Construction Operations Lead
Superintendent / Project Manager
AVA Maintenance Management Inc. — Calgary, AB
AVA Maintenance Management is looking for a driven, agile, and high-potential Construction Operations Lead to help lead and grow our construction operations.
AVA has been operating for 17 years and is continuing to grow, creating opportunities for the right people to step up, take ownership, and grow with the company.
This is not a narrow, single-project position. We aHere’s the final posting:re looking for someone who can step into complex construction work, review drawings, coordinate trades, solve problems on site, and also help build the systems, relationships, and structure needed to grow AVA’s construction division.
The right person may be a junior or intermediate superintendent, project coordinator, site lead, estimator, skilled trade, or construction manager who is ready for a bigger opportunity.
We are looking for someone with real upside — someone who may not have the perfect resume yet, but has the drive, construction sense, common sense, and ambition to grow into a key leadership role with the company.
About the Role
This role requires someone who is flexible and agile. One day, they may be reviewing drawings, coordinating trades, and helping move a complex commercial project forward. The next day, they may be helping organize crews, price work, meet with subcontractors, source materials, improve systems, or support the overall construction arm of the company.
We need someone who can move between planning, field execution, client communication, estimating support, and operational leadership without getting stuck in one lane.
This position will support commercial construction, tenant improvements, repairs, renovations, hardscapes, fencing, exterior works, maintenance-related construction, and other project-based work as AVA continues to grow.
Key Responsibilities
- Review construction drawings, scopes, specifications, and site details
- Identify gaps, conflicts, missing information, and practical field concerns
- Coordinate trades, subcontractors, suppliers, consultants, and internal crews
- Support complex commercial projects, including renovations and tenant improvements
- Help organize and grow AVA’s construction division
- Assist with project planning, scheduling, estimating, takeoffs, quoting, and change orders
- Visit job sites to review quality, safety, productivity, and progress
- Communicate professionally with clients, consultants, trades, suppliers, and internal leadership
- Help source drawings, engineering, design input, trade pricing, and material options when needed
- Build and maintain relationships with trades, designers, engineers, suppliers, consultants, and construction professionals
- Support field crews with clear direction, planning, materials, and problem solving
- Track site progress, photos, costs, deficiencies, and project documentation
- Help develop better systems, workflows, and procedures for construction work
- Bring forward ideas that improve efficiency, profitability, quality, and client experience
- Take ownership of problems and help drive projects to completion
Who We Are Looking For
We are looking for someone who is:
- Agile and able to shift between different types of work quickly
- Comfortable with both field and office responsibilities
- Capable of reading drawings and understanding how projects come together
- Confident dealing with trades, consultants, suppliers, clients, and crews
- Practical, organized, and solution-focused
- Entrepreneurial in mindset
- A strong communicator
- Willing to take ownership
- Able to work in a fast-moving environment
- Interested in helping build something bigger than a single job
- A positive change agent who brings ideas forward
- Hungry for growth, responsibility, and opportunity
Experience / Qualifications
The ideal candidate may have experience in one or more of the following:
- Construction supervision
- Site superintendent work
- Project coordination
- Commercial renovations or tenant improvements
- General contracting
- Skilled trades
- Estimating or takeoffs
- Trade coordination
- Construction operations
- Hardscapes, fencing, concrete, asphalt, demolition, repairs, or exterior construction
- Reading drawings, scopes, and specifications
- Working with engineers, designers, architects, consultants, or drafting professionals
A valid driver’s licence is required.
Industry Relationships Considered an Asset
Existing relationships with any of the following would be valuable:
- Architects
- Designers
- Engineers
- Drafting firms
- Estimators
- Consultants
- General contractors
- Subcontractors
- Skilled trades
- Suppliers
- Rental companies
- Commercial property managers
- Developers
Why This Role Is Different
AVA is not just hiring for one project. We have been in business for 17 years, and we are continuing to grow into something bigger.
This company was built on having vision, taking chances, and seizing opportunity. For the right person, this role offers the chance to take ownership, bring forward ideas, and help shape the future of AVA’s construction division.
We are looking for someone with real upside — someone who may not have the perfect resume yet, but has the drive, construction sense, common sense, and ambition to grow into a key leadership role with the company.
As AVA grows, there is room for the right person to grow with it. This is a role for someone who wants more than just a job. It is for someone who wants opportunity, responsibility, and the chance to help build something meaningful.
Compensation
$70,000–$90,000 per year, based on experience, ability, industry relationships, and overall fit.
Higher compensation may be considered for a candidate who brings stronger construction experience, drawing knowledge, or established industry relationships.
How to Apply
Please send your resume and a brief message outlining your construction experience, your ability to read drawings and coordinate work, and why you believe you would be a strong fit for a growth-focused construction leadership role.
Pay: $70,000.00-$90,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Paid time off
- Vision care
Work Location: In person
