Project Director - Food & Agribusiness
GHD
- Vancouver, BC
- $117,600-176,400 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Driving business growth within a leading global provider of Food and Agribusiness engineering solutions
- Nurture existing client relationships, develop a network of contacts and new clients with growth aspirations in western Canada and beyond.
- Manage a portfolio of projects, while working alongside clients to identify key project metrics, CAPEX estimates, schedule and ESG requirements
- Build positive partnerships while working in highly collaborative globally integrated teams of Project Managers, Engineers, Scientists, OEMs and vendors to identify, design and achieve innovative solutions
- Lead project teams from pre-pursuit and project scope development through successful project delivery, including monitoring project finances and deliverables
- Leverage GHDs expertise to support client business case scenarios, project visioning, technical due diligence, digital solutions, and data.
- Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) implementation to assist clients with sustainability and societal impact
- 10+ years of Food & Agribusiness experience in operations or engineering
- Must have sufficient technical knowledge of multi-discipline engineering design and construction to represent GHD effectively with clients
- Post-secondary education in Mechanical, Management, Process, Chemical Engineering, agriculture or equivalent education
- Master of Business Administration (MBA) or Project Management Professional (PMP) designation an asset
- Experience in multiple contracting methods: Cost plus, lump sum, GMP, alternate fee
- Strong communication (oral and written), interpersonal, and leadership skills
- Build and maintain exceptional client relationships
- Strong analytical skills with sound technical judgment
- Proven high ethical standards with a dedication to producing high quality work
- Self-motivated, flexible leader willing to take ownership of team development and project performance
- Work will consist of office and occasional on-site work with the ability to travel for client meetings as needed
- We offer an opportunity to be part of a growing and dynamic employee-owned company, a professional working environment with career development potential, flexible hours and competitive salary packages based on qualifications, skills and experience in a privately held, quality driven and client focused company.