Director, Design & Construction - Major Hospital Development​/Redevelopment Expansion Projects

Salary

The salary range for this position is CAD $66.85 - $96.10 / hour

Step into a high-impact leadership role where you will shape the future of healthcare infrastructure across Fraser Health, leading major hospital redevelopment and expansion projects from concept to completion. As Director, Design & Construction, you’ll drive bold, innovative capital initiatives—guiding design, construction, and commissioning—while ensuring world‑class clinical environments that elevate patient care and sustainability standards. This is your opportunity to influence large‑scale transformation, collaborating with senior leaders, government partners, and expert teams to deliver complex, legacy‑building projects on time and on budget.

With full strategic oversight of resources, risk, and performance, you’ll empower high‑performing teams, implement cutting‑edge project practices, and play a pivotal role in creating modern healthcare spaces that truly make a difference.

The Director, Design & Construction is accountable to lead and direct project planning, design, construction and implementation of all phases of capital facility development related to Major Hospital Development / Redevelopment Expansion Projects. Scope includes feasibility studies, business plans, facilities design, construction and commissioning.

Provides strategic leadership, guidance and oversight of designated projects throughout all phases including the integration and coordination of activities related to/impacting the development and delivery of project construction. Provides direction and management to Department Project Leaders, Managers, Consultants and Staff. Develops, and implements capital and operating budgets including authorization, control and reporting of expenditures to ensure efficient utilization of financial resources.

Ensures appropriate time, quality and cost monitoring systems/measurements are implemented; reporting criteria and processes developed and implemented including the effective compliance monitoring of schedule, budget, quality, and safety against contract requirements.

Collaborates with department leaders to provide advice and problem resolution on a variety of design and construction issues, human resource requirements and areas related to the direction and development of the department, Management/Executive and stakeholders within the site.

• Responsible for the design and construction, planning and implementation consistent with strategic and long‑range plans for major hospital development /redevelopment and expansion projects.
• Ensures facilities are planned, designed and constructed to meet clinical outcomes and align to the latest standards and best practices in health facility design, project delivery, and environmental sustainability. Integrates and coordinates activities related to/impacting the development and delivery of project construction; ensures a comprehensive approach is taken to successfully transition from project construction and delivery to operations and maintenance.
• Oversees strategic and conceptual planning, design and implementation of the major hospital redevelopment and expansion by working with internal and external stakeholders, consultants and leaders regarding project plans, budgets, scope, progress, status and deliverables; provides assistance to assigned staff to ensure that project goals and deliverables are met; implements corrective actions, as required.
• Reviews and approves capital and operating budgets including authorization, control and reporting of expenditures to ensure efficient utilization of financial resources. Prepares requests for budget adjustments and implements remedial and/or mitigation strategies.
• Implements re‑design, restructure and construction initiatives including adoption of best practices to better integrate and streamline services, optimize quality and ensure cost effectiveness; ensures appropriate quality and safety measures are implemented.
• Develops effective processes to assess project risks, identifies risk mitigation strategies and monitors risk throughout the life cycle of projects; oversees risk management…