Technical Director

The importance of water to the health of our world can't be overstated. 

Water is essential for all living organisms to survive and thrive.   The water industry must continue to build resiliency and lead from the front to preserve this most essential resource. Together with our clients, we are thinking and doing things differently to help pre-empt and prepare for what's next in the water industry. Be a part of this dynamic and committed team of diverse water specialists and drive change for your community. 

You'll be able to apply our powerful global network of skills and decades of experience to create positive water outcomes that respect nature and nurture communities.

Who are we looking for? 

Technical Director - Water for our US Central operations.

GHD is looking for an energetic, creative, motivated senior engineer to work on existing challenging projects and to join our dynamic and growing water group. Our diversified projects vary from upgrades of existing water and wastewater treatment plants, design of new pump stations, master municipal planning, asset management, linear infrastructure, and water resources. Our growing client list includes some of the largest utilities in our region, as well as many smaller agencies and private sector clients. Utilizing a "One GHD" approach to collaboration, we leverage industry-leading talent from across the globe to provide our clients with unmatched expertise and service.

The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of leading water/wastewater treatment projects, backed by technical experience in design, evaluation and upgrading of medium to large municipal and industrial water and wastewater treatment plants. A demonstrated ability to manage multi-disciplinary teams from concept through detailed design and construction is required, as well as business development skills and the ability to interact professionally with public and private sector clients as a technical leader and subject matter expert.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in: 

• Needs Assessment: Engage with senior business leaders to understand long-term strategic challenges.
• Improvement/Innovation: Initiate, formulate, and implement new business practices within a specific discipline while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the organization's change management program.
• Culture of Innovation: Define the execution plan to disseminate innovative capabilities across the businesses, helping people develop these competencies and enabling them to innovate through solutions such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Lead the design of complex and/or innovative engineering solutions and the associated validation processes for a business-critical area of engineering to enable the realization of engineering design briefs that conform to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Provide leadership on the design and development of engineering standards and specifications for a business-critical area that must be adhered to by the organization and/or its suppliers, contractors, and consultants to ensure engineering work of the required quality is delivered and to manage the risks associated with engineering programs.
• Knowledge Management: Manage the development of policies and processes for knowledge management to ensure the creation of best practices and the setup of case studies and internal knowledge-sharing sessions; manage, capture, and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices across a large area to support the practice.
• Technical Developments Recommendation: Lead the discussion and recommendation of more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users' needs.
• Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners' professional development and embeds reflective practice.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct the most-complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure.
• Product and Solution Development: Take responsibility for managing the definition, development, and delivery of a significant product or service within the product development and engineering program, ensuring alignment with customer requirements.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of major projects in line with overall project management strategy.
• Client & Customer Management (External): Manage key client and customer relationships. Likely to involve using account teams to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty.
• Provide technical leadership and overall execution of major treatment projects while working cooperatively with multidisciplinary design teams in the preparation of design packages and participating in quality reviews.
• Provide senior strategic leadership in growing the water business within Western Canada through building client relationships and mentoring junior water team members in their career.
• Take a leading role in business development initiatives, including collaboration with our Pursuit Team in the development of high-quality, strategic proposals. 
• Take responsibility for monitoring and reporting of project performance, progress and quality on behalf of GHD. 
• Supervisory role in training, mentoring and skills development of the water engineering team.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree, with a Master's Degree being an asset
• P.E. designation

What you bring to the team

• Experience level enables job holder to provide leadership to others regarding work related systems, processes and challenges 
• Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes 
• Minimum of 20 years of experience in a professional water consulting environment, with notable project technical leadership and management experience.
• Strong business development skills and contacts with some of our key clients across the United States.
• 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 junior and intermediate engineers, project managers and technologists.

Take on some of the world's toughest challenges - with everyone at GHD backing you every step of the way. 

Take on some of the world's toughest challenges - with everyone at GHD backing you every step of the way. 

We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact.

See where your commitment could take you with GHD.

As a diverse and inclusive 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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