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About the Role
This role focuses on the successful management and delivery of secure, high-complexity defence infrastructure projects for Canadian public-sector clients. The candidate will provide design management across a diverse defence portfolio, supporting operations across land, air, and naval environments nationwide. This opportunity is ideal for a driven and experienced design manager looking to lead high-profile defence projects while contributing to the growth and capability of GHD’s defence and federal practice.
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage multi-disciplinary design delivery for infrastructure and facilities projects, including federal defense work, to produce compliant, constructible solutions aligned with Client, operational, and construction requirements
- Ensure all engineering design outputs align with GHD standards, project-specific processes, and federal regulatory requirements
- Responsible for coordinating Quality Control of all deliverable submittals in accordance with GHD’s Quality Management System
- Responsible for developing or verifying the technical scope of a project and working with disciplines to provide pricing during proposal, and subsequently work planning following project award to initiate design activities
- Participate actively in the preparation and adherence to a schedule of deliverables in collaboration with the Project Controls team
- Responsible for managing the engineering design budget and providing key inputs to the Project Controls team
- Responsible for implementing and following the project’s Change Control system, including proactive escalation of potential changes
- Participate to continuously review and improve the overall project strategy to meet design schedule and budget with the ability to support staging and phasing requirements.
- Ensure fluid communication between the project management team, the design team, construction team and the various internal and external stakeholders as engineering elements
- Verifies that the schedule and budget data match the progress of the professional services throughout execution of the project.
- Coordinates the preparation of the design criteria by the team discipline leads
- Lead the creation and execution of design work plan and level of effort (LOE).
- Convenes, chairs and documents interdisciplinary design coordination meetings and brings forward updates and any critical issues that impact external stakeholders to the Project Manager.
- May serve as liaison between the construction contract administrator and engineering team during construction. Coordinates multidisciplinary problem resolution resulting from non-compliance with drawings and specifications at the site.
Requirements
- 5+ years of design management experience on multi-discipline architectural or engineering teams for infrastructure or facility projects within Canada and an additional 5+ years of industry experience.
- Technical proficiency and previous project design experience in one or more discipline (civil, structural, architectural, process mechanical, building mechanical, electrical, or instrumentation & control) considered an asset
- Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques is a definite asset.
- Experience with Building Information Modelling (BIM) on multi-discipline projects
- Experience delivering projects using alternative delivery models (e.g., Design-Build, P3, Alliance) would be considered an asset
- The ability to deal with uncertainty, changing and multiple priorities
- Strong skills in verbal and written communication
- Strong organizational skills
Skills
- Design Management
- Defence Projects
- Federal Governance
- Security Requirements
- Alternative Delivery Models
- Scheduling Software
- Capital Cost Estimating
- Building Information Modelling (BIM)
- Verbal Communication
- Written Communication
- Organizational Skills
Location
- Canada
Work Type
- Hybrid
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5+ years of design management experience
- 5+ years of industry experience
Education Level
- Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) degree in or equivalent from a recognized college or university
Salary/Compensations
- $81,270 - $135,450
Benefits
- Competitive compensation
- Unlimited space to grow
About the Company
- Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and environmental scientists all working towards the same goal.
- Join a team that brings inspirational architecture, landscapes, townscapes and places to our world.
- As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce.
Equal Opportunity
- GHD is an equal opportunity employer.
- Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.