Professional Services Lead, Transportation

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising; Canada; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Professional Services Lead to oversee transportation projects in Canada. This role involves directing project delivery excellence, mentoring teams, and enhancing technical skills across various disciplines. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in leadership, strategic thinking, and a commitment to quality. Join a collaborative environment where your contributions will significantly impact the community and beyond. If you are passionate about driving change and fostering innovation, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• Minimum 15 years' experience in a leadership role.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng) license is required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee engineering, planning, and construction administration in transportation.
• Enhance technical skills development and quality program direction.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organizational Skills

Strategic Thinking

Problem Solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field

Job description

Professional Services Lead, Transportation - ( 180302 )

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

Leadership for Professional Services Lead at HDR in Canada consists of overseeing, coordinating, and directing the business classes who are responsible for project delivery excellence in their specialized discipline. This individual will be a key partner to the business group manager, market sector leads and department managers so that the team functions as a unit and that delivery teams are empowered, supported and that staff have career development opportunities. There are ten business classes in Canada Transportation including Highways, Planning, Traffic Engineering, Bridges & Structures, Program Management, Transit Engineering, Rail & Transit Systems, Transport Hydraulics, Construction Administration and Freight. This role will have a dotted line to the Cross Sector Business Class Leads to further develop BGX in Canada.

The Professional Services Leader will report to the Canadian Transportation Business Group manager. In addition, the Leader will be connected to Business Group Professional Services Directors around the company to maintain HDR’s collaborative team environment. The Leader will function as Principal-in-Charge/Senior Project Manager/Quality Manager and take responsibility for production on projects in addition to operations and business development responsibilities, as necessary and appropriate. Direct reports include the Business Class leaders and technical staff.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide oversight to the engineering, planning and construction administration technical services across the transportation business group
• Enhance and promote technical skills development
• Contribute to workload leaders with technical staff assignment to projects
• Quality program direction, in alliance with Canada Quality Lead, including staffing quality program assignments to projects, implementation of quality, standards and best practices across the operation
• Leadership and participation in technical reviews, includes PARR participation
• Technical learning path development and mentoring
• Technical and digital delivery evolution
• Execute HDR standard practices, procedures and approaches
• Support overall strategy, development, and leadership for each Business Class
• Advance HDR's technical industry presence at conferences and through external learning opportunities

Secondary Responsibilities

• Input and leadership to pursuit strategies
• Recruiting
• Cross Business Group and Cross Sector Champion
• Take an active role in communities, committees and advancing industry issues

Preferred Qualifications

• A minimum of 15 years' experience.
• Professional Engineer (P.Eng) license.
• Excellent communication, leadership and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of the local market.
• Evidence of strategic thinking and a collaborative approach to problem solving
• Excellent communication skills. Comfortable presenting to client executives and in front of a large audience in a public setting
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams. Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

At HDR, the health and safety of our employees is of the utmost importance. In accordance with local safety, health, and environmental legislation, HDR is committed to developing, maintaining, and enforcing proactive safe work policies, procedures, and standards.

In accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) and other applicable legislation, we are committed to meeting the accessibility needs of persons with disabilities. Candidates with disabilities may request reasonable accommodation throughout the recruitment and selection process by contacting our Human Resources team.

HDR is a certified Living Wage Employer in Ontario, British Columbia, and Alberta.

Primary Location

Canada

Industry

Transit

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class: Marketing and Admin

Job Posting

Oct 7, 2024

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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