• Location: Toronto
• Type: Permanent
• Job #8221
• Salary: NON 150,000

Location: Toronto, Canada

Compensation: Competitive base salary + package + stock options

Environment: Greenfield Infrastructure | Rocket Propulsion | High-Pressure Systems

Build the infrastructure that gets rocket engines firing.

Most Construction Manager roles start with a building.

This one starts with a rocket.

A heavily backed Canadian space company is developing the country's first medium-lift launch vehicle and before that vehicle can ever reach orbit, the infrastructure needed to develop, test and qualify its propulsion systems has to be built.

That means test facilities. High-pressure systems. Cryogenic infrastructure. Process piping. Utilities. Roads. Heavy civil works. Buildings. And ultimately, the facilities where a 725 kN rocket engine will be put through its paces.

We are looking for the Construction Manager who will turn those plans into reality.

This isn't a role where you'll inherit a finished facility and manage contractors carrying out minor upgrades.

You'll help build it from the ground up.

The mission

The company has assembled engineers and leaders from some of the world's most successful launch, aerospace and technology organisations, bringing experience from SpaceX, Blue Origin, Rocket Lab, ArianeGroup, Pangea Propulsion, Tesla, MDA and others.

The engineering philosophy is deliberately pragmatic: use proven technology, move quickly, test early and often, and discover problems on the test stand rather than on the launch pad.

That philosophy extends to the infrastructure programme.

Engineering will define what needs to be built.

Your job is to make sure it actually gets built — safely, correctly and on schedule.

You'll take engineered designs and turn them into operational facilities, owning construction execution from site mobilisation through to inspection, commissioning and final handover.

On a programme like this, construction isn't supporting the company schedule.

Construction is the company schedule.

What you'll own

You'll be the person responsible for execution in the field.

You'll select, onboard and manage general contractors and specialist trades across civil, structural, mechanical and electrical workstreams.

You'll own sequencing and daily site coordination, run contractor meetings, monitor progress and make sure commitments actually turn into completed work.

You'll have the authority to challenge contractors on schedule, cost, quality and safety — and the judgement to know the difference between a genuine constructability problem and an unnecessary change order.

You'll also:

• Own construction execution from mobilisation through closeout.
• Establish and enforce the site safety programme.
• Manage general contractors and specialist trade contractors.
• Coordinate multiple concurrent civil, structural, mechanical and electrical workstreams.
• Provide constructability, cost and schedule input during design reviews.
• Raise RFIs and field changes before problems become expensive.
• Coordinate inspections and interactions with authorities having jurisdiction.
• Maintain the QA/QC and inspection records required for system acceptance.
• Verify contractor progress and support payment certification.
• Track construction cost and schedule against the programme baseline.
• Drive punch lists and deficiency closeout.
• Manage the handover of as-builts, O&M manuals, warranties and training.
• Take completed infrastructure through commissioning and into Facilities.

The infrastructure is different

You don't need to have built a rocket test stand before.

But you do need to be comfortable around serious industrial infrastructure.

The programme will involve environments where pressure systems, process piping, hazardous fluids and potentially cryogenic systems mean construction quality isn't simply about whether something looks right.

It has to work.

And it has to work safely.

Experience with propulsion facilities, test stands, high-pressure systems or cryogenic installations would therefore be extremely valuable, but we're equally interested in people coming from adjacent industries such as aerospace, energy, oil & gas, chemical processing, heavy industrial, advanced manufacturing or major infrastructure.

If you've built complicated facilities where mechanical systems matter as much as concrete and steel, we want to hear from you.

You'll work as part of a deliberately lean team

This isn't a large corporate infrastructure department with layers of people between engineering and construction.

The model is simple:

Engineering defines it.

Procurement buys it.

Construction builds it.

Facilities runs it.

You'll work directly with the Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager, who owns the technical baseline, and the Facilities Manager, who will ultimately inherit what you build.

Accountability will be clear, but in a startup environment nobody operates inside a narrow box.

If something needs solving, you'll be expected to get involved.

What we're looking for

We're looking for someone who has spent meaningful time on construction sites, not someone whose experience has primarily been managing projects from an office.

You'll ideally bring:

• 8+ years delivering industrial, heavy civil or complex institutional construction projects.
• Direct responsibility for general contractors and trade contractors.
• Experience coordinating civil, structural, mechanical and electrical disciplines simultaneously.
• Strong practical knowledge of construction safety legislation and site responsibilities.
• The ability to confidently interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Experience managing construction schedules, costs, changes and project closeout.
• Strong contractor management and commercial judgement.
• The confidence to challenge problems early rather than allow them to become delays later.
• Comfort working in a fast-moving environment where some of the processes are still being created.

A degree or diploma in Civil Engineering, Construction Management or a related discipline would be useful, although a strong building-trade background combined with substantial supervisory and project leadership experience can be equally relevant.

Gold Seal Certification, CET, P.Eng or equivalent credentials would also be advantageous.

Particularly interesting experience

We'd be especially interested in speaking with people who have worked with:

• Greenfield industrial site development
• Earthworks, utilities and roads
• Process piping
• Pressure systems
• Cryogenic installations
• Propulsion or engine test facilities
• Hazardous fluid systems
• ASME B31.3 / CSA B51 environments
• Welding inspection and pressure testing
• Ontario building and fire codes
• OHSA constructor responsibilities
• Complex mechanical infrastructure

Why join?

