Business Group Leader - Geotechnical Engineering/Technical Director

Who are we looking for?  

The Geotechnical Business Group Leader will lead the performance, growth and development of GHD’s Central Canada Geotechnical Business Group. This senior leadership role combines business and people leadership with technical and project-delivery experience.

You’ll set direction for the group, strengthen our technical capability, develop our people and support the successful delivery of complex projects. You’ll also play an important role in growing our business, building client relationships and ensuring the team has the capability and capacity to respond to current and future market opportunities.

Working closely with regional and national leaders, Team Leaders, Market Leaders, Project Directors and technical specialists, you’ll help connect our Central Canada geotechnical capability with expertise across GHD.

Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in office, 3 days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment. This role can be based in any of our Ontario offices - Toronto, Mississauga, Markham , Waterloo or Whitby. 

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

• Lead business performance and growth: Own the Business Group’s financial performance, including revenue, backlog, utilization, profitability and forecasting, while developing and executing a focused growth plan for Central Canada. 
• Build and develop the team: Lead workforce planning, hiring, succession and development, building the technical, project and leadership capability needed to support current and future growth. 
• Lead and empower others: Coach and support Team Leaders and senior staff, creating clear accountability for people leadership, resource planning, technical quality and project performance. 
• Strengthen client and market relationships: Build relationships with priority clients, partners and stakeholders, maintain a healthy opportunity pipeline and guide strategic pursuits and go/no-go decisions. 
• Manage resources and capability: Maintain visibility of workload and capacity across the group, coordinating resources across offices, disciplines and other Canadian geotechnical teams to meet project and specialist needs. 
• Provide project and technical leadership: Support major, complex and higher-risk geotechnical and geostructural projects, providing senior technical direction and oversight of scope, budgets, schedules, quality, commercial performance and risk. 
• Support complex and alternate delivery projects: Provide leadership across investigation, design and construction, including Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build and Technical Advisor assignments, engaging technical specialists where appropriate. 
• Collaborate and champion excellence: Work across GHD’s regional, national and global network to strengthen technical capability, share knowledge and reinforce expectations for health, safety, quality and risk management.

• →Bachelor’s degree in Civil, Geotechnical or a related engineering discipline. 
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  Professional Engineer (P.Eng.) designation in Ontario, or eligibility to obtain Ontario licensure, required.

• →MTO RAQS certification, or eligibility to obtain certification. 
• →Typically 15+ years of progressive geotechnical engineering experience, including senior responsibility for complex infrastructure or development projects. 
• →Demonstrated experience leading a professional services team or business group, with accountability for financial performance, growth, forecasting and workforce planning. 
• →Broad technical knowledge of geotechnical and geostructural engineering across investigation, analysis, design and construction, with the judgement to identify risk and engage appropriate technical specialists. 
• →Experience delivering projects across transportation, water, energy and resources, environment, municipal or commercial development markets; experience with major and alternate-delivery projects is an asset. 
• →Demonstrated ability to build and develop high-performing teams, including recruiting, succession planning and coaching Team Leaders, project managers and senior technical staff. 
• →Strong commercial and client-management skills, including scope and fee development, contract and change management, project recovery, client relationships and business development. 
• →Collaborative leadership style with strong communication and judgement, and a commitment to technical excellence, client service and One GHD.

We are committed to offering competitive compensation and adhere to all relevant pay transparency legislation.  

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) in recruiting is just getting started and may be used during the process to improve efficiency and fairness. Your application may be reviewed by both AI and our hiring team. While AI supports some steps through the process, all final hiring decisions are made by humans

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.

This position is for an existing vacancy.

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