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Future Energy Impact Assessment Leader - Canada

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Ghd
Global leader in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services.
Lead Future Energy impact assessment, market growth, and project delivery in Canada/US.
6d ago
C$148,000 - C$220,000
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Hybrid
Company Size
10,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Engineering
Architecture
Construction services
Consulting
Project Management
Design
Technical Services
Property Development
Sector Specialisms
Water
Energy
Resources
Environment
Property and Buildings
Transportation
Hydrology and Hydrodynamics
Digital Technologies
Role
What you would be doing
impact assessment
bid management
project management
climate strategy
solutions analysis
client interaction
  • Actively participates in key client meetings
  • Pre-positions for key projects and clients, and develops opportunities
  • Be accountable for organizational management to achieve agreed performance targets relating to growth of the market and ensuring GHD is ahead of client and market trends.
  • Solutions Analysis: Identify and evaluate complex, expertise-led solutions against a range of criteria to find the ones that best meet business needs.
  • Drives positive client interaction, as verified through client surveys
  • Environmental Risk Management: Oversee the environmental risk management processes, ensuring the organization's operations have minimal detrimental impact on the environment.
  • Develops and mentors senior leadership and/or rising talent within the organization
  • Work with the Future Energy Leader, Market Leaders, Service Line Leaders, and Business Group Leaders to define opportunities, and to utilize the existing structure of the business to own and execute resulting projects. This candidate will increase market opportunities and expanded range of entry points for our broader Future Energy service offerings.,
  • Given the national and often multinational nature of the clients in this space, taps into the connected network to ensure alignment around client approach
  • 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.
  • Promotes and collaborates in the development of innovative project delivery methods
  • 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.
  • 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 organization's HSE policies, procedures, and mandatory instructions.
  • Provides strong ties in the Global Future Energy team and collaboration with Future Energy Leaders in the Americas to promote growth (including the Canadian Business Leadership Team).
  • Participates in the Future Energy connected network throughout GHD in the Americas, particularly within the Impact Assessment & Permitting service offering
  • Drives project teams to provide successful and technically sound project deliveries to meet and exceed client and GHD requirements
  • Organizational Capability Building: Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's 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.
  • 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.
  • Supports development of external market and brand collateral, campaigns, thought leadership, and strategic external engagements to position GHD firmly at the leading edge of the Future Energy Market
  • Attracts strategic hires to develop the team, especially in key areas where subject matter expertise is important to allow for GHD to take position in early entry strategies such as battery energy storage, pumped hydro energy storage, and low-carbon hydrogen.
  • This position will also work to grow a team through strategic recruitment activities, with a specific focus on individuals with energy related permitting and approvals experience.
  • Environmental Impact Assessment: Coordinate specific elements of environmental impact assessments with guidance from senior colleagues.
  • Collaborates with Global, North American and Regional Market Leaders, Key Client Managers, Service Line Leaders, Client Sector Leaders, and Operations to achieve excellent business outcomes
  • Develops approaches for responses to RFPs, scope of work packages, budgets, and progress reports. Undertakes Project Director role on key projects, maintaining billable work in the 50% range.
  • Climate Adaptation Strategy: Guide an operational area in the creation and implementation of highly complex climate adaptation strategies for vital or large-scale projects, preempting potential climate risks.
  • Builds effective relationships with key existing clients, while also expanding the client base
  • Builds on previous client relationships to provide opportunities and support development
  • Works with project directors, managers, and teams to establish and improve Business Group requirements; interfaces heavily with the Impact Assessment & Permitting to identify skill sets required for delivery of Future Energy projects
  • Actively participates in professional and/or industrial organizations to promote the GHD brand
  • Project Management: Manage a portfolio of projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
  • 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.
  • Work with a group of professionals across Canada focusing on decarbonization of the gaseous and liquid fuel networks, as well as the production of renewable electricity with a decarbonization focus. Specific focus areas include providing permitting and approvals support for energy infrastructure projects such as hydropower, wind and solar energy, energy storage, hydrogen, renewable natural gas, and carbon capture, utilization and storage, as well as any ancillary systems needed to activate these priority areas.
  • Focus will be on collaborating with other Canadian and US Leaders across all GHD markets/sector, to implement the Future Energy strategy and roadmap in Canada, integrate within the Americas Future Energy Ambassadors team, and collaborate closely with the Enterprise-level Future Energy team.
What you bring
bachelor's degree
management systems
process analysis
managerial experience
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Adheres to GHD Management Systems for Safety, Integrity, Quality, and Environment
  • Analysis of "As Is" and "To Be": Document complex "as is" and "to be" processes and describe the changes required to migrate to the "to be" capability to record accurately the change required.
  • Managerial Experience: Experience supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes
Benefits
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Training + Development
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Company
Overview
1928
Year Founded
The organization has been evolving since 1928, starting as a small engineering practice and growing into a global powerhouse.
5 Continents
Global Presence
The organization operates across five continents, with key markets including Australia, the United States, and the UK.
  • 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.
Culture + Values
  • Safety
  • Teamwork
  • Respect
  • Integrity
Environment + Sustainability
2050
Net-zero target validated by SBTi
Science-based target validated by the Science-Based Targets Initiative (SBTi) for achieving net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by FY2050.
2025
Carbon neutral commitment
Committed to achieving carbon neutrality for Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions by 2025.
70%
Recycled materials in packaging
Boxes for electrical products use 70% recycled materials and are fully recyclable.
  • Prioritising direct emissions reductions over purchasing carbon offsets (statement from Enterprise Sustainability Leader)
  • Partnered with Decarbonisation Network to support clients' decarbonisation roadmaps and accelerate net-zero goals
  • Slimline packaging to reduce material usage and transportation impact
Inclusion & Diversity
Level 4–5
GDEIB Inclusion Benchmark
Targeting level 4–5 on the Global Disability Inclusion Benchmarking (GDEIB) by 2025.
9 Employee Groups
Resource Groups Established
Established 9 Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support various diversity demographics.
  • Board‑mandated aim to become #1 in industry for inclusion & diversity
  • I&D strategy built on five behaviours: open, informed, accountable, empathetic, bold
  • Inclusion & Diversity goals embedded in employee performance reviews
  • Awards: Employer of Choice for Gender Equality (2020–2022), Workforce Diversity Award (2021), Disability Equality Index – Best Places to Work for Disability Inclusion (2023)
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