Technical Director - Civil - Engineering Design Organization

Ghd

The Role

Overview

Senior civil engineer leading water conveyance design, managing teams and business development.

Key Responsibilities

  • design lead
  • project reporting
  • business development
  • mentoring
  • qa/qc
  • design delivery

Tasks

-Taking on a Design Discipline Lead role in leading technical development and be an active participant in the Community of Practice. -Taking on responsibility for monitoring and reporting of project performance, progress and quality on behalf of GHD. -Provide support to the Water Business groups as needed in Business Development. Be instrumental working with Market leads in growing the water business within Canada. -Mentor engineers and designers in the development of their consultancy, engineering, and design skills -Promote corporate participation at technical conferences and provide senior guidance and review for key technical conference papers generation -Supervisory role in training, mentoring and skills development of the Civil Engineering team. -Taking on project roles such as Design Manager, Project Manager, Project Civil Discipline Lead leading the civil function of a major project, or project Quality Manager. -Provide technical leadership to civil engineering teams in execution of major projects while working cooperatively with multidisciplinary design teams in the delivery of design packages and participating in design reviews. -Provide guidance and QA/QC on all engineering design, calculations, design briefs and technical reports for masterplans, environmental assessments, and design projects

Requirements

  • supervisory
  • civil engineering
  • communication
  • 20 years
  • professional engineer

What You Bring

-Proven supervisory role in mentoring design team. Provide hand-on technical guidance to engineers and technical staff in delivering ongoing projects. -Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering. -Outstanding interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written), with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization in a collaborative fashion. -Minimum twenty years of experience in a professional engineering consulting environment, with notable project technical leadership and management experience. -A Professional Engineer registered with Ontario or other jurisdictions.

The Company

About Ghd

-With a focus on innovation, it integrates expertise across various sectors to deliver world-class solutions. -The organization is known for tackling large and complex projects, such as designing bridges and tunnels and constructing energy-efficient buildings. -Notable projects include infrastructure development for major cities and energy-efficient solutions for industrial facilities. -The organization continues to expand its digital and technological capabilities to ensure solutions are cutting-edge and sustainable.

Sector Specialisms

Water

Energy

Resources

Environment

Property and Buildings

Transportation

Hydrology and Hydrodynamics

Digital Technologies

Engineering

Architecture

Environmental Services

Construction Services

Geological Engineering

Energy Management

Water Management

Dams

Mining Solutions

Asset Management

Hydrogen Projects

Water Operations

Sustainability

Automation

Disaster Response