Senior Structural Engineer

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Who are we looking for

GHD has a rare and exciting opportunity to join our Maritime and Coastal (M&C) practice in Honolulu HI! As a Senior Structural Engineer you will use your experience and knowledge to be involved in exciting projects that will offer an opportunity to provide technical solutions and support business development. You will serve as a senior advisor and provide design leadership project management services client management and business development support relating to M&C projects. Further you will have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team on sophisticated and innovative projects support in the training and mentorship of engineers and other technicians and become part of our internal leadership team. This is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate your industry knowledge be involved in ambitious projects provide technical solutions and mentor other specialists.

In the problem solving business it helps to be restlessly curious to deliver community change.
Our vision is to ensure energy water and urbanization are made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process.

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Our Hybrid Work Model Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office three days a week to contribute connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Working with an energetic and high performing team this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• 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

• BS Degree in Engineering- Masters Degree Preferred

Experience

• 15 years of previous experience in the Ports and Maritime industry
• PE in Hawaii is preferred

As a multicultural organization we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race color religion genetic information national origin sex (including same sex) sexual orientation gender identity pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions age disability or handicap citizenship status service member status or any other category protected by federal state or local law.

Salary Range:$118000-$197000 based on experience

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