River & Maritime Technical Leader

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.

Help craft the future at **GHD **where we build strong, positive relationships, exceed the expectations of our clients and champion lasting benefit for the community.

We are looking for several key individuals with backgrounds working in the coastal, maritime and riverine environments. With strong technical experience in costal and river flooding and assessment, restoration, planning and engineering; who are commercially astute, and comfortable dealing at all levels within a client organization. As a **River and Maritime Technical **Leader **you will help lead projects and business development efforts in **Vancouver, Calgary, (Western Canada) and support efforts in Seattle, Tacoma or Portland (Northwest Region) **. This is a rewarding opportunity to demonstrate your local knowledge and be involved in challenging projects that will offer an opportunity to provide technical solutions as a trusted expert.

We offer a professional and friendly culture based on our core values of Teamwork, Respect, Safety and Integrity. We also provide an active community program and professional development through our GHD Business School.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead technical and multi-discipline teams on river and maritime engineering projects
- Oversee project efforts for hydrographic and topographic surveying; hydrodynamic modelling, analysis/investigations; data processing; conceptual and feasibility studies; environmental permitting; design, development of construction plans and specifications; and report writing
- Plan and implement field work in a river, coastal & marine environment to include restoration, dredging, flood protection, shoreline infrastructure, and coastal processes
- Understand the maritime market such as trends, client spending, assets, resiliency and logistics
- Prepare routine correspondence, data reports, standardized documents and work plans for internal and client review
- Oversight of contractors and field staff

**Skills, Competencies, Qualifications**:

- B.Sc. degree in Engineering
- Professional engineering designation
- 20 plus years of previous experience with ports and navigation projects is required
- Ability to perform field work and travel as needed
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite

As a multicultural organization, we encourage and support 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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**Why GHD?
Being the best we can be is in our culture.

We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

**Our commitment to you
Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Our Commitment to you

**Who we are
We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly ‘One GHD’ across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.

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