- Oversee procurement and administration of construction contracts and consultant agreements
- Manage national relationships with general contractors, architects, engineers, fixture and millwork partners, signage vendors, and other specialized suppliers
- Ensure strong governance across project & portfolio budgets, tender, forecast, change management, schedule, safety, quality, closeout, and contract compliance
- Proactively lead through your team of Project Managers, live-store phasing, landlord interfaces, permitting, fire-life-safety conditions, long-lead fixtures, and supply-chain risks
- Serve as the senior construction partner to Mark's brand leadership, Operations, Real Estate, Store Planning, Procurement, Merchandising, and Marketing
- Translate Mark's store strategy into executable project plans across BBB, Mark's 50, Small Market, WorkPro, and refresh formats
- Align construction milestones with merchandising, fixture installation, IT and LP commissioning, signage, store turnover, open-for-business dates, and grand openings
- Lead disciplined adoption of Lucernex and other project-management systems, standardized reporting, portfolio dashboards, and national governance routines
- Maintain transparent portfolio reporting across budget, tender, forecast, actual cost, schedule risk, key decisions, and store-opening readiness
- Use portfolio data, post-project reviews, prototype learnings, and cost-per-square-foot benchmarks to improve future scopes and capital efficiency
- Enable Project Managers and Coordinators through clear processes, tools, decision rights, and escalation pathways
What you bring
- 12+ years of progressive experience in construction, with a strong focus on national, multi-site retail projects
- Proven experience leading construction teams and multi-site retail programs; apparel, footwear, workwear, or specialty retail experience is strongly preferred
- Demonstrated experience delivering projects across multiple provinces within Canada
- Strong understanding of retail brand standards, merchandising, fixturing, signage, customer experience, and the operational requirements of live-store renovations
- Deep expertise in:Construction delivery methods (CM, Stipulated Sum) Construction contracts and procurement strategies Complex, phased renovations in operating stores, including hoarding, merchandise relocations, fixture sequencing, and turnover planning Cost estimation, capital planning, development, tender analysis, forecasting, scoping, value engineering, and cost-per-square-foot benchmarking Leasing coordination, landlord work letters, Schedule C development, permitting, and base-building interfaces
- Strong financial acumen with experience managing multi-million-dollar national capital programs and balancing customer experience, return on capital, and speed to market
- Highly effective cross-functional leader with the ability to influence senior stakeholders
- Strong focus on systems, reporting, and enabling high-performing teams to execute efficiently at scale
We’re always looking for great talent! In addition to competitive pay, we offer:
- Comprehensive benefits and retirement programs
- Performance incentives, Continuing Education Programs
- Other perks to support your well-being
- Career growth opportunities and product discounts
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This posting represents an existing vacancy within our organization.
We may use artificial intelligence tools as part of our recruitment process to assist in the initial screening of resumes. All hiring decisions, including candidate evaluation, selection, and disposition, are made by human recruiters.
About Us
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited (“CTC”) is one of Canada’s most admired and trusted companies. With more than 90 Owned Brands, over 1,600 retail locations, financial services, exemplary e-commerce capabilities, and exciting market-leading merchandising strategies. We dream big and work as one to innovate with purpose for our customers at every level of our business, investing in new technologies and products, and doubling down on top talent to drive the company forward. We offer competitive salaries and wages to CTC employees, as well as store discounts, supported learning through our Triangle Learning Academy, Canadian Tire Profit Sharing, and retirement and savings programs for eligible employees. As part of our enhanced flex benefits program, we offer mental health benefits in the amount of $5,000 per year for benefits-eligible employees and their families, including total well-being, and mental health tools and resources for all employees. Join us in helping to make life in Canada better through living and working our Core Values: we are innovators and entrepreneurs at our core, outcomes drive us, inclusion is a must, we are stronger together and we take personal responsibility. It is an especially exciting time to join CTC and its family of companies where career opportunities are wide-ranging! Join us, where there's a place for you here.
Our Commitment to Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging
We are committed to fostering an environment where belonging thrives, and diversity, inclusion and equity are infused into everything we do. We believe in building an organizational culture where people are consistently treated with dignity while respecting individual religion, nationality, gender, race, age, perceived ability, spoken language, sexual orientation, and identification. We are united in our purpose of being here to help make life in Canada better.
Accommodations
We stand firm in our Core Value that inclusion is a must. We welcome and encourage candidates from equity-seeking groups such as people who identify as racialized, Indigenous, 2SLGBTQIA+, women, people with disabilities, and beyond. Should you require any accommodation in applying for this role, or throughout the interview process, please make them known when contacted and we will work with you to help meet your needs.
