GHD
Project Manager - Highways Roads (GHD)
Location: US West Region – Northern California offices (Concord, Santa Rosa, Roseville, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Luis Obispo, Redding, Eureka) or Phoenix, AZ.
Overview 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.
Responsibilities
Project Governance: Clarify roles and responsibilities within the project team and ensure project compliance with the organization’s wider program and/or portfolio management decision‑making structures and processes.
Portfolio Management: Plan and manage the delivery of projects within an area of professional expertise, using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are achieved.
Project Team Management: Lead large project teams (or multiple small‑to‑medium teams); define the project vision, communicate the necessary outcomes, and provide guidance to achieve these outcomes; coordinate team actions across project activities; coordinate the flow of additional team members on and off the team, as needed; and build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
Project Risk and Issue Management: Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
Project Benefit Realization: Deliver baseline assessments and post‑implementation analyses to evaluate and track the realization of business benefits.
Project Resource Management: Negotiate and manage deployment of project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multi‑stakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
Leadership and Direction: Communicate the actions needed to implement the function’s strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization’s mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
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 in‑depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Transformational Change Management: Manage projects or substantial workstreams within a transformational change program, ensuring integration with related projects; use structured change management methodologies to build acceptance of change and to embed desired culture and behaviors.
Stakeholder Management: Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans for projects to identify relevant stakeholders, to develop positive stakeholder relationships, and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice.
Project Scope Definition: Plan and lead the delivery of a range of information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on project deliverables.
Project Assurance: Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, to give senior stakeholders confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.
Enterprise Business Analysis: Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
Qualifications & Experience
8+ years of experience with solid technical knowledge and skills across transportation & municipal engineering, including a strong background in planning & design; construction experience a plus.
Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California or Arizona – required.
Experience in transportation project management, specifically in highways and roads.
Experience with project management software and tools.
Ability to lead the development of project/client proposals and participate in interviews as needed.
Knowledge of Caltrans and AASHTO guidelines and standards and a strong foundation and understanding of PS&E package development.
Experience with local agency, state and federally funded transportation projects including projects delivered in partnership with Caltrans through their oversight process.
Salary Salary Range: $103,000 – $172,000 based on experience.
EEO Statement As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
About GHD GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee‑owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals across more than 200 offices spanning five continents. The Power of Commitment is our brand promise – we are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs so that we can make water, energy, and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
Overview 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.
Responsibilities
Project Governance: Clarify roles and responsibilities within the project team and ensure project compliance with the organization’s wider program and/or portfolio management decision‑making structures and processes.
Portfolio Management: Plan and manage the delivery of projects within an area of professional expertise, using an appropriate project management methodology to give assurance that intended outcomes are achieved.
Project Team Management: Lead large project teams (or multiple small‑to‑medium teams); define the project vision, communicate the necessary outcomes, and provide guidance to achieve these outcomes; coordinate team actions across project activities; coordinate the flow of additional team members on and off the team, as needed; and build the capability of the team through training, coaching, and mentoring.
Project Risk and Issue Management: Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating these matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
Project Benefit Realization: Deliver baseline assessments and post‑implementation analyses to evaluate and track the realization of business benefits.
Project Resource Management: Negotiate and manage deployment of project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization.
Culture of Innovation: Drive a culture of innovation by creating multi‑stakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration across business units, such as idea generation platforms, jam sessions, and hackathons.
Leadership and Direction: Communicate the actions needed to implement the function’s strategy and business plan within the team; explain the relationship to the broader organization’s mission, vision, and values; motivate people to commit to these and to do extraordinary things to achieve local business goals.
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 in‑depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
Transformational Change Management: Manage projects or substantial workstreams within a transformational change program, ensuring integration with related projects; use structured change management methodologies to build acceptance of change and to embed desired culture and behaviors.
Stakeholder Management: Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans for projects to identify relevant stakeholders, to develop positive stakeholder relationships, and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice.
Project Scope Definition: Plan and lead the delivery of a range of information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate, and agree on project deliverables.
Project Assurance: Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and take appropriate action to resolve any issues identified, to give senior stakeholders confidence that the project can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.
Enterprise Business Analysis: Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations to business problems at a business unit level.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering or related field.
Qualifications & Experience
8+ years of experience with solid technical knowledge and skills across transportation & municipal engineering, including a strong background in planning & design; construction experience a plus.
Registered Civil Engineer in the State of California or Arizona – required.
Experience in transportation project management, specifically in highways and roads.
Experience with project management software and tools.
Ability to lead the development of project/client proposals and participate in interviews as needed.
Knowledge of Caltrans and AASHTO guidelines and standards and a strong foundation and understanding of PS&E package development.
Experience with local agency, state and federally funded transportation projects including projects delivered in partnership with Caltrans through their oversight process.
Salary Salary Range: $103,000 – $172,000 based on experience.
EEO Statement As a multicultural organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race; color; religion; genetic information; national origin; sex (including same sex); sexual orientation; gender identity; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; age; disability or handicap; citizenship status; service member status; or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.
About GHD GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee‑owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals across more than 200 offices spanning five continents. The Power of Commitment is our brand promise – we are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs so that we can make water, energy, and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.
#J-18808-Ljbffr