Senior Project Manager- Highway Planning

🏢 GHD
📍 Toronto, CanadaOn-site
📅 Posted: 1mo ago🔄 Updated: 1mo ago
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This Senior Project Manager role focuses on highway planning and preliminary design projects within the Ontario Transportation Group. The position involves leading projects from proposal to close-out, managing teams, budgets, and schedules, and ensuring client satisfaction. Responsibilities include providing technical leadership, mentoring junior staff, collaborating with other disciplines, supporting business development, and driving high-quality project delivery. The role requires a Civil Engineering degree, P.Eng. designation, and over 10 years of relevant experience, particularly with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
Required Skills
Business, Sales & Management
Project LeadershipProject ManagementCoachingMentoringHR ManagementBusiness Development
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
CollaborationTeamworkStakeholder ManagementPlanningCommunication
Other
Preliminary DesignInterchange DesignRoundabout Design
Science & Research
Environmental Impact Assessment
Design, Content & Media
Interaction Design
Nice to have:
Other
Progressive Design-BuildAllianceCMGCIntegrated Transportation TechnologyITSHighway RehabilitationBridge RehabilitationHighway ExpansionBridge Expansion
Information Technology
IT Infrastructure
🎁 Benefits & Perks
Competitive compensation, health insurance, vacation days, bonuses (implied by competitive compensation and general company benefits, not explicitly stated).
Requirements
Requires a post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering and an Ontario P.Eng. designation. Must have 10+ years of experience in transportation infrastructure design and project management, with specific experience working with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. Experience with other highway agencies, municipal transportation clients, and collaborative design models is an asset. Excellent written and oral communication skills, and proven ability to develop, mentor, and lead staff are also required.
Description

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way.

Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.

Who are we looking for?

Our Ontario Transportation Group is looking for a Project Manager ready to join our growing Canadian Operations in our Markham, Whitby, Mississauga, or Toronto office.

The Transportation Group within GHD Canada works with Provincial, Regional, and local municipal transportation agencies, as well as select contracting partners, on projects including highways, roads and bridges, transit and multi-modal infrastructure, and transportation planning. Our team is growing fast in Ontario, striving to create lasting value for our clients by creating and delivering solutions to complex transportation infrastructure problems. 

Candidates’ career path: 

This role is intended for an upcoming Project Manager interested in the advancement of their career leading highway planning and preliminary design projects. The role will provide exposure to and opportunities for growth in greater project leadership, business development, staff management, and operations management. The candidate will collaborate across our transportation, environmental, water, and properties and buildings markets to deliver projects for our clients, leveraging the broader strengths of GHD’s teams.

Our Hybrid Work Model: 

Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.

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

  • Project Leadership: Successful leadership delivering highway planning projects for MTO and similar clients as a Project Manager and/or Assistant Project Manager. 
  • Project Management: Taking ownership for all aspects of the management of projects from proposal to close-out, including managing teams, sub-consultants, budgets, schedule, quality, safety, and client satisfaction. 
  • Coaching and Mentoring: Providing technical leadership and mentorship to junior staff. 
  • Collaboration: Teamwork in small and large teams. Owning the integration with other engineering disciplines, engineers, and design staff in the production of high-quality project deliverables. 
  • Project Team Management: Managing staff including performance, workload, and supporting their technical and professional development.
  • Leadership and Direction: Promoting best practices and leadership in transportation projects. 
  • Supporting Business Development including capture planning and leading proposals. 
  • Stakeholder Management: Contribute to the development and execution of the business development strategy for relevant clients, including enhancing client relationships, identifying opportunities, creating capture plans and leading proposals. 
  • Project Delivery: Applying your expertise using a variety of transportation solutions to help our clients, including corridor planning, preliminary design, green infrastructure strategies, application of the Environmental Assessment process, intersection and interchange design, digital delivery, integrated transportation technology/ITS solutions, highway and bridge rehabilitation and expansion strategies, and roundabout design.
  • Driving high quality results, client satisfaction, and strong financial performance to support the growth of our transportation portfolio.

 

What you’ll bring to the team:

  • Post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering 
  • Ontario P.Eng. designation required (or eligible) 
  • 10+ years' experience in design and engineering of transportation infrastructure projects, including project management experience. 
  • Experience working with the Ontario Ministry of Transportation. 
  • Experience working with other highway agencies and municipal transportation clients would be an asset. 
  • Experience managing design projects in collaborative models (e.g. Progressive Design-Build, Alliance, CMGC) would be an asset.
  • Excellent written and oral communication skills. 
  • Proven track record to develop, mentor, and lead professional technical staff. 

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Please note:

  • The salary range for this position is $103,068-$149,068.  The posted salary range represents the expected hiring range for GHD locations in its major city centres. Ranges may vary for positions in other locations. At GHD, base salary is determined by your skills, experience, qualifications and work location. We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation.  
  • The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started and may be used during the process to improve efficiency and fairness. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team. While AI supports some steps through the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans
  • 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.
  • This position is for an existing vacancy.

 

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