Project Manager & Market Lead- Construction

Responsibilities

The Project Manager & Market Lead will develop and execute growth strategies for municipal construction services while managing client relationships and priority infrastructure pursuits. They will also provide senior oversight for project delivery, including contract administration, financial performance, and team leadership.

Requirements

Candidates must possess at least 15 years of progressively responsible experience in public infrastructure, construction management, and business development. A bachelor's degree in civil engineering or a related discipline is required.

Skills

• Construction management
• Program management
• Project management
• Business development
• Strategic planning
• Client relationship management
• Infrastructure development
• Contract administration
• Team leadership
• Risk management
• Budgeting
• Resource allocation
• Mentoring
• Public agency coordination
• Civil engineering
• Stakeholder management

About this role

Help us build the future—and lead the growth of our municipal construction
services practice.

Our global network is made up of architects, designers, planners, engineers, and
environmental scientists all working toward the same goal: delivering
sustainable outcomes for communities. Join a collaborative, technically strong
organization where you will be empowered to build teams, grow client
relationships, and deliver impactful municipal infrastructure.

Who are we looking for?

The Project Manager/Market Lead- Construction will work across Transportation,
Water, Buildings, and Construction Phase Services leadership to establish and
execute a focused growth plan for Hawaii. The position will cultivate trusted
relationships with public agencies, teaming partners, contractors, and industry
organizations; identify and capture priority opportunities; and provide senior
oversight for construction management, program management, project management,
resident engineering, and owner-advisory assignments.

The role is intentionally practice-flexible. It will connect client needs with
GHD capabilities across multiple infrastructure sectors while strengthening a
high-performing regional team through recruiting, mentoring, resource planning,
and collaboration across business groups and geographies. The successful
candidate will bring an owner-focused perspective, practical construction
judgment, broad multidisciplinary experience, and the ability to move
effectively between market development and hands-on delivery leadership.

Our Hybrid Work Model: Be part of the dynamic culture!  Our workplace thrives on
a hybrid model, combining in-office collaboration and flexibility.  Join us in
the office three days a week to contribute, connect and excel in our vibrant
environment.

Responsibilities include: 

Strategy and Business Planning

* Develop and maintain an annual business plan for Northern California
construction management and program management services across priority
public infrastructure markets.

* Define priority clients, target sectors, pursuits, pipeline objectives,
visibility activities, relationship plans, and measurable business
development indicators.

* Monitor agency capital programs, procurement activity, funding priorities,
market trends, and competitor and teaming dynamics across transportation,
facilities, water, utilities, and related markets.

* Provide a forward-looking view of staffing, recruiting, training, geographic
coverage, and technical capabilities needed to support sustainable growth.

* Adjust sector emphasis based on client demand, available delivery talent,
strategic fit, and near-term opportunity potential.

WINNING WORK AND CLIENT DEVELOPMENT

* Build and sustain executive-level and working relationships with transit and
transportation agencies, airports, municipalities, utilities, educational
institutions, and other public owners.

* Leverage an established network of consulting firms, contractors, specialty
partners, and small businesses to assemble effective pursuit and delivery
teams.

* Lead capture planning for priority pursuits, including client positioning,
partner strategy, win themes, staffing, scope, pricing input, and interview
preparation.

* Guide responses to requests for qualifications and proposals using
disciplined opportunity tracking and reusable marketing content.

* Represent GHD through industry associations, conferences, civic engagement,
and other market-facing activities that strengthen visibility and
relationships.

* Collaborate across GHD to offer integrated construction management, program
management, engineering, environmental, architecture, utilities, permitting,
risk, asset management, and advisory solutions.

PROJECT AND CONTRACT DELIVERY

* Serve in a senior project leadership, program management, construction
management, resident engineering, project management, or client advisory role
based on assignment needs.

* Provide oversight of contract administration, schedule, cost, change
management, quality, safety coordination, submittals, requests for
information, progress payments, closeout, commissioning, and turnover.

* Coordinate effectively among owners, designers, contractors, operators,
maintainers, utilities, permitting agencies, facility users, and other
stakeholders.

* Apply practical experience across civil and structural work, transportation
systems, stations, maintenance facilities, airports, municipal buildings,
water and wastewater systems, utilities, mechanical and electrical systems,
telecommunications, and roadway interfaces.

* Promote consistent project management practices, contract compliance, quality
management, risk identification, documentation, and timely decision-making.

* Identify follow-on assignments and amendments by understanding client needs
and maintaining strong delivery performance.

OPERATIONS AND COMMERCIAL MANAGEMENT

* Support operational planning, project financial performance, forecasting,
workload management, and resource allocation across participating practices.

* Coordinate with business group, operations, and finance leaders to monitor
agreed performance measures and address variances.

* Review scopes, budgets, staffing plans, delivery approaches, and commercial
terms within applicable governance and delegated authority.

* Identify and mitigate delivery, contractual, commercial, staffing, safety,
quality, and client risks.

* Balance market development responsibilities with targeted billable project
and program leadership.

* Promote work sharing so the strongest available resources are deployed across
sectors, offices, and geographies.

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION

* Recruit, retain, lead, and mentor construction management, program
management, project management, and inspection professionals, including staff
embedded in client offi...

About GHD Group Pty Ltd

Civil Engineering · 10,001+ employees · headquartered in Sydney · founded 1928