Because very few Construction Managers get the opportunity to point at a functioning rocket test facility several years from now and say:

“I built that.”

The company has already secured more than $20 million in funding during its first four months, including significant backing from Canada's Department of National Defence.

Now comes the difficult part.

Turning funding, engineering and ambition into physical infrastructure.

If you enjoy greenfield projects, like being close to the work and want genuine ownership rather than simply administering somebody else's construction programme, this is an opportunity to build something that doesn't currently exist.

And what gets built here will ultimately help put a Canadian launch vehicle into orbit.

On top of all of this you will receive a highly competitive package which includes six weeks holiday and lucrative stock options.

• Location: Toronto
• Type: Permanent
• Job #8199
• Salary: NON 160,000

Location: Toronto, Canada

Compensation: Competitive base salary + package + stock options

Imagine joining a launch company at the point where the drawings are about to become concrete, steel, pipework and ultimately a place where rocket engines will fire.

This is not an established aerospace business maintaining infrastructure that already exists. The company is building Canada’s first medium-lift launch vehicle and much of the infrastructure needed to test, develop and launch it still needs to be created.

The team behind it includes veterans of some of the world’s most successful launch, aerospace and engineering organisations, bringing more than a century of combined launch and space systems experience to the programme.

The engineering philosophy is deliberately pragmatic.

A single 725 kN engine will scale from light- to medium-lift through engine clustering. Proven technologies are favoured over unnecessary complexity. Hardware will be tested early and often, finding problems on the test stand rather than discovering them at the launch pad.

And this isn’t a company waiting for funding before it can move.

More than $20M was secured within its first four months, including the largest all-Canadian seed round in the sector and an $8.3M Department of National Defence grant.

Now the infrastructure has to catch up with the ambition.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for an Infrastructure Engineering Program Manager who can help turn that ambition into something physical.

Test facilities. Launch infrastructure. Utilities. Equipment. Control systems. Concrete. Conduit.

You’ll take ownership of the technical baseline and integrated execution of the company’s test and launch infrastructure, from detailed design through construction and commissioning.

At many organisations, infrastructure sits quietly in the background.

Here, it is on the critical path.

The engineering decisions you make today will determine what gets built tomorrow and ultimately whether engines can be tested and vehicles can be launched.

You’ll act as the engineering authority for the programme, sitting at the intersection of engineering, procurement, construction and facilities.

You won’t necessarily design every system yourself. Instead, you’ll make sure the entire programme works as one integrated system.

You’ll manage third-party engineering firms across multiple disciplines, own requirements and the integrated schedule, establish the technical baseline and make the engineering decisions that construction and procurement execute against.

The environment is fast-paced, highly autonomous and deliberately lean.

What You’ll Own

You’ll translate programme requirements into engineering scopes, specifications and acceptance criteria, while establishing the change-control processes that keep engineering, procurement and construction working from the same technical baseline.

Third-party engineering firms will look to you as their primary technical interface. You’ll manage their scopes and deliverables, integrate work across disciplines and hold partners accountable for schedule, quality and technical performance.

You’ll own the integrated programme schedule and budget baseline across design, procurement and construction identifying the critical path and making sure long-lead decisions happen before they become programme delays.

When major equipment and systems need to be purchased, you’ll develop the technical specifications and work alongside Supply Chain to evaluate potential vendors.

As designs move towards reality, you’ll run design and constructability reviews alongside Construction and Facilities, resolving RFIs and engineering changes as issues emerge in the field.

And when the infrastructure is finally built, your responsibility doesn’t stop.

You’ll own the technical side of commissioning, defining commissioning plans, acceptance criteria and functional testing before signing off the systems for handover into operational use.

Ultimately, you’ll be the person keeping engineering, procurement, construction and facilities aligned around one technical plan.

The Team Around You

You won’t be doing this alone.

The infrastructure group is intentionally small, with clear ownership across four areas.

Engineering owns the technical baseline.

Supply Chain sources the equipment and manages commercial commitments.

Construction turns the designs into physical infrastructure.

Facilities takes ownership once those systems become operational.

The boundaries are clear, but in a company moving this quickly, collaboration matters more than job titles.

What We’re Looking For

You’ll likely have at least five years’ experience delivering infrastructure, facilities or complex industrial projects within environments such as aerospace, energy, advanced manufacturing or heavy industry.

You’ll have a strong engineering foundation and be comfortable reviewing drawings, specifications and multidisciplinary design packages rather than simply managing a programme from a spreadsheet.

Experience managing external engineering firms is important, as is the ability to hold suppliers and partners accountable for scope, schedule and quality.

You’ll understand integrated schedules and budgets, procurement workflows and equipment commissioning.

Most importantly, you’ll be comfortable operating somewhere where not every process already exists.

In some cases, you’ll be expected to build the process yourself.

Experience with test stands, propulsion infrastructure or hazardous fluid systems would be particularly valuable, as would exposure to instrumentation, DAQ or control architecture.

P.Eng status or eligibility in Ontario would also be advantageous, alongside knowledge of relevant Ontario building and fire codes and Canadian standards.

Why Join?

There aren’t many opportunities where an infrastructure engineer can point to a facility several years from now and say:

“I helped build that from the ground up.”

There are even fewer where the facility you’ve helped create exists to test rocket engines and support a national orbital launch capability.

The company already has the funding, engineering pedigree and launch ambition.

Now it needs the infrastructure to make it real.

That’s where you come in.