Project Manager & Market Lead- Construction

GHD•Honolulu, HI

4d•$122,000 - $204,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Project Manager/Market Lead–Construction will establish and execute a focused growth plan for construction services, working across Transportation, Water, Buildings, and Construction Phase Services leadership. The role develops relationships with public agencies, teaming partners, contractors, and industry organizations; identifies and pursues opportunities; and provides senior oversight for construction management, program management, project management, resident engineering, and owner-advisory assignments. It connects client needs with GHD capabilities across infrastructure sectors and strengthens the regional team through recruiting, mentoring, resource planning, and collaboration across business groups and geographies. The position balances market development with targeted billable project and program leadership. The role includes business planning and market monitoring; executive-level client development and pursuit leadership; project and contract delivery; operational and commercial management; and people leadership. Project assignments may include contract administration, schedule and cost management, change management, quality, safety coordination, closeout, commissioning, and turnover across multidisciplinary infrastructure projects. The position follows a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office. Travel may be needed to client, project, and industry locations. The salary range is $122,000–$204,000, based on location and experience.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related discipline, or equivalent experience.
Approximately 15 or more years of progressively responsible experience in public infrastructure, including substantial construction management, program management, project management, and business development leadership.
Demonstrated success developing client relationships and securing professional services contracts with public agencies.
Experience leading construction management assignments and multidisciplinary capital projects in more than one infrastructure market.
Broad understanding of the Northern California public infrastructure market, including clients, partners, contractors, and competitors.
Experience coordinating civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, utilities, telecommunications, and operational interfaces.
Ability to travel as needed to client, project, and industry locations.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain an annual business plan for construction management and program management services across priority public infrastructure markets.
Define priority clients, target sectors, pursuits, pipeline objectives, visibility activities, relationship plans, and measurable business development indicators.
Monitor agency capital programs, procurement activity, funding priorities, market trends, and competitor and teaming dynamics.
Plan for staffing, recruiting, training, geographic coverage, and technical capabilities needed to support growth.
Build and sustain relationships with public owners, including transit and transportation agencies, airports, municipalities, utilities, and educational institutions.
Leverage consulting firms, contractors, specialty partners, and small businesses to assemble pursuit and delivery teams.
Lead capture planning for priority pursuits, including client positioning, partner strategy, win themes, staffing, scope, pricing input, and interview preparation.
Guide responses to requests for qualifications and proposals and maintain disciplined opportunity tracking and reusable marketing content.
Represent GHD through industry associations, conferences, civic engagement, and other market-facing activities.
Collaborate across GHD to provide integrated construction management, program management, engineering, environmental, architecture, utilities, permitting, risk, asset management, and advisory solutions.
Provide senior project, program, construction management, resident engineering, project management, or client advisory leadership as required by assignments.
Oversee contract administration, schedule, cost, change management, quality, safety coordination, submittals, requests for information, progress payments, closeout, commissioning, and turnover.
Coordinate among owners, designers, contractors, operators, maintainers, utilities, permitting agencies, facility users, and other stakeholders.
Promote consistent project management practices, contract compliance, quality management, risk identification, documentation, and timely decision-making.
Identify follow-on assignments and amendments by understanding client needs and maintaining strong delivery performance.
Support operational planning, project financial performance, forecasting, workload management, and resource allocation.
Coordinate with business group, operations, and finance leaders to monitor performance measures and address variances.
Review scopes, budgets, staffing plans, delivery approaches, and commercial terms within applicable governance and delegated authority.
Identify and mitigate delivery, contractual, commercial, staffing, safety, quality, and client risks.
Promote work sharing and effective deployment of resources across sectors, offices, and geographies.
Recruit, retain, lead, and mentor construction management, program management, project management, and inspection professionals.
Foster an inclusive, accountable, and collaborative team culture focused on safety, integrity, respect, teamwork, and client service.
Coach staff in client engagement, contract administration, construction management, proposal development, multidisciplinary coordination, and career growth.
Build succession and leadership depth and support work sharing across offices, business groups, and global technical networks.
Participate in regional leadership and service-line forums and contribute to broader infrastructure growth initiatives.