Executive search for construction, real estate, and infrastructure.

Hawthorne Recruitment conducts retained executive and professional searches for organizations in construction, real estate development, and infrastructure across Atlantic Canada. Based in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, the firm places senior project leaders, development executives, operational leaders, and C-suite professionals for firms managing significant built-environment work in the region.

The construction and real estate sector in Atlantic Canada

Atlantic Canada has seen sustained activity in residential development, commercial construction, infrastructure, and mixed-use real estate. The region's construction and real estate sectors employ senior professionals across project management, development, operations, finance, and executive leadership — and the competition for experienced talent at those levels is real.

Senior professionals in construction and real estate are a practical group. They are recruited through trusted relationships, not job postings. The best project executives and development leaders are known quantities in this market — Hawthorne knows who they are and how to reach them.

Roles Hawthorne recruits in construction and real estate

• Chief Executive Officer and President
• Vice-President of Development and Director of Development
• Vice-President of Operations and project leadership
• Chief Financial Officer and finance leadership
• Project Director and senior project management leadership
• Asset management and property management leadership

What to expect from Hawthorne

Hawthorne runs retained searches — one at a time, exclusively. That means the firm's full attention is on your mandate, not ten others running in parallel. Shortlists are small and assessed, not large and optimistic.

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