Project Director

4 weeks ago


Vancouver, Canada ghd Full time
Join a global professional services leader

We are committed to solving the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy, and urbanization. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural, and social environments of the many communities in which we operate. We offer a professional and friendly culture based on our core values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect, and Integrity. We also provide attractive career and professional development through the GHD Business School.

Are you motivated by building positive relationships, being responsible for projects applying the latest technologies and techniques and problem solving? If you are a trusted advisor and highly motivated, then we have the role for you Our Food and Agribusiness team is expanding and in need of a Project Director to join our group in Vancouver, British Columbia office.

Responsibilities:
  1. Driving business growth within a leading global provider of Food and Agribusiness engineering solutions
  2. Nurture existing client relationships, develop a network of contacts and new clients with growth aspirations in western Canada and beyond
  3. Manage a portfolio of projects, while working alongside clients to identify key project metrics, CAPEX estimates, schedule and ESG requirements
  4. Build positive partnerships while working in highly collaborative globally integrated teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Scientists, OEMs and vendors to identify, design and achieve innovative solutions
  5. Lead project teams from pre-pursuit and project scope development through successful project delivery, including monitoring project finances and deliverables
  6. Leverage GHDs expertise to support client business case scenarios, project visioning, technical due diligence, digital solutions, and data. Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) implementation to assist clients with sustainability and societal impact
Qualifications:
  1. 10+ years of Food & Agribusiness experience in operations or engineering
  2. Must have sufficient technical knowledge of multi-discipline engineering design and construction to represent GHD effectively with clients
  3. Post-secondary education in Mechanical, Management, Process, Chemical Engineering, agriculture or equivalent education
  4. Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Project Management Professional (PMP) designation an asset
  5. Experience in multiple contracting methods: Cost plus, lump sum, GMP, alternate fee
  6. Strong communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and leadership skills
  7. Build and maintain exceptional client relationships
  8. Strong analytical skills with sound technical judgment
  9. Proven high ethical standards with a dedication to producing high quality work
  10. Self-motivated, flexible leader willing to take ownership of team development and project performance
  11. Work will consist of office and occasional on-site work with the ability to travel for client meetings as needed

We offer an opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic employee-owned company, a professional working environment with career development potential, flexible hours and competitive salary packages based on qualifications, skills and experience in a privately held, quality driven and client focused company. As a multicultural 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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