Project Director, Transportation

Job summary

JOB SUMMARY

An exciting opportunity for an established transportation director to join a well established, global engineering consultancy.

Key skills required for this role

transport, rail, major projects

Important

Job description

KEY SKILLS REQUIRED FOR THIS ROLE

Highways Engineering, Traffic Engineering, People Management, Bids and Tenders, Stakeholder engagement, Project Delivery

IMPORTANT

Proven experience of Managing transportation engineering divisions

We are looking for Project Directors based in Toronto and Vancouver. Opporunity to relocate to Tel Aviv or India for major projects if interested, full relocation provided in this instance.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Our client is seeking a Project Director - Transportation with experience in the Rail Sector to be part of our growing and vibrant team working on exciting transport projects.

The key elements of the role are to lead rail projects, supported by our growing team of engineers, represent the company as a technical expert, contribute strongly to winning work and delivering projects safely, efficiently and effectively.

The role offers hybrid working with 2-3 days office based.

You will be responsible for projects, delivery, budgets, resourcing, planning and programming whilst also reviewing quality and leading the preparation of technical outputs, coordinating with other disciplines and represent the business internally and externally.

• Responsible directly to the Head of Department for the financial, technical and project management control of the civil engineering aspects of small to large projects.
• Actively contribute to work winning activities and project pipeline
• Identify, develop and maintain relationships with main client contacts
• Direct / manage / approve complex high value proposals
• Take commercial responsibility for projects
• Ensure successful project delivery to time, cost, quality and other contractual requirements
• Work with clients to understand ultimate objectives and desired outcomes for each project
• Ensure overall client satisfaction targets are met
• Make presentations to clients, third parties and colleagues as appropriate
• Liaise with architects, clients and other professionals whilst carrying out duties and at all times represent the practice in a professional and courteous way.
• Make presentations to clients, third parties and colleagues as appropriate
• Delegate to, manage and direct Engineers and Technicians involved on
• Responsible for technical design quality on the projects they are managing.
• Demonstrate strong leadership qualities and be self-motivated
• Undertake site visits to monitor the progress of works against specifications, and highlight issues to the contractor, client and / or (internal / external) project manager as necessary
• Develop and supervise junior Engineers in the team
• Liaising with other construction professionals in the development of designs

SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES

• Ideally 20+ years of experience within transportation
• Knowledge of Software used for OCS design such as Microstation and AutoCAD
• Mainline / heavy rail experience an advantage, although metro and LRT experience can be considered.
• Excellent communication skills to be capable of communicating effectively with colleagues and clients along with managing client expectations, and communications / relationships with external design teams
• Ability to mentor and supervise more junior colleagues
• Ability to work collaboratively with a range of project stakeholders
• Excellent written skills along with the preparation of technical reports and fee proposals

PACKAGE

• An excellent benefits package will be offered to the successful applicant which will include;
• Competitive Salary
• Benefits - Medical, Dental, Vision
• Vacation Pay
• Eligibility for a performance related bonus
• Relocation (India and Tel Aviv only)
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