Technical Director – Civil Engineering Conveyance/Site servicing (Water Business)

GHD Group Pty Ltd • Mississauga, ON

3d • Hybrid

About The Position

GHD is seeking an energetic, creative, and motivated senior civil engineer with design management experience to join the Ontario Engineering Design Organization. This role focuses on challenging design projects within our dynamic and growing water business. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading engineering teams in Linear Water and Water/Wastewater treatment projects for the municipal and industrial sectors. They must demonstrate the ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams from concept through detailed design and construction. Project management and business development skills, along with the ability to interact professionally with clients as a technical leader and subject matter expert, are essential. This position operates on a hybrid model, requiring 3 days a week in the office, and can be based in any of our GTA offices: Waterloo, Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, or Whitby.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering.
• Professional Engineer registered with Ontario or other jurisdictions.
• Minimum twenty years of experience in a professional engineering consulting environment.
• Notable project technical leadership and management experience.
• Outstanding interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written), with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization in a collaborative fashion.
• Proven supervisory role in mentoring design team.
• Provide hand-on technical guidance to engineers and technical staff in delivering ongoing projects.
• Mentor engineers and designers in the development of their consultancy, engineering, and design skills.
• Provide guidance and QA/QC on all engineering design, calculations, design briefs, and technical reports for masterplans, environmental assessments, and design projects.
• Promote corporate participation at technical conferences and provide senior guidance and review for key technical conference papers generation.

Nice To Haves

• Design management experience.
• Experience leading engineering teams in Linear Water and Water/Wastewater treatment projects for the municipal and industrial sector.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams from concept through detailed design and construction.
• Project management and business development skills.
• Ability to interact professionally with public and private sector clients as a technical leader and subject matter expert.

Responsibilities

• 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.
• Support the Water Business groups in Business Development and work with Market leads in growing the water business within Canada.
• Supervise training, mentoring, and skills development of the Civil Engineering team.
• Take on project roles such as Design Manager, Project Manager, Project Civil Discipline Lead, or Project Quality Manager.
• Act as a Design Discipline Lead, guiding technical development and participating in the Community of Practice.
• Monitor and report on project performance, progress, and quality on behalf of GHD.

Benefits

• GHD is an equal opportunity employer.
• Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior