Infrastructure manager Jobs in Waterloo, ON

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Who we are looking for :

Due to continuing growth in our Health Care and Social Infrastructure practice, our EDO (Engineering Design Organization) is looking for a dynamic and motivated individual to take on the role of Design Manager – Health Care and Social Infrastructure based out of any of our GTA offices - Waterloo, Toronto, Mississauga, Markham, Whitby.

Working with an energetic and high performing team, this position offers a variety of work and will see you involved in :

• Responsible for managing multi-disciplinary project delivery for health care and social infrastructure projects to produce a compliant, constructible design in accordance with Client requirements, Operation and Maintenance requirements, and Construction requirements.
• Ensure the design produced follows appropriate engineering processes, including GHD and Project specific processes.
• Responsible for coordinating Quality Control of all deliverable submittals in accordance with GHD’s Quality Management System.
• Responsible for developing or verifying the technical scope of a project and working with disciplines to provide pricing during proposal, and subsequently work planning following project award to initiate design activities.
• Participate actively in the preparation and adherence to a schedule of deliverables in collaboration with the Project Controls team.
• Responsible for managing the engineering design budget and providing key inputs to the Project Controls team.
• Responsible for implementing and following the project’s Change Control system, including proactive escalation of potential changes.
• Participate to continuously review and improve the overall project strategy to meet design schedule and budget with the ability to support staging and phasing requirements.
• Ensure fluid communication between the project management team, the design team, construction team, and the various internal and external stakeholders as engineering elements.
• Verifies that the schedule and budget data match the progress of the professional services throughout execution of the project.
• Coordinates the preparation of the design criteria by the team leads.
• Lead the creation and execution of design work plan and level of effort (LOE).
• Convenes, chairs, and documents interdisciplinary design coordination meetings and brings forward updates and any critical issues that impact external stakeholders to the Project Manager.
• May serve as liaison between the construction contract administrator and engineering team during construction. Coordinates multidisciplinary problem resolution resulting from non-compliance with drawings and specifications at the site.

What you will bring to the team :

As a diverse and inclusive organization, we encourage individual achievement and recognize the strength of a diverse workforce. GHD is an equal opportunity employer. Upon request, GHD will provide reasonable accommodation for applicants with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process.