Job DescriptionHelp us build the future-and lead the growth of our municipal construction services practice.The
Project Manager/Market Lead- Construction will work across Transportation, Water, Buildings, and Construction Phase Services leadership to establish and execute a focused growth plan for Hawaii. The position will cultivate trusted relationships with public agencies, teaming partners, contractors, and industry organizations; identify and capture priority opportunities; and provide senior oversight for construction management, program management, project management, resident engineering, and owner-advisory assignments.
The role is intentionally practice-flexible. It will connect client needs with GHD capabilities across multiple infrastructure sectors while strengthening a high-performing regional team through recruiting, mentoring, resource planning, and collaboration across business groups and geographies. The successful candidate will bring an owner-focused perspective, practical construction judgment, broad multidisciplinary experience, and the ability to move effectively between market development and hands-on delivery leadership.
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Responsibilities include: Strategy and Business Planning- Develop and maintain an annual business plan for Northern California construction management and program management services across priority public infrastructure markets.
- Define priority clients, target sectors, pursuits, pipeline objectives, visibility activities, relationship plans, and measurable business development indicators.
- Monitor agency capital programs, procurement activity, funding priorities, market trends, and competitor and teaming dynamics across transportation, facilities, water, utilities, and related markets.
- Provide a forward-looking view of staffing, recruiting, training, geographic coverage, and technical capabilities needed to support sustainable growth.
- Adjust sector emphasis based on client demand, available delivery talent, strategic fit, and near-term opportunity potential.
Winning Work and Client Development- Build and sustain executive-level and working relationships with transit and transportation agencies, airports, municipalities, utilities, educational institutions, and other public owners.
- Leverage an established network of consulting firms, contractors, specialty partners, and small businesses to assemble effective pursuit and delivery teams.
- Lead capture planning for priority pursuits, including client positioning, partner strategy, win themes, staffing, scope, pricing input, and interview preparation.
- Guide responses to requests for qualifications and proposals using disciplined opportunity tracking and reusable marketing content.
- Represent GHD through industry associations, conferences, civic engagement, and other market-facing activities that strengthen visibility and relationships.
- Collaborate across GHD to offer integrated construction management, program management, engineering, environmental, architecture, utilities, permitting, risk, asset management, and advisory solutions.
Project and Contract Delivery- Serve in a senior project leadership, program management, construction management, resident engineering, project management, or client advisory role based on assignment needs.
- Provide oversight of contract administration, schedule, cost, change management, quality, safety coordination, submittals, requests for information, progress payments, closeout, commissioning, and turnover.
- Coordinate effectively among owners, designers, contractors, operators, maintainers, utilities, permitting agencies, facility users, and other stakeholders.
- Apply practical experience across civil and structural work, transportation systems, stations, maintenance facilities, airports, municipal buildings, water and wastewater systems, utilities, mechanical and electrical systems, telecommunications, and roadway interfaces.
- Promote consistent project management practices, contract compliance, quality management, risk identification, documentation, and timely decision-making.
- Identify follow-on assignments and amendments by understanding client needs and maintaining strong delivery performance.
Operations and Commercial Management- Support operational planning, project financial performance, forecasting, workload management, and resource allocation across participating practices.
- Coordinate with business group, operations, and finance leaders to monitor agreed performance measures and address variances.
- Review scopes, budgets, staffing plans, delivery approaches, and commercial terms within applicable governance and delegated authority.
- Identify and mitigate delivery, contractual, commercial, staffing, safety, quality, and client risks.
- Balance market development responsibilities with targeted billable project and program leadership.
- Promote work sharing so the strongest available resources are deployed across sectors, offices, and geographies.
People Leadership and Collaboration- Recruit, retain, lead, and mentor construction management, program management, project management, and inspection professionals, including staff embedded in client offices and project sites.
- Create an inclusive, accountable, and collaborative team culture focused on safety, integrity, respect, teamwork, and client service.
- Coach staff in client engagement, contract administration, construction management, proposal development, multidisciplinary coordination, and career growth.
- Build succession and leadership depth while supporting work sharing across offices, business groups, and global technical networks.
- Actively participate in regional leadership and service-line forums and contribute to broader infrastructure growth initiatives.
Education:- Bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related discipline or equivalent experience
Qualifications and Experience- Approximately 15 or more years of progressively responsible experience in public infrastructure, including substantial construction management, program management, project management, and business development leadership.
- Demonstrated success developing client relationships and securing professional services contracts with public agencies.
- Experience leading construction management assignments and multidisciplinary capital projects in more than one infrastructure market.
- Broad understanding of the Northern California public infrastructure market, including clients, partners, contractors, and competitors.
- Experience coordinating civil, structural, architectural, mechanical, electrical, utilities, telecommunications, and operational interfaces.
- Ability to travel as needed to client, project, and industry locations.
Salary range: $122,000-#204,000 based on location and experience
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