Project Manager Transportation

Who are we looking for?

This role is intended for a Project Manager interested in the advancement of their career in the design and management of large transportation infrastructure projects. The role will provide exposure to and opportunities for growth in business development, staff management, and operations management.

The Transportation Group within GHD Canada works with Provincial, Regional, and local municipal transportation agencies, as well as select contracting partners, on large scale projects across the whole Transportation spectrum of highways, roads and bridges, transit and multi-modal infrastructure, and transportation planning. Our team provides integrated transportation services throughout the project lifecycle from initial policy, transportation economics and business case advice, through planning, concept, environmental assessment, detailed design, construction administration, and asset management support.

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

• Successful participation in, and completion of, roadway, highway and freeway projects, and/or multi-modal corridors.
• Leading multi-disciplinary teams for preliminary and detail design highway projects for municipal and provincial clients, including serving as a Design Lead, Assistant Project Manager, and/or Project Manager.
• Working closely with a senior project manager, taking responsibility for aspects of the management of projects from proposal to close-out, including managing teams, subconsultants, budgets, schedule, quality, safety, and client satisfaction.
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to junior staff.
• Collaboration in small and large teams. Coordinating the integration with other engineering disciplines, engineers and design staff in the production of high-quality project deliverables.

What you will bring to the team:

• Post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering
• Ontario P.Eng. designation required (or eligible)
• 5+ years' experience in design and engineering of transportation infrastructure projects, including project management experience.
• Experience working with MTO and/or municipal transportation clients.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Proven ability to develop, mentor and lead professional technical staff.
• Familiarity with Civil 3D and/or InRoads are considered assets.

• Document Preparation: Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software. Also responsible for gathering and summarizing data for reports.
• Stakeholder Management: Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.
• Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching; gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential. Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Continuous Improvement: Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines.
• Project Assurance: Conduct assurance reviews within the project, facilitate the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, so that senior stakeholders have confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.
• Project Scope Definition: Manage the delivery of research, workshops, and other activities to support the specification and agreement of project deliverables.
• Project Planning: Produce workstream or project plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized to deliver project objectives, and comply with the organization's project management framework.
• Project Reporting and Review: Draft project review reports and presentations, including key information, commentary, and recommendations, to support the review process and enable stakeholders to evaluate progress and agree on change.
• Project Resource Management: Manage the deployment of project resources, proactively managing project costs, providing forecasts, and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
• Project Risk and Issue Management: Identify and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
• Project Closeout and Handover: Draft elements of product documentation and user training to support handover to business as usual. Contribute to post-project reviews and identification of lessons learned.
• Project Team Management: Lead a small project team; communicate the necessary outcomes and the direction required to achieve them; coordinate team actions on project tasks; request additional team member support when needed; and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
• Requirements Management: Coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis of those requirements for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements throughout the life of the project; and coordinate the verification of the end deliverable. Generally done at the level of project phases.

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