This role involves leading a dynamic team of emergency response and environmental professionals, tackling pressing environmental challenges. The Project Manager will mentor and guide the team, take charge in environmental emergencies, and collaborate closely with clients and agencies to ensure effective response and resolution.
Responsibilities
Mentor and guide the team
Take the reins in environmental emergencies, collaborating closely with clients and agencies to ensure effective response and resolution
Include business development and client expansion activities
Conduct environmental sampling and monitoring
Spearhead regional visibility initiatives
Respond to call outs during non-routine working hours
Act as the first point of contact for clients for new emergency projects, with ability to delegate tasks and request support as required from GHD FIRST team
Accountable for one or more medium-sized projects of low to moderate complexity with a small- to medium-sized team
Focus on the creation of the project vision and planning documents
Manage the implementation, reporting, and performance of the overall project with the expectation of delivering on time, within budget, and to scope
Document Preparation: Prepare moderately complex documents using a variety of applications for technology devices, such as standard office software
Gather and summarize data for reports
Stakeholder Management: Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met
Personal Capability Building: Develop own capabilities by participating in assessment and development planning activities as well as formal and informal training and coaching
Gain or maintain external professional accreditation, where relevant, to improve performance and fulfill personal potential
Maintain an understanding of relevant technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media
Continuous Improvement: Contribute to reviewing existing operations in own area of work, and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements
Work Scheduling and Allocation: Assign short-term work schedules to a team of subordinates in order to achieve expectations while following established timelines
Project Assurance: Conduct assurance reviews within the project, facilitate the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, so that senior stakeholders have confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality
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Project Scope Definition: Manage the delivery of research, workshops, and other activities to support the specification and agreement of project deliverables
Project Planning: Produce workstream or project plans, ensuring that all activities are identified, are appropriately organized to deliver project objectives, and comply with the organization's project management framework
Project Reporting and Review: Draft project review reports and presentations, including key information, commentary, and recommendations, to support the review process and enable stakeholders to evaluate progress and agree on change
Project Resource Management: Manage the deployment of project resources, proactively managing project costs, providing forecasts, and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization
Project Risk and Issue Management: Identify and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating matters where appropriate
Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns
Project Closeout and Handover: Draft elements of product documentation and user training to support handover to business as usual
Contribute to post-project reviews and identification of lessons learned
Project Team Management: Lead a small project team; communicate the necessary outcomes and the direction required to achieve them; coordinate team actions on project tasks; request additional team member support when needed; and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring
Requirements Management: Coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis of those requirements for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements throughout the life of the project; and coordinate the verification of the end deliverable
Requirements
5+ years of project management experience, including a proven track record in emergency response, client relationship management, and business development
Exceptional communication skills
Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science or a related field
Over 3 to 6 years of general experience
7 to 12 months of managerial experience of general supervision of more junior colleagues
Experienced in emergency preparedness, air monitoring, environmental assessment/sampling, ICS, SCAT, PHMSA
Nice to have:
Experience with railroad and pipeline related emergencies
Benefits
401K - Employees are eligible to participate on the first day of the month following 3 months of service
Paid time off – starts at 16 days per year and increases with years of service
Holiday Pay - GHD observes 9 holidays per year
Wellness Benefit - reimbursement of 50% of the cost of items such as health club membership fees, home exercise equipment purchases, bicycles, race, run & marathon entrance fees, smoking cessation programs, weight loss programs (i.e.—Weight Watchers, Jenny Craig), Fitbits and Fitness Tracking devices, to a maximum of $250.00 reimbursement annually
About the Company
GHD is committed to empowering its people to make a positive impact, combining deep technical expertise with client and partner capabilities to respond to complex global challenges. GHD FIRST (Fast Incident Response Services Team) delivers turnkey, 24/7/365 incident response and management services throughout North America. GHD has more than 100 offices across North America with over 500 staff trained in emergency response and emergency management procedures.
We are committed to addressing the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and communities.
GHD is a global network of multi-disciplinary professionals providing clients with integrated solutions through engineering, environmental, design and construction expertise.
