Director, Project Planning

  • Company: CDPQ Infra
  • Field: Engineering
  • Location: Montréal
  • Type of job: Hybrid, Full time
  • Date of publication: September 4, 2026
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Working within the Projects Vice Presidency, the incumbent is responsible for integrated project planning. They oversee the development, consolidation, and maintenance of the project’s master schedule, while ensuring planning consistency across all work packages, suppliers, and stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

Co-Development

  • Participate in defining the overall project delivery strategy;
  • Develop and maintain the project master schedule covering all co-development and execution activities;
  • Define key milestones, interfaces, dependencies, and critical paths for the project;
  • Plan, coordinate, and monitor the progress of co-development activities;
  • Integrate and track procurement activities related to the contracting of various work packages;
  • Contribute to defining scheduling requirements applicable to future contracts and suppliers;
  • Identify schedule risks, critical constraints, and optimization opportunities;
  • Collaborate closely with integration teams to ensure consistency across the project delivery program.

Execution

  • Maintain and update the integrated project master schedule;
  • Consolidate schedules from the various work packages and suppliers;
  • Monitor critical paths and major project milestones;
  • Analyze variances, delays, and potential impacts on project schedules;
  • Develop mitigation and recovery scenarios when required;
  • Coordinate planning interfaces between the various project work packages;
  • Produce performance indicators and progress reports;
  • Support risk, change, and claims management processes by conducting the necessary schedule analyses;
  • Provide project leadership with a consolidated view of project performance and schedule-related risks;
  • Work closely with the Commercial Contracts team to support commercial discussions with suppliers and the Client.

Qualifications and Experience

  • 10 to 15 years of experience in planning major infrastructure projects;
  • Demonstrated experience developing and managing integrated schedules for complex projects involving multiple work packages and suppliers;
  • Advanced proficiency with Primavera P6 (or an equivalent scheduling tool);
  • Strong understanding of critical path analysis, schedule risk assessment, and recovery planning strategies;
  • Experience across the development, procurement, and execution phases of major projects.
     

Desired Competencies

  • Ability to challenge assumptions, schedules, and delivery strategies proposed by project teams and suppliers;
  • Proven leadership and the ability to lead a planning team in a complex, multidisciplinary environment;
  • Ability to influence suppliers, contractors, and project teams to develop realistic, credible schedules aligned with project objectives;
  • Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively present and defend analyses, recommendations, and schedule risk warnings to senior management;
  • Excellent analytical, synthesis, and communication skills.

Our values

Sustainability: We are working to develop a rail project on mostly electrified tracks, contributing to the reduction of GHG emissions in the transportation sector.

Ambition: Our ambition is to transform the mobility experience by providing an efficient and sustainable transportation solution in Canada’s most densely populated corridor.

Trust: We build trust through transparent communications, rigorous processes, and recognition of voices and knowledge.

Safety: We act proactively to prevent and eliminate safety risks, including people and information risks, and promote an appropriate distribution of risks among project partners.

Why join CDPQ Infra ?

A unique playground where you can develop your expertise

Expand your skills alongside an agile, innovative and multidisciplinary team passionate about mobility. 

An active role in the infrastructure project of a generation 

Make your career meaningful and make history by helping build Canada’s first high-speed rail network. 

Competitive compensation and benefits

Enjoy a highly competitive total compensation package, including a pension plan and insurance coverage for you and your family.

Ready to shape the future of transport in Canada?  

Excited about the high-speed rail project? Help us bring it to life by joining the Cadence team.

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About Cadence

Cadence is the group selected by the Government of Canada to develop, in cooperation with the Alto Crown corporation, an ambitious high-speed rail network that will span nearly 1,000 kilometres between Québec City and Toronto. The group brings together companies with world-class expertise in the design, financing, construction, operation and maintenance of large-scale, complex rail infrastructures. Its members include CDPQ Infra, AtkinsRéalis, SYSTRA Canada, Keolis Canada, SNCF Voyageurs and Air Canada.

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About CDPQ Infra

Founded in 2015, CDPQ Infra is a wholly owned subsidiary of La Caisse. It works to develop major infrastructure and public transit projects in consultation with the communities and authorities concerned. A true concentrate of technical expertise and financial capacity, our multidisciplinary team assumes responsibility for the design, planning, financing, procurement, delivery and operation of projects that transform the mobility experience in Canada.