Project Director (Water) bei GHD

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

As the frequency and intensity of floods, droughts and storms increases, the water industry must continue to build resiliency and lead from the front. 

Together with our clients, we are thinking and doing things differently to help pre-empt and prepare for what's next. 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?

GHD’s Northeast Water and Wastewater group is seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Director to join our team in Southeast Pennsylvania! This role offers a unique opportunity to lead the planning, design, and development of stormwater, wastewater and drinking water collection and distribution systems across the region. 

As part of our strategic growth initiative, you will play a key role in expanding relationships with large water clients in the region. Working closely with Business Group and Market leadership, you will drive business development efforts, lead proposal pursuits, and shape win strategies. Your leadership will help grow our Water business throughout the Northeast, while building strong client relationships and promoting the GHD brand through active engagement in professional and industry organizations.

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

• Needs Assessment: Uncover emerging issues or needs, identifying potential causes, barriers, and key stakeholders, as well as related issues.
• Improvement/Innovation: Identify shortcomings in existing business practices, then suggest and implement improvements while developing and delivering projects or a work stream within the organization's change management program. Involves working with guidance from senior colleagues.
• Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multistakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units.
• Engineering Solutions Design: Design engineering solutions and the associated validation process to enable the realization of a design brief (for example, in terms of functionality, performance, aesthetics, and cost) that conforms to organizational and/or regulatory standards.
• Engineering Standards Specification: Analyze information, draft engineering standards and specifications, and evaluate the effectiveness of those standards within own engineering discipline to ensure work of the required quality is delivered and to inform engineering work in the organization and/or of its suppliers, contractors, and consultants.
• Knowledge Management: Develop policies and processes, create best practices, set up case studies, and deliver internal knowledge-sharing sessions to capture and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices in a particular area of expertise and to support the practice.
• Feasibility Studies: Conduct 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.
• Project Management: Manage and direct projects while reporting to senior colleagues.
• Client Management: Manage important client relationships with guidance from senior colleagues.

What you will bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s and/or Master’s degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering 
• Professional Engineer (PE) license in PA preferred
• At least 15 years of relevant water engineering experience
• Knowledge of water regulations including stormwater, conveyance and distribution
• Willing and able to travel to project sites and client meetings as needed

As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, genetic information, national origin, sex (including same sex), sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions, age, disability or handicap, citizenship status, service member status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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