Drinking Water Treatment Business Class Lead
Job Number: 189993
HDR is a 100 employee-owned professional services firm. Founded over a century ago to bring electricity to a changing world, we are now a global company specializing in architecture engineering environmental and construction services. Our success in built and natural environments continues as we collaborate to solve our clients and communities most complex challenges.
A part of HDRs Washington Water Business Group, our Drinking Water team is recognized throughout Washington in the planning design and delivery of complex water infrastructure projects including water system planning, water quality condition assessment, and drinking water treatment facilities.
As the Water Treatment Business Class Lead, you will work with Water Business Group leadership to lead, shape, and grow HDRs water treatment business in Washington.
Our employee-owned culture creates a workplace atmosphere of collaboration, learning, enrichment, and inclusion. Collaboration is a cornerstone of our design delivery approach. In this role, you will play an integral technical role on multidisciplinary teams to deliver highly visible impactful public infrastructure projects across the state, region, and country.
You will have the opportunity to manage staff, deliver projects, and pursue opportunities with new and existing clients. Providing leadership through mentoring, directing, and delegating staff is a key component of the role as is maintaining focus on the execution of HDRs growth strategy.
You will interface with regional and national technical leaders to advance local capabilities and may support national pursuits and project delivery efforts related to your expertise. A candidate who engages in industry groups and has a leadership role in such organizations, including committee participation and regular submission of conference abstracts/presentations, will excel in this role.
We are committed to promoting employees physical and mental wellness and well-being and delivering meaningful employee experiences. Whether you are interested in advancing your technical skillset, business development, or project management, we provide endless growth and training opportunities that match your skillset and interest.
Primary Responsibilities:
Technical Excellence:
Participate in project delivery from planning design through construction phases to meet client expectations
Serve as a project manager or design manager and lead critical area and regional projects
Oversee coordination, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and deliverables
Use proactive project management to verify that all work is planned, organized, controlled, and delivered
Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing, project managers, and project delivery staff
Develop and lead technical and marketing initiatives
Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams, and activities to continually improve standards and best practices and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews
Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews where appropriate or assist technical teams in finding appropriate reviewers
Staff Development:
Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage technical personnel
Manage and develop multidisciplinary teams, including monitoring utilization, morale, quality control, and marketing support
A commitment to promoting employees physical and mental wellness and well-being and delivering meaningful employee experiences
Support development of technical experts
Implement, monitor, and support company policy
Supervise engineers and junior staff assumed in the 2-6 person range
Business Development:
Actively participate in marketing planning, proposals, and interviews
Lead business class strategic planning, budgeting, and plan implementation
Drive area initiatives related to water treatment
Collaborate with water treatment business class leads and water treatment experts across the country
Preferred Qualifications:
What We Believe:
HDR is our company. Together we build on each others life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day.
This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust, and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.
Our Commitment:
As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.
Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black Hispanic/Latina, LGBTQ, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute.
Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.