Senior Waste Management Engineer
GHD

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Job Description

GHD's solid waste service is growing throughout North America. Our Midwest region is looking for a Senior Solid Waste Professional to manage the growth and delivery of solid waste services throughout the region. This position can be based in one of our Midwest regional offices with a preference to St. Paul, Detroit, Columbus, or Des Moines. The focus will be on several key areas: development of plans and roadmaps in this regional market, broadening relationships with existing clients, developing new clients and projects in traditional service offerings while at the same time keeping at the forefront of organics, alternative waste treatment projects, and renewables in the region.

As a Solid Waste Professional, you will have a broad understanding of public and private waste operations in the Midwest region and a history of successful project development and implementation. You will possess not only the technical and project management expertise but the business development skills to help foster expansion of GHD's current service offerings to our private and public sector clients.

Additional responsibilities in this role will include:

• Serves as the Project Director on technical projects, assist client manager for key clients and develops/executes associated client engagement plans
• Collaborates with Regional Market Leaders, Client Resource Managers, Service Line Leaders, and Client Sector Leaders to achieve excellent business outcomes
• Develops and mentors junior and/or rising talent within the Business Group
• Pre-positions for projects, develops opportunities, and obtains RFPs
• Develops responses to RFPs, scope of work packages, budgets, and progress reports
• Drives project teams to provide successful and technically sound project deliveries to meet and exceed client and GHD requirements
• Drives financial performance with respect to contribution; monitors, tracks, and manages opportunities, backlog, utilization, AR/DSO, variances, and markups
• Manages, mitigates, and reports on risks within the Business Group
• Adheres to GHD Management Systems for Safety, Integrity, Quality, and Environment
• Drives positive client interaction, as verified through client surveys

For success in this position, you will possess the following skills and qualifications:

• Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering
• Professional Engineer (PE) license
• Minimum of 10 years' experience in the solid waste market with strong connections in the Midwest
• Excellent knowledge and demonstrated experience delivering projects in Midwest market
• Excellent written and oral communication skills; proven ability to develop, mentor and lead professional technical staff

Our commitment to you

Fostering gender balance, diversity and acceptance of flexible working is central to the way GHD does business. We offer a professional, friendly and inclusive culture based on our core values of Safety, Teamwork, Respect and Integrity.

In addition to a competitive salary, GHD provides attractive career options including professional development via our GHD Business School, additional leave, and family-friendly flexible work arrangements.

Why GHD?

Be a part of a high functioning team, where everything we do is inspired by a level of passion and professional pride that comes from being employee owned. This ownership is what sets us apart and means our people enjoy an unrivalled amount of autonomy in their roles. It helps drive our passion and accountability in how we serve our clients, deliver projects, and pursue new opportunities.

So, do you have what it takes: passion, collaboration, imagination and values that match our own?

About GHD

As one of the world's leading professional services companies, GHD delivers iconic projects that shape our landscapes, support our communities and set the path of our collective future. To do this, we actively seek and nurture the very best people in their respective fields to join our team of over 10,000 professionals operating in the markets of water, energy and resources, environment, property and buildings, and transportation.

In return, we offer remarkable career shaping opportunities to extend your skills and gain global experience.

If you are passionate about pursuing this position, please submit your resume and cover letter via the link above.

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.

This position does not provide visa sponsorship.

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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.

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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.

Our Commitment to you

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.

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COVID Policy: Prospective and/or new employees are required to adhere with GHD's US vaccination policy and any applicable government regulations related to COVID-19. Individuals hired for GHD positions that require in-person interactions with GHD Clients, or in-person visits to, or work at, GHD Clients sites, must comply with Client imposed requirements, including, in some instances, being fully vaccinated against COVID-19. GHD complies with federal, state, and local laws with regard to accommodations related to this policy.

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