HRB Practice Leader

Job Description

Bring your curiosity and determination to make a positive impact on the future of transport, and we’ll help you go all the way. Join our team of globally connected specialists to help solve complex transport challenges and experience groundbreaking projects from idea to delivery, and beyond.

This is an outstanding opportunity for an individual looking to take the next step in their career by growing a practice with a global engineering firm.

GHD is seeking a Transportation Highway/Roads/Bridges Practice Leader to drive the growth and expansion of our Transportation business across Florida. This unique opportunity is for a proven leader to build and scale a practice within a globally connected engineering firm while strengthening relationships with FDOT, local agencies, and key industry partners. In this highly visible role, you will shape market strategy, win new work, and support existing clients across roadway, highway, bridge, and traffic services—bringing curiosity, innovation, and a client‑first mindset to every challenge.

As Practice Leader, you will guide business planning, oversee operational and financial performance, and remain actively engaged in delivering complex transportation projects throughout Florida. You’ll collaborate with regional and national leadership, mentor and inspire project teams, and lead pursuits from proposal development through project execution. With deep experience navigating FDOT standards and delivering roadway and traffic solutions—from capacity improvements and safety enhancements to complete streets and roundabouts—you’ll play a pivotal role in advancing sustainable transportation and developing the next generation of industry leaders at GHD.

• Stakeholder Management: develop and implement stakeholder engagement plans for projects to identify relevant stakeholders, build positive relationships, and ensure each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice.
• Continuous Improvement: review existing operations in a major area of work and implement innovation processes to generate new ideas and deliver continuous improvement outcomes.
• Work Scheduling and Allocation: develop medium‑ or long‑term work schedules that enable the organization to achieve its business goals and coordinate across multiple teams.
• Personal Capability Building: maintain an in‑depth understanding of technology, external regulation, and industry best practices through ongoing education, attending conferences, and reading specialist media.
• Project Team Management: lead a small‑ to medium‑sized project team; communicate the project vision and necessary outcomes; coordinate team actions; build capability through training, coaching and mentoring.
• Requirements Management: plan and coordinate the identification and elicitation of requirements; conduct analysis for completion and alignment; document and manage requirements; coordinate verification of the end deliverable.
• Project Assurance: manage the delivery of assurance reviews within a project, enable independent third‑party reviews, and resolve identified issues to give senior stakeholders confidence on time, budget and quality.
• Project Scope Definition: plan and lead the delivery of information gathering, analysis and stakeholder consultation activities and specify, negotiate and agree on project deliverables.
• Project Planning: oversee production of project plans and approve them, ensuring all activities are identified, organized and comply with the organization’s project and program management framework.
• Project Reporting and Review: manage the project review process; provide stakeholders with accurate information and key recommendations at established review points.
• Project Resource Management: negotiate and manage deployment of project resource budgets; provide forecasts and present variances with narrative.
• Project Risk and Issue Management: manage identification of risks, issues, dependencies and constraints; develop and implement solutions to overcome these concerns.

• Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree or equivalent level.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license (FL).
• Minimum of 10 years of…