Vice President, Civil

Hughes Collective is pleased to present an exciting opportunity on behalf of our client.

Position Title: Vice President, Civil

Location: Saskatoon, SK

Employment Type: Full-Time

Our Client

PBN Construction is more than a construction company. Proudly Indigenous-owned, PBN has grown from a northern-focused operation into a diversified organization with a strong presence across Saskatchewan. From earthworks to complex multi-million-dollar infrastructure projects, PBN is known for reliability, safety, and innovation.

Following significant growth and organizational evolution, PBN is entering a critical next chapter. The business is focused on stabilizing operations, strengthening execution, formalizing leadership structure, and ensuring that teams across divisions are resourced, aligned, and positioned for profitable growth. This is a pivotal moment for a strong operator to step in and help bring calm, clarity, and consistency to a fast-moving and highly visible organization.

The Opportunity

The Vice President, Civil will be a key operational leader within PBN Construction, reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and providing senior leadership across three core civil divisions: paving, crushing, and earthworks construction. The division managers for each of these areas will report directly to the Vice President, Civil, making this role accountable for ensuring each division is properly led, resourced, aligned, and positioned for success.

This role will bring focus, structure, and technical credibility to the civil side of the business, with particular emphasis on execution, resourcing, profitability, divisional accountability, and practical support for the leaders closest to the work.

The Vice President, Civil will work closely with division managers, project managers, field teams, estimating, finance, and senior leadership to ensure paving, crushing, and earthworks construction are properly planned, resourced, and executed. They will keep a finger on the pulse of upcoming opportunities, understand what work should be chased, and help ensure PBN’s civil divisions are moving toward profitable, well-supported, and sustainable execution.

This role is ideal for someone who is technically strong, commercially aware, respected by field teams, and able to bring calm and confidence into complex situations. They will be the kind of leader who can see the grey, make practical decisions, and help teams move forward without getting stuck in the weeds.

Key Responsibilities

1. Divisional Leadership Across Civil Operations

• Provide senior leadership across PBN’s paving, crushing, and earthworks divisions.
• Lead, support, and hold accountable the division managers responsible for each area.
• Ensure each division has the leadership, structure, resources, and operational focus required to execute safely, profitably, and consistently.
• Support the COO in creating a more structured and effective operational model across civil operations.
• Bring clarity to divisional priorities, performance expectations, communication rhythms, and decision-making pathways.
• Ensure civil operations are aligned with PBN’s broader operational, financial, and strategic goals.

2. Civil Operations Execution

• Bring technical and practical leadership to PBN’s civil construction activities.
• Support division managers and project leaders in solving problems, improving execution, and making sound operational decisions.
• Ensure operations are planned, coordinated, and delivered in alignment with safety, quality, schedule, and profitability expectations.
• Step in to support project or divisional needs during periods of transition, resourcing gaps, or operational pressure.
• Help reduce recurring operational issues by strengthening planning, communication, accountability, and execution discipline.

3. Technical Execution & Field Support

• Bring practical, hands-on understanding of how civil construction work gets executed in the field.
• Support teams in determining the right approach, equipment, sequencing, resourcing, and execution strategy.
• Provide technical guidance across paving, crushing, earthworks, and related scopes.
• Act as a credible resource for division managers and field teams.
• Ensure the organization has the technical leadership required to improve project performance and strengthen divisional outcomes.
• Support a culture where leaders do not simply identify problems, but help solve them.

4. Resourcing, Planning & Accountability

• Ensure teams are properly resourced to deliver work safely and effectively.
• Work with senior leadership to identify talent gaps, equipment needs, and operational risks.
• Build business cases for people, equipment, infrastructure, and operational investments.
• Create greater accountability and clarity across the civil divisions.
• Support division managers in strengthening planning, reporting, communication, and execution discipline.
• Help build an environment where teams are supported, expectations are clear, and success is not dependent on heroic effort just to get across the finish line.

5. Business Acumen & Opportunity Development

• Maintain visibility into upcoming civil opportunities, bid activity, market movement, and client needs.
• Help determine which opportunities PBN should pursue and how divisions can execute them profitably.
• Work collaboratively with estimating, finance, and leadership to assess project viability, execution risk, and operational capacity.
• Support business development efforts through technical credibility and market awareness.
• Drive divisions toward profitable work, stronger margins, and improved performance.
• Balance growth with operational reality, ensuring the organization pursues work it can resource, execute, and deliver well.

6. Leadership, Collaboration & Organizational Influence

• Serve as a senior operational voice within PBN.
• Collaborate closely with executive leadership, division managers, and operational teams.
• Represent PBN professionally with clients, partners, community stakeholders, and industry contacts.
• Build trust with field teams by being visible, approachable, knowledgeable, and solutions-oriented.
• Bring steadiness into a fast-moving environment and help create confidence during periods of change.
• Lead in a way that reinforces teamwork, accountability, respect, and shared ownership.

Qualifications

As the Vice President, Civil, you will bring a strong blend of technical civil construction expertise, operational leadership, and practical business judgment.

Required Experience & Technical Qualifications

• Degree in Civil Engineering, Civil Engineering Technology diploma, or equivalent civil technology background supported by progressive field and leadership experience.
• 10+ years of progressive experience in civil construction, heavy civil, earthworks, paving, crushing, infrastructure, industrial construction, or related environments.
• Proven experience leading civil construction teams, divisions, or major projects.
• Strong technical understanding of how civil work is planned, resourced, executed, and delivered.
• Experience leading through division managers, project managers, superintendents, or senior field teams.
• Strong understanding of project execution, equipment utilization, field productivity, scheduling, safety, quality, and cost control.
• Experience working with estimating, finance, HR, field operations, and executive leadership.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect operational decisions to profitability and divisional performance.
• Experience identifying and assessing construction opportunities, operational capacity, and execution risk.
• Ability to build practical business cases for people, equipment, infrastructure, and operational investments.
• Comfortable working in a growing, fast-moving organization.

Leadership Attributes & Soft Skills

• Technically credible and respected by field teams, project leaders, and stakeholders.
• Practical, grounded, and solutions-oriented.
• Calm under pressure and able to bring steadiness to complex environments.
• Comfortable leading both in the boardroom and on site.
• Strong communicator across operations, estimating, finance, HR, executive leadership, clients, and partners.
• Collaborative and respectful, with the ability to lead through influence, accountability, and trust.
• Decisive and action-oriented.
• Commercially aware, with sound judgment around risk, opportunity, profitability, and resourcing.
• Able to support, coach, and hold division managers accountable.
• Comfortable stepping into the grey and helping teams navigate complexity.
• Willing to roll up their sleeves when needed, without turning crisis management into the permanent operating model.
• A builder of people, structure, trust, and operational confidence.

What Our Client Offers

• Competitive salary plus management-level profit-sharing bonus program.
• Comprehensive health, dental, disability, and health spending account benefits.
• Pension plan eligibility with employer matching up to 4% following probation.
• Team-oriented, collaborative, and stable work environment.

About Hughes Collective

At Hughes Collective, we don’t just recruit, we revolutionize how talent meets opportunity. We’re focused on connecting exceptional people to transformative career opportunities that align with their strengths, ambitions, and long-term success.