Job Description GHD provides virtually all the services that those from the private and public sector require to advance a land development, or redevelopment project, from an initial vision to reality. Our projects are delivered through Land Development offices in Toronto, Mississauga, Markham and Whitby. Within the Land Development Group, GHD has expertise in the Master Environmental and Servicing Studies, planning, detailed design, approvals and contract administration of secondary plans, master plan communities, subdivisions, and site plans.

Our Ontario business is looking for a Lead Project Manager to join our Land Development Team. Lead the project and program management function or sub-function within the organization. Develop and implement plans supporting overall business objectives. Participate in and support vision and strategy development and decision-making for the entire company. Translate the company's mission, vision, and strategy into specific goals and actionable plans for the project and program management function.

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

• Stakeholder Management: Develop and implement stakeholder engagement strategies and plans across the program to identify relevant stakeholders, to create mutually supportive working relationships, and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice at both project and program levels.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Develop stakeholder engagement by identifying stakeholders; by finding out their needs, issues, and concerns; and by reacting to these needs, issues, and concerns to support the communication of business information and decisions.
• Leadership and Direction: Identify and communicate the actions needed to implement the function's strategy and business plan within the business area or department; explain the relationship to the broader organization's mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these tenets and do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
• Performance Management: Manage and report on the performance of a substantial, diverse team; set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports or project/account team members and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of team/personal objectives.
• Organizational Capability Building: Use the organization's formal development framework to identify the team's individual development needs. Plan and implement actions, including continuing professional development specified by professional or regulatory institutions, to build their professional capabilities. Provide informal training or coaching to others throughout the organization in own area of expertise to enable others to improve performance and fulfill personal potential.
• Policy Development and Implementation: Develop procedures and interpret and apply policy for area of expertise to achieve specified outputs, or advise the wider business on application of policy, then monitor implementation of those procedures within the organization.
• Portfolio Management: Initiate and lead the governance and delivery of a program or group of significant projects within a function, using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are identified and achieved.
• Strategic Partnering: Manage specific segments of strategic partnering, identifying and establishing beneficial relationships with partners, and effectively negotiating partnering agreements.
• Functional Strategy Formation: Contribute to the formation of a key element of functional strategy through specialist expertise and insights, to ensure that the strategy meets business needs.
• Project Management: Manage a portfolio of major projects in line with overall project management strategy.
• Prepare budgets, proposals, costs estimates, schedules and lead proposal preparation.
• Actively engage with clients, architects, planners and other industry leaders to generate awareness of GHD and its capabilities.
• Lead and coordinate both site plans and subdivision projects from the development of preliminary concepts through detailed design and construction.
• Keep clients informed of project status
• Liaise and coordinate with sub-consultants, other disciplines and members of other teams.
• Coordinate staffing resources to meet project deadlines for several projects concurrently.
• Liaise with municipalities, clients and other approval agencies in the pursuit of approvals and general coordination of work plan, communicating important project information.
• Manage project schedules, budgets and invoicing, initiating any necessary actions to achieve established financial targets.
• Ensure implementation of quality assurance procedures and processes.
• Ensure that project design records and files are effectively managed.
• Assist as needed with business planning, identifying opportunities for growth.
• Perform other design and approval related duties as assigned or required.
• Actively participate in staff development, staff assessments and business development activities.
• Actively promote the profile of GHD by attendance at industry functions and conferences.

What you bring to the team:

• Prepare budgets, proposals, costs estimates, schedules and lead proposal preparation.
• Actively engage with clients, architects, planners and other industry leaders to generate awareness of GHD and its capabilities.
• Lead and coordinate both site plans and subdivision projects from the development of preliminary concepts through detailed design and construction.
• Keep clients informed of project status
• Liaise and coordinate with sub-consultants, other disciplines and members of other teams.
• Coordinate staffing resources to meet project deadlines for several projects concurrently.
• Liaise with municipalities, clients and other approval agencies in the pursuit of approvals and general coordination of work plan, communicating important project information.
• Manage project schedules, budgets and invoicing, initiating any necessary actions to achieve established financial targets.
• Ensure implementation of quality assurance procedures and processes.
• Ensure that project design records and files are effectively managed.
• Assist as needed with business planning, identifying opportunities for growth.
• Perform other design and approval related duties as assigned or required.
• Actively participate in staff development, staff assessments and business development activities.
• Actively promote the profile of GHD by attendance at industry functions and conferences.

As a diverse and inclusive 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.