Business Group Leader - CAR

Who are we looking for?

We have an outstanding leadership opportunity for a Business Group Leader – US Central CAR South. As the Business Group Leader (BGL) for the US Central CAR South business, you will work closely with the Region’s General Manager, Operation Manager, and Environment Sector Leaders.

Responsibilities

• Develop, support, and execute on business strategies and opportunities, and be accountable for the sustainable growth of environmental assessment and remediation services, meeting established metrics for the team’s portfolio.
• Manage the allocation of people to projects, foster clear communication, and project leadership within the Business Group.
• Ensure the smooth delivery of projects, manage, and monitor project outcomes, troubleshooting issues as they arise, liaise with clients to forge long term relationships, and manage expectations internally and externally.
• Develop and mentor employees within the group to resource the current and future requirements of projects, considering both project needs and employee career aspirations.
• Develop meaningful connections and influencing positive outcomes, building, and developing relationships with the other BGLs to collaborate and share resources where feasible, and supporting relationships with existing and potential clients and partners.
• Provide leadership to the Business Group in line with GHD’s values and objectives.
• Create local opportunities for the Region and achieve established revenue growth targets by building effective relationships with other Regional Environmental Business Group Leaders and Sector Leaders outside of the Region.

Qualifications

• 15+ years professional experience within an engineering consultancy firm with at least 10 or more years in a leadership role, managing, leading, and mentoring others PE, PG or equivalent designation.
• Demonstrated technical capability across your area of technical expertise, including all project phases from project planning through execution.
• Effective & proven project delivery, networking, and relationship management skills.
• Ability to develop lasting internal and external relationships based on trust and delivery excellence.
• Proven background in delivering projects from proposal to completion.
• Detailed knowledge of various types of delivery methods for various markets.
• Ability to mentor and train team members.
• Provide project delivery leadership, in the delivery of assessment and remediation projects and supporting all project phases.
• Proficiency in Microsoft tools, and aptitude to learn and use other business systems and applications (i.e. PowerBI, BST10, etc.).