Municipal Transportation Leader

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport and well help you go all the way.

Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery and beyond.

Our Ontario Transportation Group is looking for aMunicipal Transportation Leaderready to join our growing Canadian Operations in ourMarkhamoffice.

The Transportation Group within GHD Canada works with Provincial Regional and local municipal transportation agencies as well as select contracting partners on projects including highways roads and bridges transit and multi-modal infrastructure and transportation planning. Our team provides integrated transportation services throughout the project lifecycle from initial policy transportation economics and business case advice through planning concept environmental assessment detailed design construction administration and asset management support.

Candidates career path:

This role is intended for a Project Manager and Project Director interested in the advancement of their career in leading a wide range of municipal planning and design projects. The role will provide exposure to and opportunities for growth in business development staff management and operations management.

Candidates career experiences may consist of:

• Successful leadership of municipal road bridge and transit projects.
• Leading the delivery and growth of GHDs municipal transportation portfolio in Ontario including driving high quality results client satisfaction financial performance and business development strategy.
• Leading multi-disciplinary teams for preliminary and detail design transportation projects for municipal clients as a Project Manager and/or Project Director.
• Taking ownership for all aspects of the management of projects from proposal to close-out including managing teams sub-consultants budgets schedule quality safety and client satisfaction.
• Providing technical and project leadership and mentorship to intermediate and junior staff.
• Teamwork in small and large teams. Owning the integration with other engineering disciplines engineers and design staff in the production of high-quality project deliverables.
• Promoting best practices and leadership in technical delivery and project management.
• Supporting Business Development including client engagement identifying opportunities capture planning and leading proposals.

Candidate Qualifications:

• Post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering
• Ontario . designation required (or eligible)
• 15 years experience in design and engineering of transportation infrastructure projects including project management experience.
• Experience working with municipal transportation clients within the Greater Toronto Area.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven track record to develop mentor and lead professional technical staff.

We offer a professional working environment and culture and believe that work/life balance is critical to the success and happiness of our people. GHD is open and flexible to support combinations of remote and office working environments to support an agile and technology-focused workforce. We also offer competitive salary packages based on qualifications skills and experience.

As a multicultural organization we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal-opportunity employer. Upon request GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.

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