Graduate Assistant Project Manager (Food and Beverage Industry) - Waterloo

Job Description

Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural, and social environments of the many communities in which we operate.

What are we looking for?

Come grow with us! If you want to grow your career and broaden your experience, then GHD is the right environment for you! Our Food and Beverage team is expanding and in need of a Junior Project Manager to join our group in Waterloo, Ontario.

If you have a strong desire to develop an understanding of the latest technologies and techniques in the Food, Beverage, and Industrial sectors, look no further!

Help us build the future and we’ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career

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

With commitment, there’s no idea too big, no dream too far. We strive to create opportunity for all. Giving you leading training and development programmes to accelerate your growth.

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

Let's solve the big problems together.

Responsibilities:

• As part of your employment, we intend to have you collaborate with the various Business Groups and Service Lines required to deliver GHD services to food processing and agribusiness clients
• Build strong positive partnerships while working in highly collaborative globally integrated teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Scientists, and others to identify, design and achieve innovative solutions
• Assist Project Managers with project delivery, monitoring project finances and deliverable development
• Develop project scope and oversee project execution to ensure timely and efficient completion of tasks
• Develop client relationships to manage a portfolio of projects, while working alongside your clients to identify valuable service offerings which GHD can provide
• Assist with proposal development including the preparation of project scope and budget
• Communicate with equipment suppliers and vendors on behalf of the client, assisting and participating in equipment qualification and validation activities
• Projects include working alongside GHD Advisory to develop business case scenarios and project vision documentation for Food and Agribusiness clients
• Projects include working alongside GHD Digital to assist clients with technical due diligence, digital solutions, data analytics and virtual dashboards
• Projects include Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) implementation to assist clients with sustainability and societal impact
• Perform contractor oversight, data collection, testing, sampling, and document field observations
• Construction oversight, including construction contract administration
  
  

Qualifications:

• 0-2 years of industrial project participation in operations or engineering
• Specialization in food or beverage processing preferred
• Post-secondary education in Mechanical, Management, Process, Chemical Engineering, Science or equivalent education
• Strong communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and leadership skills
• Build and maintain exceptional client relationships
• Strong analytical skills with sound technical judgment
• Proven high ethical standards with a dedication to producing high quality work
• Self-motivated, flexible, great teammate, willing to work on a wide variety of tasks with minimal direction
• Work will consist of office and on-site work; ability to travel to client site as needed
  
  

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.

About Us

Take on some of the world’s toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way.

We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact.

See where your commitment could take you with GHD.

Our Pledge to You

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment

Who We Are

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.