- Establish and maintain effective relationships with industry networks and clients.
- Ensure Team is functioning to deliver an enhanced client experience.
- Lead the growth and management of your Team in line with GHD's core values, while growing opportunities, capabilities and capacity.
- Work with the Business Group Leader (BGL) to develop, coach and mentor the team.
- Work with the BGL to establish the resourcing, system and processes to deliver services to meet client expectations and requirements.
- Schedule and manage workload for the Team.
- Retain a safe working environment and culture within the Team in line with our Health & Safety system and core values.
- Build effective relationships with other Leaders, BGLs, Client Relationship Managers, Market Leaders, Service Line Leaders and other key personnel.
- Contribute to the development and implementation of Business Group business action plan.
- Implement and supervise the resourcing, systems and processes to ensure timely delivery of services meeting client requirements and budgets with strong technical authority.
- Manage risks and opportunities with the team.
- Manage the Quality and Health & Safety compliance standards and promote continuous improvement.
- Lead technical staff in pursuing work, evaluating and producing bids, proposals, scope and schedules to clients across many sectors and service lines.
- Lead technical staff and project managers in delivery of technical deliverables to our clients.
- Champion relationships with existing GHD clients along with the development of new clients.
- Work with our business development team and pursuit leaders.
- Provide thought leadership, regulatory oversight and mentorship to your team and your clients, both internal and external.
- Management and representation of external and internal client projects to regulators and other partners including interest groups and the public.
- Lead GHD's HSE management and be a champion of GHD's core values.
- Professional Engineer, Professional Geoscientist, or Environmental Scientist
- Minimum of 15 years' experience leading environmental teams.
- Post-graduate degree and/or PMP designations are assets.
- Experience with corporate strategic planning initiatives and a demonstrated ability to develop and implement successful strategies.
- Demonstrated considerable understanding of the overall Environmental Market in Western Canada and more broadly in North America, including future influences and trends.
- Outstanding interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written), with the ability to interact effectively within all levels of the organization in a collaborative fashion.
- Demonstrated leadership capabilities in the areas of personnel management, decision making, change management, employee development, performance management, and team building skills.
- Strong technical authority in contaminated sites assessment and remediation.
- Strong business acuity and commercial skills.
- Agile self-starter with a proactive, strategic, and creative approach.
- Exceptional client engagement and relationship skills.
- Experience managing multiple tasks while maintaining a high degree of attention to detail in a demanding consulting environment.
Technical Director, Environment - Calgary, Canada - GHD
Description
There's no pledge more important than the one we make to look after our environment, and we're committed to helping you do exactly that.
Join us as we strive to ensure a sustainable future for our communities and the world we live in.
Become part of our global network of skilled engineers, scientists, auditors, planners and environmental specialists, all working together to leave this world better than we found it.
We are seeking a Project Director / Team Lead to join our Contaminated Assessment and Remediation (CAR) team in our Calgary, AB office.
Our vision is to ensure energy, water and urbanization 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.
Working with an energetic and high preforming team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
Clients
People
Performance
What you will bring to this team: