Job Description

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Help us build the future and we\'ll help you build a rewarding and purposeful career.

Are you motivated by building positive relationships, being responsible for projects applying the latest technologies and techniques and problem solving? If you are a trusted advisor and highly motivated, then we have the role for you! Our Food and Agribusiness team is expanding and in need of a Project Director/Senior Project Manager to join our group in Waterloo, Ontario office. Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:

• Driving business growth within a leading global provider of Food and Agribusiness engineering solutions.
• Nurturing existing client relationships, developing a network of contacts and new clients with growth aspirations in western Canada and beyond.
• Managing a portfolio of projects, while working alongside clients to identify key project metrics, CAPEX estimates, schedule and ESG requirements.
• Building positive partnerships while working in highly collaborative globally integrated teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Scientists, OEMs and vendors to identify, design and achieve innovative solutions.
• Leading project teams from pre-pursuit and project scope development through successful project delivery, including monitoring project finances and deliverables.
• Leveraging GHDs expertise to support client business case scenarios, project visioning, technical due diligence, digital solutions, and data.
• Supporting the Business Group Lead in providing leadership and mentorship opportunities to junior team members.
• Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) implementation to assist clients with sustainability and societal impact.

What you will bring to the team?

• 10+ years of Food & Agribusiness experience in operations or engineering.
• Must have sufficient technical knowledge of multi-discipline engineering design and construction to represent GHD effectively with clients.
• Post-secondary education in Mechanical, Management, Process, Chemical Engineering, agriculture or equivalent education.
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Project Management Professional (PMP) designation an asset.
• Experience in multiple contracting methods: Cost plus, lump sum, GMP, alternate fee.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary alternate project delivery (APD) and/or progressive design build (PDB) projects considered an asset.
• Strong communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and leadership skills.
• Build and maintain exceptional client relationships.
• Strong analytical skills with sound technical judgment.
• Proven high ethical standards with a dedication to producing high quality work.
• Self-motivated, flexible leader willing to take ownership of team development and project performance.
• Work will consist of office and occasional on-site work with the ability to travel for client meetings as needed.
• We offer an opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic employee-owned company, a professional working environment with career development potential, flexible hours and competitive salary packages based on qualifications, skills and experience in a privately held, quality driven and client focused company.

In the problem solving business, it helps to be restlessly curious to deliver community change.

Our vision is to ensure energy, water and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come. You can lead the way into a new future for our industry, inspiring the next generation of driven and committed people in the process.

As a multicultural 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.

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About Us:

Why GHD?

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Who we are

We are committed to solving the world\'s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly \'One GHD\' across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.

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