Project Manager

Job Description

Join a global professional services leader! We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy, and urbanization.

GHD has an excellent opportunity for a Project Manager professional to join our Emergency Response and Preparedness (GHD FIRST) team. This opportunity can be based out of the Houston, Dallas, or Baton Rouge office.

Responsibilities of the position will be but are not limited to:

• Responsible for responding to environmental emergencies throughout the GHD Mid-continent region. Must be willing to travel as needed to meet client requirements.
• Lead and mentor a team of emergency response professionals
• Identify and support business development, client expansion and proposal development activities for the Midwest business working with our regional business and market leadership
• Project management and leadership of various environmental and emergency projects including maintenance of project scope, schedule, budget, and quality through the coordination of project teams and via direct client communication
• Conduct environmental sampling and monitoring for various media and contaminants of concern by following established procedures
• Identify and register for regional activities that will raise visibility regionally for GHD by way of seminars, conferences, client events, speaking opportunities, sponsorships, and charity-related events (this would include some participation in key seminars/conferences)
• Be available for afterhours response to attend environmental emergencies to perform field tasks.
• Prepare technical correspondence, project proposals, technical reports, work plans, and project specifications including cost estimates and budgets - Data compilation, reduction, interpretation, evaluation/comparison to environmental regulatory standards

What you will bring to the team:

• 10-15+/- years of environmental emergency response experience including the coordination and management of projects consisting of environmental emergencies, environmental investigation, remediation, and monitoring
• Bachelor's degree in Environmental Engineering, Geology, Environmental Science or a related technical field
• Demonstrated experience responding to environmental emergencies, leading drills and exercises, tactical planning.
• Experience in client relationship development/management and business development with strong client relationships
• Bring in and develop new clients/projects for GHD
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with demonstrated ability to conduct effective client presentations and written report preparation
• Ability to present technical information in a concise and professional manner
• Willingness to respond to call outs during non-routine working hours
• Strong problem-solving abilities and skill
• Positive attitude, very strong interpersonal skills
• Experienced in emergency preparedness, air monitoring, environmental assessment/sampling, ICS, SCAT, PHMSA is a plus
• Experience with railroad and pipeline related emergencies a plus
• Excellent organizational skills with ability to multi-task and prioritize to meet project timelines
• Self-motivated and willingness to work in a team in a fast-paced environment

We offer a professional, yet welcoming, culture based on our core values of Teamwork, Respect, Safety, and Integrity. We also provide accelerated professional development through hands-on experience, mentorship, and training via our GHD Business School.

Are you passionate about pursuing this position? If so, please submit your resume and cover letter via the link below.

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.

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About Us

Why GHD?

Being the best we can be is in our culture.
We are a family of smart, innovative and creative problem solvers. In our employee-owned company, everything feels like it matters more. Challenge us and help us come up with new solutions to ensure water, energy and urbanisation are made sustainable for generations to come.

Our commitment to you

Commitment is a powerful word that defines how we do business, how we serve our clients and how we care for one another. We will support your needs by giving you the tools to do your best work and then recognise achievements. We will set your curiosity free to allow brilliant minds to do their best work. We will invest in new ideas, removing barriers where we can. Finally, we will encourage you to collaborate with thousands of diverse people across our global business.

Who we are

We are committed to solving the world's biggest challenges in the areas of water, energy and urbanisation. GHD is a global professional services company that is a leader in engineering, construction and architectural expertise. Established in 1928, we remain wholly owned by our people. We are 10,000+ diverse and skilled individuals, yet we are proudly 'One GHD' across more than 200 offices, spanning five continents - Asia, Australia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific region. Delivering extraordinary social and economic outcomes, we are passionate about building lasting relationships with our partners and clients.