Senior Program Manager
Dallas, TX - USA
Job Summary
Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery and beyond.
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.
Who are we looking for
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage key client and customer relationships. Likely to involve using account teams to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty.
- Community of Practice Management: Contribute strongly on a strategically significant area to a community of practice in a defined area of expertise or consulting or lead on an area of expertise or consulting practice to contribute to thought leadership and to develop innovative practice among colleagues.
- Engineering Solutions Design: Design complex and/or innovative 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 conform to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
- Engineering Standards Specification: Provide leadership on the design and development of engineering standards and specifications for a business-critical area that must be adhered to by the organization and/or its suppliers contractors and consultants to ensure engineering work of the required quality is delivered and to manage the risks associated with engineering programs.
- Feasibility Studies: Conduct the most-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.
- Health Safety and Environment: Ensure that business activities and individuals (e.g. employees contractors and visitors) within the area of responsibility adhere to the organizations health safety and environment (HSE) policies procedures and mandatory instructions to safeguard the environment protect the well-being of individuals and minimize business risk.
- Improvement/Innovation: Initiate formulate and implement new business practices within a specific discipline while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the organizations change management program.
- Knowledge Management: Manage the development of policies and processes for knowledge management to ensure the creation of best practices and the setup of case studies and internal knowledge-sharing sessions; manage capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices across a large area to support the practice.
- Organizational Capability Building: Evaluate the capabilities of staff within the department to identify gaps and prioritize development activities. Implement the organizations formal development frameworks within the area of responsibility. Coach and mentor others to support the development of the organizations talent pool.
- Product and Solution Development: Take responsibility for managing the definition development and delivery of a significant product or service within the product development and engineering program ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
- Project Management: Manage a portfolio of major projects in line with overall project management strategy.
- Request for Bid Solicitation/Proposal/Tender Response: Gather information and resources and draft and complete proposals in response to the most-complex bid solicitations request for proposal and request for tender to create the best chance of being awarded the contract. May lead a team to develop tenders/proposals and fulfill all process requirements (in terms of deadlines documentation etc.) in response to bid solicitations request for proposal and request for tender.
What you will bring to the Team:
- Minimum requirement of a Bachelor of Science in Civil or Mechanical Engineering. Masters degree preferred in Engineering Planning Business Administration or related discipline.
- PMP certification or equivalent preferred. Commissioning/activation credentials are a differentiator for this role.
- Proven experience delivering major airport development programs across airside landside and/or terminal environments; major hub airport and capital program experience strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of FAA standards airport planning principles environmental processes construction phasing operational constraints and integrated delivery models.
- Demonstrated ability to lead large cross-functional teams and manage client relationships at the executive level. Strong communication negotiation organizational and issue-resolution skills.
- Experience with program controls systems dashboards risk registers cost forecasts schedule reporting and project performance metrics.
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Benefits:
- 401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
- Paid time off Our PTO benefit is designed to provide eligible employees with a period of rest and relaxation sick and personal time throughout the year. PTO starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
- Holiday Pay - Holiday pay is provided for eligible employees. GHD observes 9 holidays per year. Holiday pay will be based on the regular set schedule for the employee
- Wellness Benefit- Regular full-term employees are eligible to participate in the wellness reimbursement program. GHD will reimburse 50% of the cost of the following to maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually for such items as: Health club membership fees home exercise equipment purchases Bicycles Race run & marathon entrance fees Smoking cessation programs Weight loss programs ( Watchers Jenny Craig) Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices
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.
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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. We provide engineering, architecture, environmental, advisory, digital and construction services t ... View more