Transit Practice Leader

Mott MacDonald’s Canada Unit aspires to continue to grow a sustainable business across Canada, with a particular focus on engagement and delivery of core opportunities of strategic interest to the Unit and Practices across Canada and collaborating to provide technical support to Group projects throughout North America and globally.
- With this growth, Mott MacDonald is seeking a Transit practice leader for Western Canada. The role is a leadership position to be externally facing to enhance our reputation with key clients with a focus on the transit business and support of wider specific opportunities throughout Canada. The decade ahead provides tremendous opportunity for Mott MacDonald across Canada, with a critical focus on continued significant growth in our core geographies. This role will reward a dynamic and enthusiastic individual with a long-term vision and commitment to securing profitable work with repeat clients to grow our presence across Canada.
- As the Transit practice leader, the role will focus on:

- Proactive identification and engagement with core clients for our growing business;
- Research and opinion on emerging opportunities (as a lead, and/or in partnership with other firms);
- Pursuit and project delivery;
- Staff development and mentorship;
- Enthusiastic client and stakeholder engagement and cross-cutting collaboration;
- Drive client engagement and uncovering new opportunities with emerging clients
- Represent Mott MacDonald positively in an external facing role with clients, partners and at conferences etc.
- Provide support and leadership to business development and strategic initiatives;
- Contribute to an innovative, challenging, collaborative and high performing work environment, which supports and fosters the Mott MacDonald values and culture where results are driven by a total team effort;
- Exemplify Mott MacDonald’s values of Progress, Respect, Integrity, Drive and Excellence;
- Serve as a key owner of client and partner engagement, focusing primarily on (but not limited to) the Western Canada market;
- Be an active participant in discussions that seek to maximize the business opportunities for Mott MacDonald in British Columbia and elsewhere in Canada;
- Leverage your skill, judgement and experience in the delivery of a wide variety of projects;
- Serve as Project Manager as appropriate on projects;
- Serve as Project / Technical Reviewer on projects as required;
- Be available for project support across Canada and North America. Strengthen existing, and create new customer and partner relationships;
- Serve as the Account Leader for a number of specific clients that offer Mott MacDonald the best opportunities for sustained business;
- Develop strategy for building relationships with key clients;
- A minimum of 12 years' relevant experience within an engineering consultancy
- Bachelor’s or master’s degree in civil engineering
- Registered professional engineer
- Self-directed nature, with ability to work well / seamlessly with a larger team, including outside experts and stakeholder groups
- Experience working with other professionals including planners, engineers, and managers, toward the successful delivery of projects
- Familiarity with transportation and infrastructure industry standards, practices, and regulations
- Demonstrated innovation and creative thinking
- Ability to network within a large organization to bring the best solutions to our clients from around the world.
- Management experience of both projects and teams, for the total delivery of projects from their inception to completion and operation

**Job Profile**
- Opening opportunities with connected thinking.
- Together with our clients, Mott MacDonald is solving some of the world's most intricate challenges. We search out the connections others fail to make; we unlock creativity and deliver better outcomes for the lives we touch every day.
- Mott MacDonald is a wholly independent, employee-owned, multidisciplinary engineering and development consultancy servicing public and private sectors around the world with over 16,000 staff working out of 180 principal offices and delivering projects in 150 countries. Every day we build upon our reputation for technical excellence by taking on some of the world’s most prominent and challenging projects, particularly in areas such as highways and bridges, rail and transit systems, tunnels, and pipeline services.
- We are positioned for healthy growth, profitability, and career opportunities across North America and around the world. As part of our growing business, we want to hear from you: the enthusiastic, collaborative, and talented individuals who enjoy problem solving and pitching in to grow a successful business. Join our team of seasoned professionals who are finding opportunities through connected thinking to develop our Mott MacDonald global presence.**Other Information**

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