Project Director - Municipal Transportation

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 Director ready to join our growing Canadian Operations in our Markham, Whitby, Mississauga, or Toronto office.

The Transportation Group within GHD Canada works with major municipalities including York Region, Peel Region, and the City of Toronto delivering municipal transportation planning and design projects. 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. 

Who are we looking for?  

This role is intended for a Project Manager and Project Director interested in the advancement of their career leading a wide range of municipal planning and design projects. The role will provide exposure to and opportunities for growth in 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. 

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

• Successful delivery of highway planning and design projects. 
• Leading multi-disciplinary teams for preliminary and detail design road and bridge projects for municipal clients as a Project Manager. 
• 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. 
• Providing technical leadership and mentorship to intermediate and junior staff. 
• 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. 
• Managing staff including performance, workload, and supporting their technical and professional development.
• Promoting best practices and leadership in transportation projects. 
• Supporting Business Development including capture planning and leading proposals. 
• Contribute to the development and execution of the business development strategy for MTO and related clients, including creating capture plans and enhancing client relationships. 
• Applying your expertise using a variety of transportation solutions to help our clients, including corridor planning, highway and freeway planning and design, green infrastructure strategies, intersection and interchange design, digital delivery, integrated transportation technology/ITS solutions, managing highway and bridge rehabilitation and expansion design projects, and roundabout design.

What you will bring to the team:

• Post-secondary degree in Civil Engineering 
• Ontario P.Eng. designation required (or eligible) 
• 15+ years' experience in planning and design of transportation infrastructure projects, including project management experience. 
• Experience working with Ministry of Transportation of Ontario.
• 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. 

We offer a professional working environment and culture and believe that work/life balance is critical to the success and happiness of our people. GHD is open and flexible to support combinations of remote and office working environments to support an agile and technology-focused workforce. We also offer competitive salary packages based on qualifications, skills, and experience. 

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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