Ryan Going, P.Eng.

Senior Project Manager @ Pomerleau

About

Ryan is a construction leader who builds high-performing teams to deliver the spaces where we work, live, and play. His experience comprises civil, infrastructure, and buildings projects ranging from $5M-$200M across industrial, institutional, commercial and healthcare markets. His roles have taken him across Canada (AB, ON) and the UK. As a Senior Project Manager with Pomerleau, Ryan is responsible for pursuing and executing complex and high-risk projects in the Greater Toronto Area. These include: the Downsview airport lands redevelopment, which at 370 acres is the largest urban redevelopment project in North America; the University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower, which at 14 storeys and 76m is the tallest wood structure in Canada; others. Ryan was named as one of Canada’s top 40 under 40 construction professionals in 2023 by OnSite magazine. He is a founding member of Pomerleau's National Wellbeing Committee and the National Mass Timber Committee. Ryan was also a member of the Toronto Construction Association's Young Construction Leaders (YCL) Executive committee from 2021-2025.

Country

Canada

City

Toronto

Industry

Construction

Skill

Project Management, Engineering, Project Planning, Leadership, Construction Management, Nonprofit Management, Public Speaking, Research, Conflict Resolution, Analytical Reasoning, Presentations, Music, Communication, Strategy, Data Analysis, Programming, Teamwork, AutoCAD, Construction, Diversity & Inclusion

Experience

Senior Project Manager

Pomerleau

2026-1 - Present · 9 mos

Toronto, ON

Project Manager

Pomerleau

2019-8 - 2025-12 · 6 yrs 5 mos

Toronto, ON

Project Manager at Pomerleau. Founding member of national well-being committee. Projects: -University of Toronto Academic Wood Tower ($150M) - 14-storey hybrid mass timber & steel structure, the tallest of its kind in North America. - Toronto, ON -Toronto Metropolitan University - student wellbeing centre ($42M) - 8-storey mass timber extension to the historic O’Keefe house - Toronto, ON -CFB Wainwright community Center ($12M) - Wainwright, AB -Sunnyside storm water lift station ($10M) - Calgary, AB

Construction Manager

VINCI Building UK

2017-10 - 2019-7 · 1 yr 10 mos

Sheffield, United Kingdom

Led a team of engineers, site managers, quantity surveyors and subcontract labour to deliver 2 concurrent healthcare projects on a live hospital site over 7 phases. I had overall responsibility for project schedule, safety, and quality and led our team to deliver both projects ahead of schedule with no defects. Following this I managed design development for the next stage of works for this repeat client and assisted in negotiating our contract sum. I also developed build methods & construction phasing at preconstruction stage for competitive tenders, and helped our region win a £15M project in the historic city of York with extremely complex site logistics.

Project Coordinator

Chinook Resources Management group

2015-9 - 2017-7 · 1 yr 11 mos

Calgary, Canada Area

Chinook Resource Management Group is a joint venture between Bird Construction, AIM Environmental, and Maple Reinders Group, which was formed to deliver a $130MM P3 (public-private partnership) project to Design, Build, Finance, & Operate a new Composting facility to service the City of Calgary. Elements of the project achieved LEED v4 Gold certification, the first of its kind in Canada. This is now the largest compost facility in North America with total floor area of over 500,000 sq ft.

Project Coordinator

Bird Construction

2014-5 - 2017-7 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Fort McMurray Region, AB

My role was to assist the Project Manager on all aspects of project and construction management, including: -leading safety and QA/QC programs on site -working with site managers to manage schedule and cost -building / maintaining relationships with clients and subcontractors -submitting / reviewing RFIs and shop drawings -liaising with engineers and architects -building project control systems to report progress and efficiency -change management -tendering and negotiating subcontracts, purchase orders, and invoices

Undergraduate Researcher

University of Alberta

2013-5 - 2013-8 · 4 mos

Edmonton, Canada Area

I worked in the National Institute for Nanotechnology (NINT) investigating dispersion techniques for cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs). Highlights: -published in the Journal of Engineered Fibers and Fabrics -won a Dean's Research Award -nominated for Undergraduate Thesis of the Year by the Chemical Institute of Canada -work presented at two conferences: SAMPE 2014 (Seattle, USA); 10th Canada-Japan Workshop on Composites (Vancouver, Canada)

Education

University of Alberta

Mechanical Engineering

2010 - 2014 · 4 yrs

-GPA 3.5 / 4.0 -Academic and leadership scholarships totaling $15k+ -won department design competition two years in a row

TU Bergakademie Freiberg

Sustainable Energy Supply

2013 - 2013

Studied innovations in sustainable energy practices while taking the opportunity to learn more about German history and culture and gaining an international perspective on technology.