GHD · 2 days ago
Technical Director - Water, US Central Region
Houston, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
20+ years expGHD is a company dedicated to the importance of water for the health of our world. They are seeking a Technical Director - Water to lead projects in water and wastewater treatment, overseeing multi-disciplinary teams and managing client relationships to drive positive water outcomes.
ArchitectureCivil EngineeringConstructionConsultingEnergyEnvironmental ConsultingEnvironmental EngineeringProfessional ServicesTransportationWater
Hiring Manager
Teisa Wamsteeker, RPR
Responsibilities
Needs Assessment: Engage with senior business leaders to understand long-term strategic challenges
Improvement/Innovation: Initiate, formulate, and implement new business practices within a specific discipline while managing the development and/or delivery of a significant element of the organization's change management program
Culture of Innovation: Define the execution plan to disseminate innovative capabilities across the businesses, helping people develop these competencies and enabling them to innovate through solutions such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons
Engineering Solutions Design: Lead the design of complex and/or innovative engineering solutions and the associated validation processes for a business-critical area of engineering to enable the realization of engineering design briefs that conform to organizational and/or regulatory standards
Engineering Standards Specification: Provide leadership on the design and development of engineering standards and specifications for a business-critical area that must be adhered to by the organization and/or its suppliers, contractors, and consultants to ensure engineering work of the required quality is delivered and to manage the risks associated with engineering programs
Knowledge Management: Manage the development of policies and processes for knowledge management to ensure the creation of best practices and the setup of case studies and internal knowledge-sharing sessions; manage, capture, and share knowledge among colleagues on project/program outcomes and innovative practices across a large area to support the practice
Technical Developments Recommendation: Lead the discussion and recommendation of more complex or innovative technical developments to improve the quality of the website/portal/application software and supporting infrastructure to better meet users’ needs
Professional Supervision: Lead and oversee the provision of professional supervision to ensure that there is effective professional supervision that supports practitioners' professional development and embeds reflective practice
Feasibility Studies: Conduct the most-complex feasibility studies from a technological and organizational perspective and document findings to complete cost-benefit analysis on implementing changes to business processes, products, or business unit structure
Product and Solution Development: Take responsibility for managing the definition, development, and delivery of a significant product or service within the product development and engineering program, ensuring alignment with customer requirements
Project Management: Manage a portfolio of major projects in line with overall project management strategy
Client & Customer Management (External): Manage key client and customer relationships. Likely to involve using account teams to maintain customer satisfaction and loyalty
Provide technical leadership and overall execution of major treatment projects while working cooperatively with multidisciplinary design teams in the preparation of design packages and participating in quality reviews
Provide senior strategic leadership in growing the water business within Western Canada through building client relationships and mentoring junior water team members in their career
Take a leading role in business development initiatives, including collaboration with our Pursuit Team in the development of high-quality, strategic proposals
Take responsibility for monitoring and reporting of project performance, progress and quality on behalf of GHD
Supervisory role in training, mentoring and skills development of the water engineering team
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
P.E. designation
Experience level enables job holder to provide leadership to others regarding work related systems, processes and challenges
Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes
Minimum of 20 years of experience in a professional water consulting environment, with notable project technical leadership and management experience
Strong business development skills and contacts with some of our key clients across the United States
Outstanding interpersonal communication skills (both oral and written), with the ability to interact effectively with all levels of the organization in a collaborative fashion
Proven supervisory role in mentoring junior and intermediate engineers, project managers and technologists
Preferred
Master's Degree being an asset
Company
GHD
Addressing the world’s biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and communities.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$0.04MKey Investors
Callaghan Innovation
2021-09-08Grant· $0.01M
2020-10-07Grant· $0.03M
Leadership Team
Jim Giannopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
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