Technical Director - Transportation

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.

Privately owned by our people, GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients across five continents.

Focused on creating lasting community benefit, our connected global network of 10,000 people delivers projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural and social environments of the many communities in which we operate.

Who we are looking for?

This technical leadership role focuses on building and strengthening GHD’s market share in Ontario, helping to develop a pipeline of work in line with the group’s business plan, overseeing and delivering projects to the satisfaction of our clients and showing technical leadership across the Region and beyond.

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

• Define the scope of highway, roads and bridge projects, design innovative solutions to meet more complex client challenges, and lead project/design teams to deliver those solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across the Service Line, with an emphasis on growing GHD's capabilities and expertise.
• Work closely with other disciplines within the Region to ensure a comprehensive approach to multi-disciplinary design projects.
• Undertake peer reviews of designs completed by others within the discipline.
• May be called upon from time to time by local bodies as an industry specialist or for expert witness testimony.
• Assist Engineering Manager in resourcing the group, ensure appropriate expertise is attracted and maintained.
• Act as Project Director for medium-sized projects, resolving issues between the Project Manager, the client and other team members.
• Overseeing and taking accountability for performance and risk of projects.
• Lead the development and submission of proposals for large, complex or high-risk projects.
• Identify and develop new service offerings for our clients.
• Building GHD’s market presence through involvement in industry forums. Actively contribute in thought leadership in the industry by publishing papers or regular conference speaking.
• Cross-selling of opportunities within the existing client base and promoting services up the value chain such as Digital and Advisory.
• Supervise, support and train team members. Establishing mentoring relationships with seniors.
• Developing the team, contributing to keeping team knowledge up to date with technical, regulatory and industry trends.
• Ensuring return on investment of time spent on proposals vs work won and helping to maintain the utilization of team.
• Identify areas of practice that require enhancement to meet present or future opportunities, and work with the Business Group Leader or Market Leader to identify strategies to address these gaps.

What you will bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Civil Engineering or related field.
• Eligible for or hold the relevant engineering registration for Ontario requirements.
• Applies a mastery of a specific professional discipline or broader expertise in most or all areas within a discipline, demonstrated in a relevant industry or consulting business.
• Proven experience in the technical leadership and management of highway, roads and bridge engineering projects.
• Extensive knowledge of MTO, TAC and industry best practice, familiarity with international design standards.
• A track record for delivering exceptional client experience, proven ability to cross sell and identify new service offerings.
• A valid driver's license.

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.