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About the Role

Seeking an experienced Nuclear Project Director to lead complex nuclear and energy capital projects across Canada and North America. This senior role involves strategic project portfolio leadership, major project execution, client engagement, governance, and risk management.

Responsibilities

Serve as Project Director on complex nuclear, energy, and major infrastructure and advisory projects, providing senior oversight from concept and feasibility through execution, commissioning, and closeout.
Lead strategic project portfolios, including capital planning, project selection, governance, prioritization, and execution readiness for clients with large-scale CAPEX programs.
Support GHD’s Energy growth objectives by helping originate, shape, and deliver opportunities across nuclear power, nuclear waste, nuclear decommissioning, renewable power generation, hydropower, transmission and distribution, and industrial energy systems.
Partner with Market and Sector Leaders, Business Group Leaders, Relationship Managers, technical specialists, and regional delivery teams to develop capture plans, position GHD for strategic pursuits, and convert opportunities into profitable backlog.
Provide executive-level client leadership, building trusted relationships with nuclear operators, OEMs, waste management, Indigenous communities, government agencies, contraction partners, and financing organizations.
Lead multidisciplinary project teams, including engineering, environmental, permitting, Indigenous engagement, project controls, procurement, construction management, commissioning, and operations readiness resources.
Establish and implement project governance, risk management, change management, commercial controls, communication protocols, and decision-making frameworks that improve delivery certainty.
Drive safety leadership and promote a strong site safety culture across project teams, contractors, and client stakeholders.
Guide value engineering, constructability reviews, scope control, cost optimization, schedule recovery, and issue resolution on major capital projects.
Mentor project managers and emerging leaders, strengthening GHD’s project delivery capability and helping build a scalable major projects platform across Energy.
Collaborate across Canada, the United States, and global GHD networks to leverage technical capability, Global Collaboration Centres, and best-practice delivery models.

Requirements

Engineering degree or related technical qualification is preferred; graduate education in project management, business administration, or a related discipline is an asset.
Professional licensure or eligibility preferred (P.Eng. + PMP).
15-18 years of experience in the nuclear, energy, or related sector, including business development, project management, and technical leadership for major infrastructure.
Extensive senior leadership experience in project direction, project portfolio management, capital project execution, operations leadership, and general management within energy, nuclear, aerospace, or related sectors.
Demonstrated experience leading major capital projects and portfolios, including projects valued in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
Proven ability to lead end-to-end project execution, including facility design, equipment selection, consultant and contractor selection, construction management, commissioning, and operations turnover.
Strong commercial acumen, with experience managing scope, cost, schedule, procurement, contracts, risk, change, and governance on complex projects.
Track record of improving project outcomes through value engineering, contractor engagement, cost optimization, project controls, and disciplined issue resolution.
Experience supporting nuclear or energy sector clients through strategic growth, operational improvement, reliability, maintenance, and asset performance initiatives.
Strong executive presence and ability to work effectively with senior leadership teams, Boards of Directors, clients, contractors, government stakeholders, and community partners.
Experience working with Indigenous communities and an understanding of the importance of respectful engagement, partnership, social license, and community benefit in major project development.
Ability to build, motivate, and lead high-performing teams over multi-year project lifecycles.
Proven experience in nuclear business development in a market-facing role is required.
Commitment to health, safety, quality, inclusion, collaboration, and GHD’s values as an employee-owned organization.
Experience with Design Bid Build (DBB), Design Build (DB), and alternative delivery projects such as Progressive DB, Integrated Project Delivery/Alliance and/or P3 considered an asset.

Skills

Project Director
Strategic project portfolios
Major project execution
Client engagement
Governance
Risk management
Multidisciplinary delivery
Business development
Project management
Technical leadership
Capital project execution
Operations leadership
General management
Commercial acumen
Value engineering
Contractor engagement
Cost optimization
Project controls
Issue resolution
Executive presence
Team leadership
Nuclear business development

Location

Ontario (Waterloo, Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Whitby, Peterborough, St. Catherines)

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

15-18 years of experience
Extensive senior leadership experience

Education Level

Engineering degree or related technical qualification
Graduate education in project management, business administration, or a related discipline
Professional licensure or eligibility (P.Eng. + PMP)

About the Company

GHD’s Energy business is positioned for significant growth across the Americas, with priority areas including power generation, transmission and distribution, battery energy storage systems, hydropower, future fuels, gas-to-power, renewable natural gas, carbon capture, and major project delivery for mining and industrial clients.
We bring together advisory, engineering, environmental, permitting, Indigenous engagement, project management, and delivery expertise to support clients across the full project lifecycle.
As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce.
GHD is an equal opportunity employer.
GHD is an employee-owned organization.

Equal Opportunity

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.