Area Drinking Water Treatment Business Class Lead

HDR • Fort Worth, TX

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About The Position

As part of HDR’s North Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas Water Business Group, the Area Drinking Water Treatment Business Class Lead will lead, shape, and grow HDR’s water treatment business across the region in collaboration with Water Business Group leadership. The role supports planning, design, and delivery of complex water infrastructure projects, including drinking water treatment facilities, and contributes to impactful public infrastructure projects across the state, region, and country.

The position combines technical leadership, project delivery, staff development, and business development. The lead may serve as a project or design manager, manage and develop multidisciplinary teams, mentor and supervise staff, support client relationships and pursuits, and help advance HDR’s growth strategy. The role also coordinates with regional and national technical leaders and may support national pursuits and project delivery related to drinking water treatment expertise.

The successful candidate will participate in professional and industry groups and help advance technical standards, best practices, and quality assurance and quality control. HDR describes its employee-owned culture as collaborative and inclusive and offers growth and training opportunities aligned with employees’ skills and interests.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a professional, architecture, engineering, or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Experience developing and managing diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
• Committed to actively participating in HDR’s employee-owned culture.

Nice To Haves

• Active engagement in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Accomplishments and aptitude in water market sector business development.
• Strong client relations skills and an interest in client and business development.
• Strong leadership and organizational skills.
• Leadership in industry organizations, including committee participation and regular submission of conference abstracts or presentations.

Responsibilities

• Participate in project delivery from planning and design through construction to meet client expectations.
• Serve as a project manager or design manager and lead critical area and regional projects.
• Coordinate, monitor, and improve the technical competencies of business class staff and the quality of deliverables.
• Use proactive project management to ensure 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 improve standards and best practices.
• Implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews; conduct reviews where appropriate or help technical teams find appropriate reviewers.
• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage technical personnel.
• Manage and develop multidisciplinary teams, including monitoring utilization, morale, quality control, and marketing support.
• Support development of technical experts and supervise engineers and junior staff.
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy.
• Participate in marketing planning, proposals, and interviews.
• Lead business class strategic planning, budgeting, and implementation of plans.
• Drive area initiatives related to water treatment and collaborate with water treatment business class leads and experts across the country.
• Coordinate, monitor, and improve the technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, within the direction and goals of business class plans.
• Collaborate with area operations, marketing, and project management on business class efforts.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Benefits

• Growth and training opportunities aligned with employees’ skillsets and interests.
• Commitment to employees’ physical and mental wellness and well-being and to meaningful employee experiences.
• Employee-owned culture emphasizing collaboration, learning, enrichment, inclusion, and belonging.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior