Design Integration Lead

Our Technical Services group is currently looking to add a Design Integration Lead to our growing team, based in Port Hawkesbury, NS.

Reporting to the Director of Technical Services, we are seeking a detail-oriented design integration professional with proven experience coordinating multidisciplinary design packages on large-scale construction projects. We need someone with the proven skills, competencies, and capacity to act as the technical bridge between design and construction — catching design integration issues before they become costly rework or schedule slippage — and will support mission-critical infrastructure construction projects.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Serve as the technical bridge between design, engineering, and construction, ensuring civil, architectural, structural, electrical, mechanical, controls, and other design disciplines are fully coordinated and constructible prior to and during field execution
• Own the design interface management process, tracking design deliverables against project milestones and flagging dependencies across disciplines
• Identify and resolve conflicts and clashes between disciplines (e.g., mechanical and electrical) before they impact schedule or budget
• Manage the RFI process between the design team, subcontractors, and site personnel, ensuring timely and accurate resolution
• Review and validate design packages for compliance with client specifications, code requirements, and equipment vendor data
• Partner with procurement to ensure long-lead equipment specifications remain aligned with the evolving design
• Coordinate design reviews at the 30%, 60%, and 90% submission stages
• Manage version control and drawing issuance across multiple design consultants
• Act as an authority on design integration, catching issues early to prevent costly rework and schedule slippage
• Complete other design and project-related tasks assigned by the Director of Technical Services

• Post-Secondary education in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or a related field
• Experience in design coordination, design integration, or construction management, ideally on industrial, or other large-scale infrastructure projects
• Working knowledge of civil, structural, mechanical, electrical, and controls design disciplines
• Experience managing RFIs, multi-stage design reviews (30/60/90%), and drawing/version control processes across multiple consultants

Preferred Skills / Qualifications

• Experience with design/BIM coordination tools (e.g., Navisworks, BIM 360, Revit)
• Familiarity with data center design and construction standards
• Experience working directly with procurement on long-lead equipment specifications
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to liaise effectively across design, construction, and procurement teams

We offer a comprehensive and competitive total rewards package that incorporates a complete range of employee benefits, including a 5% RRSP matching program, to ensure you have the tools necessary to manage, maintain, and improve your health and wellbeing. 

About our Business

Valard Construction is Canada’s premier utility contractor providing comprehensive EPC+ (engineering, procurement, construction) and maintenance services to utilities, independent power producers, mining, oil and gas industries and rural electric associations. We have the capabilities, knowledge, and resources to take on any project, any size, any complexity, anywhere.  We are also part of Quanta Services, the largest electrical power contractor in North America.

Valard Construction is an equal opportunity employer.

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* Depending on qualifications, the successful candidate may be offered a position at a more appropriate level.

* Applicants must have legal authorization to work in Canada with no restrictions.

* Valard Construction is committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified individuals, without regard to race, religion, age, sex, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, or disability.  Accommodation for applicants with disabilities is available on request during the recruitment process.

* We do not use automated tools to screen applications.  All hiring decisions involve human review.  This job posting is for an existing vacancy.