Design Manager - Health Care & Social Infrastructure

GHD; Markham; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

GHD is seeking a Design Manager to lead health care and social infrastructure projects based in Markham, Canada. The role requires extensive design management experience and offers the opportunity to influence impactful projects in a global context. Join a diverse team to solve complex challenges while fostering innovation and commitment to excellence.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design management experience on large engineering projects.
• Expertise in human-centered design and health facility planning.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Manage multi-disciplinary project delivery for health care and social infrastructure.
• Coordinate Quality Control of all deliverable submittals.
• Develop technical scope and oversee project budget.

Skills

Budgeting

Resource allocation

Communication

Organizational skills

Education

Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) degree

Tools

Scheduling software

Job description

Design Manager - Health Care & Social Infrastructure

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Job Description

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.

Job Description

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.

In an ever-changing world, it requires creativity and innovation to stay ahead.

We’re seeking the curious, those who are stimulated by fresh thinking and a desire to shape our communities in new, positive ways.

As part of a truly global team, working on complex and rewarding projects, you'll be at the forefront of driving change.

See what the power of commitment can do for you.

Who we are looking for:

Due to continuing growth in our Health Care and Social Infrastructure practice, our EDO (Engineering Design Organization) is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to take on the role of Design Manager – Health Care and Social Infrastructure based out of any of our GTA offices - Waterloo, Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Whitby.

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

• Responsible for managing multi-disciplinary project delivery for health care and social infrastructure projects to produce a compliant, constructible design in accordance with Client requirements, Operation and Maintenance requirements, and Construction requirements.
• Ensure the design produced follows appropriate engineering processes, including GHD and Project specific processes.
• 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 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.
  
  

What you will bring to the team:

• Bachelor’s (B.Sc.) degree or equivalent from a recognized college or university.
• 10+ years of design management experience on large ($250M+ CAPX), multi-discipline engineering teams for health care and social infrastructure projects within Canada.
• Technical proficiency and previous project design experience in clinical design, construction, or operational environment.
• Expertise in human-centered design or healthcare facility planning, including knowledge of hospital regulations, CSA Standards for health facilities, and accessibility standards.
• Familiarity with building information modeling (BIM) and integrated project delivery (IPD) approaches.
• Experience with electronic health records (EHR) systems such as Epic, Cerner, or Meditech.
• Demonstrated experience in the Ontario healthcare planning and design environment, including various capital planning approval stages with the Ministry of Health
• Understanding of clinical workflows and patient care pathways.
• Certification in Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black Belt) or equivalent, with experience in process mapping, root cause analysis (RCA), and key performance indicator (KPI) development.
• Strong budgeting and resource allocation skills, with a proven track record of leading multidisciplinary teams.
• Knowledge of scheduling software and engineering and capital cost estimating techniques is a definite asset.
• Familiarity with different project delivery methods on larger projects, including Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Alliances, and Public-Private Partnerships (P3s), is an asset.
• Member of the PEO, an important asset.
• The ability to deal with uncertainty, changing and multiple priorities.
• Strong skills in verbal and written communication.
• Strong organizational skills.
  
  

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.

About Us

Take on some of the world’s toughest challenges - with GHD supporting you every step of the way.

We'll give you control over your career, empower you to find innovative solutions and help you create a lasting impact.

See where your commitment could take you with GHD.

Our Pledge to You

At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day.

That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today.

See where your commitment could take you.

That’s the #PowerOfCommitment

Who We Are

GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee-owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.

The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management, Consulting, and Engineering

• Industries

  Civil Engineering, Industrial Machinery Manufacturing, and Environmental Services

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