Bridge Lead Rail and Transit
Bridge Lead Rail and Transit
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Job Description
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 ground-breaking projects from idea to delivery and beyond.
Who are we looking for
We are looking for a Bridge Lead Rail and Transit ready to join our growing Canadian Operations within the Transportation Group. In this role you would contribute to the success of large-scale projects and improve transportation infrastructure.
The Bridge and Transportation Group within GHD Canada works with Provincial Regional and local municipal agencies as well as select contracting partners on large-scale projects across the whole Transportation spectrum of highways roads and bridges. Our team provides full-service bridge engineering from project planning conceptual design lifecycle cost analysis load evaluation environmental assessment preliminary design detailed design construction administration/inspection and asset management support.
Working with an energetic and high performing team this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
Responsibilities
- Needs Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs identifying potential causes barriers and key stakeholders as well as related issues.
- Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organizations change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
- Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity innovation and collaboration across business units such as idea generation platforms jam sessions and hackathons.
- Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example in terms of functionality performance aesthetics and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
- Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information draft engineering standards and specifications and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers contractors and consultants.
- Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes create best practices set up case studies and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
- Technical Developments Recommendation: Discuss and recommend more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users needs.
- Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners professional development and embeds reflective practice.
- Feasibility Studies: Conduct complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes products or business unit structure.
- Product and Solution Development: Analyze and evaluate the feasibility and relevance of proposed complex products and services and develop and amend as necessary with guidance from senior colleagues. May also be responsible for supervising activities performed by a product development or specialist team.
- Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues or oversee relationship management with a group of more transactional clients and customers.
Education
- Masters Degree or Equivalent Level
- Ontario . designation required.
Experience
- 20 years of experience in design and engineering of bridge projects required.
- Experience and understanding of conventional delivery and alternative delivery methodology.
- Familiarity with the Canadian Highway Bridge Design Code (CHBDC) Ontario design standards (i.e. OPSS) and client specific standards and requirements (i.e. MTO)
- Metrolinx and AREMA experience
- CN Rail CP Rail and MTO experience are considered an asset.
- Experience in managing/mentoring or leading a group is considered an asset.
- Bilingualism in English and French is considered an asset.
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As a diverse and inclusive 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.
Employment Type
Full Time
