Senior Project Manager-Highways Roads- Ontario​/Inland Empire

Senior Project Manager – Highways Roads – Ontario/Inland Empire

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Job Description

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transportation in the communities you live and work! The US West Region is looking for a motivated Senior Transportation Project Manager to support GHD’s established Highways, Roads, and Bridges practice throughout California and the US West. We are seeking a proactive Senior Project Manager with the skills to help take our practice to the next level in the delivery of highways, interchanges, local roads, roundabouts, trails / active transportation, bridges, and other vital improvements.

Through a broad network of clients, GHD has exposure to these transportation projects through Federal, State, Regional, County, and Municipal agencies and private sectors. This is a unique opportunity to join a large, well‑established organization with a culture that promotes teamwork, integrity, and respect. You will work closely with our highly skilled multi‑disciplinary teams throughout the organization and our clients to efficiently deliver projects and provide high‑value consultancy services.

This position will work remotely from Ontario/Inland Empire, but will be networked through our offices across the West Region with a focus on our offices in California.

• 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.
• Portfolio Management:
  Plan and manage the delivery of projects within a professional expertise area.
• Project Team Management:
  Lead large project teams or multiple small‑to‑medium‑sized teams; define the project vision, communicate outcomes, and provide guidance to achieve these outcomes.
• Project Risk and Issue Management:
  Manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints; 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.
• Culture of Innovation:
  Drive a culture of innovation by creating multi‑stakeholder solutions that boost creativity, innovation, and collaboration.
• Leadership and Direction:
  Communicate actions needed to implement the function’s strategy and business plan within the team; motivate people to commit to extraordinary results.
• Personal Capability Building:
  Develop own capabilities through training, coaching, and professional accreditation.
• Transformational Change Management:
  Manage projects within a transformational change program, ensuring integration with related projects.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans for projects.
• Project Scope Definition:
  Plan and lead the delivery of information gathering, analysis, and stakeholder consultation activities.
• Project Assurance:
  Manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project and take appropriate action to resolve issues.
• Enterprise Business Analysis:
  Interpret the business need and identify solution recommendations.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering or related field; master’s degree preferred.

• 10+ years of experience with solid technical knowledge and skills across the transportation & municipal engineering, including a strong background in planning & design; construction experience a plus.
• Registered Civil Engineer designation in the State of California is preferred.

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, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status or veteran status.

Salary Range: $138,000–$207,000 based on experience.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Project Management, Consulting, and Engineering

Civil Engineering, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Environmental Services

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