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.
Who are we looking for? We are currently seeking a skilled professional manager of construction projects who independently performs the full range of responsibilities for routine projects. Applies established project management methods and solutions to typical project problems, contributing to the planning, contract management and delivery of projects. Supports the delivery of innovative, client-focused solutions across GHD's sectors including transport, water, property & buildings, energy, and environment. Focuses on broadening technical skills, progressing toward professional accreditation if applicable, and developing capabilities in project management and client engagement.
Our Hybrid Work Model:
Be part of the dynamic culture! Our workplace thrives on a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility. Join us in the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant environment.
Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in:
- Client & Customer Management (External): Manage relationships with small clients while also helping senior colleagues manage relationships with larger key clients and customers.
- Leadership and Direction: Explain the local action plan, to support team members in their understanding of what needs to be done, and how this relates to the broader business plan and the organization's strategy, mission, and vision; motivate people to achieve local business goals.
- Organizational Capability Building: Provide coaching to team members to develop their skills.
- Performance Management: Respond to personal objectives and use performance management systems to improve personal performance; or monitor the performance of the team, allocate work and review completion, take appropriate corrective action to ensure timeliness and quality, and contribute to formal individual performance management and appraisal.
- Project Closeout and Handover: Draft elements of product documentation and user training to support handover to business as usual. Contribute to post-project reviews and identification of lessons learned.
- Project Risk and Issue Management: Identify and evaluate risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints associated with the project, escalating matters where appropriate. Where necessary, develop, agree on, and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.
- Project Scope Definition: Manage the delivery of research, workshops, and other activities to support the specification and agreement of project deliverables.
- Regulatory and Compliance Management: Investigate standard incidents using current regulatory and compliance processes, systems, and procedures, and take action to solve immediate compliance issues. Advise more senior colleagues on more complex problems.
- Requirements Management: Identify, elicit, and document project/process requirements, using appropriate modeling technique, if required. Analyze requirements and validate with original users, eliminating confusion. Define the testing scripts and verification criteria to ensure requirements are met. Maintain documentation and traceability throughout project.
- Stakeholder Management: Plan and deliver stakeholder engagement activities to develop effective working relationships for projects and to ensure that stakeholder needs and concerns are identified and met.
Competencies Competencies describe the observable behaviours that differentiate effective performance in this job and guide expectations, feedback, and development discussions.
- Action Oriented – Takes on new opportunities and tough challenges with a sense of urgency, high energy, and enthusiasm. For example, takes immediate, decisive, independent action to resolve issues or problems. Persists as needed. Quickly and consistently identifies and pursues beneficial new opportunities.
- Balances Stakeholders – Anticipates and balances the needs of multiple stakeholders. For example, ensures that own efforts meet the needs and requirements of internal and external stakeholders. Works to identify all relevant issues and satisfy the interests of multiple stakeholders during the decisionmaking process.
- Collaborates – Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. For example, readily involves others to accomplish goals; stays in touch and shares information; discourages "us versus them" thinking; shows appreciation for others' ideas and input.
- Communicates Effectively – Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. For example, seeks out others' perspectives and asks good questions. Shares information that people want to know; gives appropriate context and details when speaking.
- Directs Work – Provides direction, delegating, and removing obstacles to get work done. For example, confirms mutual agreement on accountabilities, fostering strong coordination and minimizing duplicated efforts. Communicates delays or problems early so others can manage their own work schedules effectively.
- Drives Results – Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances. For example, devotes considerable effort to surpassing goals and achieving the best possible results; goes above and beyond to achieve excellence. Drives ahead with great focus when faced with obstacles and setbacks; maintains productivity and a positive attitude.
- Ensures Accountability – Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments. For example, accepts responsibility for own work, both successes and failures. Handles fair share and does not make excuses for problems. Usually meets commitments to others.
- Instills Trust – Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity. For example, consistently adheres to organizational policies and practices, even when they are unpopular or inconvenient. Builds trust by honoring commitments and by being open and honest at work.
- Manages Complexity – Makes sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. For example, looks at complex issues from multiple angles; explores issues to uncover underlying issues and root causes; sees the main consequences and implications of different options.
- Optimizes Work Processes – Knows the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. For example, uses metrics and benchmarks to monitor accuracy and quality. Takes steps to make methods productive and efficient. Promptly and effectively addresses process breakdowns.
- Situational Adaptability – Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match the shifting demands of different situations. For example, takes steps to adapt to changing needs, conditions, priorities, or opportunities. Understands the cues that suggest a change in approach is needed; adopts new behaviors accordingly. Skills Skills reflect the technical, professional, and functional capabilities required to perform the job effectively at the expected level, and guide assessment and development.
- Business Requirements Analysis – Works with full competence to express user needs in terms of business requirements, identify current capability of the business to deliver, conduct build or buy analyses, and recommend preferred approach. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Data Collection and Analysis – Works with full competence to determine and analyze trends from data that is collected to assist in compiling reports that will help in decision-making. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Document and Model User Requirements – Works with full competence to utilize the appropriate modeling tool(s) to diagram the requirements from data and state changes, process and process improvements, as well as use cases and user stories. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Issue Management Techniques – Works with full competence to resolve identified issues promptly and sustainably by utilizing the organization's issue management systems, solving problems, identifying root causes, implementing corrective actions, deploying preventative strategies, and monitoring and reporting on the progress of open issues. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Manages Resistance – Works with full competence to identify, address, and navigate opposition or reluctance effectively, fostering a collaborative environment and facilitating positive outcomes in the face of resistance. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Prioritizing – Works with full competence to prioritize components of a project, program, or portfolio work in context with risks, activities, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Project Communications Management – Works with full competence to ensure timely and appropriate planning, collection, creation, distribution, storage, retrieval, management, control, archiving, and disposition of project information. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Project Estimating – Works with full competence to estimate each of the components of project, program, or portfolio work, including costs, activity durations, resource needs, risks, stakeholders, etc. across the life of the project or program. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Project Management Techniques – Works with full competence to plan and manage small project work assignments within desired cost, time and quality parameters. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Project Scope Management – Works with full competence to identify, verify, and manage changes to the scope of the project or program, utilizing the most appropriate approach. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Requirements Creation and Verification – Works with full competence to create the rules for requirements and design quality, perform verification activities, and maintain quality control. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Requirements Elicitation and Facilitation – Works with full competence to lead facilitated sessions for requirements elicitation, focus groups, and user acceptance testing. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Requirements Traceability and Management – Works with full competence to manage the documentation, archiving, traceability, changes, and approvals of requirements throughout the project life cycle. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Stakeholder Expectation Management – Works with full competence to identify potential stakeholders, analyze their expectations, and develop strategies for managing stakeholders and their expectations. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
- Validate Requirements – Works with full competence to identify assumptions in order to manage risk, assess the success with measurable evaluation criteria, and evaluate alignment of requirements with solution scope to support value delivery. Typically works without supervision and may provide technical guidance.
What you’ll bring to the team:
Education
- Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level
Experience
- General Experience: Experience enables job holder to deal with the majority of situations and to advise others (Over 3 years to 6 years)
- Managerial Experience: Experience of supervising and directing people and other resources to achieve specific end results within limited timeframes (13 months to 3 years)
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.