Senior Program Manager- Senior Geologist

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.

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Join GHD.

Who are we looking for

The US West Environment Market is a critical component of GHDs overall growth strategy in Americas. The US West Regionis looking to bring onboard a motivatedSenior Program Manager to lead expansion of GHDs Contamination Assessment and Remediation practice in the West.

TheContamination Assessment & Remediation business focuses on the identification and investigation of contaminants and their impacts on soil groundwater surface water vapor and gas. We also select design and implement effective and sustainable remedial solutions for contaminated sites. We offer expertise with known and emerging contaminants such as hydrocarbons solvents PFAS nutrients metals dioxins and furans acidity and explosives.

Our clients are a mix of public and private organizations in the Petroleum Oil Gas Government (Federal State Municipal) Chemical and Manufacturing Mining Energy Transport Emergency Services Agriculture Developers and Legal sectors.

As Senior Program Manager you will provide technical and delivery leadership of the CAR projects for our clients throughout the West. This position will work from any of our offices in CA.

Bring your curiosity and passion to the technical challenges we solve at GHD. Then see how everyone gets behind you.

With commitment theres no idea too big no dream too far. We strive to create opportunity for all. Giving you leading training and development programs to accelerate your growth.

Come and see where your career can take you and the impact your commitment can make.

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 the office three days a week to contribute connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

Specific responsibilities in this role will include:

• Insights and Reporting: Contribute to the design and creation of reporting strategies and templates. Lead execution of complex reports identifying and interpreting complex patterns and trends and translating those insights into actionable recommendations.
• Solutions Analysis: Identify and evaluate complex expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs.
• Geoscientific Studies and Interpretations: Create proposals for the selection of exploration-well locations by overseeing all aspects of geological/geophysical modeling and leading the data interpretation process.
• Health Safety and Environment: Monitor and review performance against health safety and environment (HSE) key performance indicators (KPIs) and patterns of behavior within the area of responsibility. Take action to improve performance and to resolve noncompliance with the organizations HSE policies procedures and mandatory instructions.
• Personal Capability Building: Act as subject matter expert in an area of technology policy regulation or operational management for the team. Maintain external accreditations and in-depth understanding of current and emerging external regulation and industry best practices through continuing professional development attending conferences and reading specialist media.
• 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.
• Community of Practice Management: Participate in and contribute to a community of practice in a defined area of expertise or consulting to build own capability and develop innovative practice among colleagues.
• Organizational Capability Building: Use the organizations formal development framework to identify the teams individual development needs. Plan and implement actions including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Request for Bid Solicitation/Proposal/Tender Response: Gather information and resources draft and complete proposals and fulfill all process requirements (in terms of deadlines documentation etc.) in response to complex bid solicitations request for proposal and request for tender to create the best chance of being awarded the contract.
• Exploration Plan Development: Guide wide-ranging exploration planning activities across multiple highly complex projects.
• Client Issue Diagnosis: Collate and conduct analysis of the tactical and operational information gathered through interviews and research to support the diagnosis of underlying client issues and problems and the design of single solutions.

• Bachelors Degree in Geology or equivalent field.
• Masters Degree preferred.

• Minimum 20 years experience in the field
• PG preferred

EEO Statement US: 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 creed religion national origin citizenship color sex sexual orientation gender identity age disability marital status or veteran status.

Salary Range: $105000-$175000 based on experience

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