Business Group Leader – Engineering Design Center

Job title: Business Group Leader – Engineering Design Center

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GHD is one of the world’s leading professional services companies operating in the global markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation. Privately owned by our people, GHD provides engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services to private and public sector clients across five continents. Focused on crafting lasting community benefit, our connected global network of 10,000 people delivers projects with high standards of safety, quality and ethics. Committed to sustainable development, GHD improves the physical, natural and social environments of the many communities in which we operate.

We are seeking a Business Group Leader – Engineering Design Center in one of our offices within the Eastern Canada region to continue our expansion of a highly growing and successful group. You will be the leader of GHD’s Engineering Design Center (EDO) in Eastern Canada and will work collaboratively with our global EDO’s center to expand our services in the region, continue our growth, as well as lead and develop our technical resources and capabilities Eastern Canada EDO’s comprise the following disciplines: Process, Building Mechanical, Electrical, Instrumentation and Controls, Building Structural and Civil (water).

The Business Group Leader (BGL) is accountable for performance and growth of the Business Group. The BGL demonstrates a strong leadership and supervises a team of 45 professionals spread over several business locations by promoting career development based on quality, respect and teamwork. In addition, the BGL oversees utilization and project performance, achievement of revenue and growth targets, and development and implementation of the business plan.

People

• Work closely with team leaders to achieve the performance objectives established for the business group
• Coach and develop the group to achieve strategic objectives
• Inspire a collaborative environment to foster commitment, development and retention of staff within the group
• Act as an ambassador to attract and promote career opportunities
• Be a transformational agent to promote GHD values
• Actively collaborate with other Business Group leaders within the region and across Canada, as well as with Market Leaders and Regional and North America Client Sector Leaders to achieve excellent business outcomes
• Work with Project Managers, Project Leads and Project Teams to improve project execution skills within the business group
• Provide hands-on technical guidance and mentorship to engineers and technical staff in the delivery of projecds
• Demonstrate support and compliance with the requirements of the GHD HSE Management system and management participation matrix
• Act as Project Manager or Project Director on appropriate projects

Performance

• Ensure sustainable growth of the Business Group’s net revenue
• Drive financial performance with respect to contribution. Monitor and manage backlog, utilization, DSO, variances, and markups.
• Develop and prepare annual business group budget and proactively monitor progress
• Managing the allocation of people to projects in agreement with the Project Manager
• Manage and mitigate risks within the Business Group
• Apply GHD’s Management Systems for Safety, Integrity, Quality, and Environment
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with clients
• Ensure technical soundness of work produced by the Business Group

Business Development & Client Service:

• Develop and implements Business Group Business Plan
• Build effective relationships with Business Group key clients
• Lead project capture plans, coordination of proposal preparation and activities while aligned with regional objectives
• Actively participates in client functions, professional and/or industrial organizations to promote GHD brand
• Provide support to critical business development initiatives for the EDO group in Eastern Canada

Skills, Competencies and Qualifications:

• University degree in engineering
• Member of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec (OIQ)
• Minimum 15 years of experience as a leader of a successful team
• Minimum of 10 years in project management and/or direction in multidiscipline projects
• Established client base in transportation, federal, energy, building and water related business markets
• Highly developed interpersonal skills, both verbal and written (English/French)
• Capability to manage priorities and intervene as needed
• Ability to adapt leadership style according to team composition
• Good emotional intelligence
• Expertise to gather, influence and motivate a group of professionals
• Excellent people management and mentoring skills
• Team player with leadership skills
• Analytical mindset with problem solving skills
• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary teams

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About Us:

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.

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.

Company: GHD

Expected salary:

Location: Montreal, QC

Job date: Wed, 02 Mar 2022 08:36:46 GMT

Job Source: Careerjet.ca

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