Power Generation Project Manager

HDR•Boise, ID

22h

About The Position

HDR is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join its West Region Power Generation team. The role supports power and energy projects across industrial, institutional, municipal, independent power producer (IPP), and utility sectors. The Project Manager is a seller-doer responsible for maintaining client relationships, bringing in projects, developing strategies and plans for project delivery, monitoring and communicating project status, and leading multidisciplinary teams through successful completion. The position involves significant client interaction from pre-positioning through project completion, as well as regular communication with project team members, marketing staff, and operations leadership. The ideal candidate has experience with utility-scale power generation systems and equipment, exposure to emerging trends such as distributed generation and combined heat and power, and the ability to plan, schedule, and lead complex design and consulting assignments. The role also includes performing design or consulting work in the manager’s engineering area of expertise.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering.
Seven years of related experience.
At least two years of project management experience.
Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
Experience with MS Office and MS Project.
Demonstrated leadership skills.
Excellent organizational, project management, written communication, and verbal communication skills.
Commitment to active participation in HDR’s employee-owned culture.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Microsoft Access.
Experience with utility-scale power generation systems and equipment.
Exposure to distributed generation and combined heat and power technologies and projects.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain positive and proactive client relationships.
Achieve project schedule, quality, and profitability goals.
Serve as proposal champion or manager; assist with proposal preparation, review contract terms and conditions, and evaluate risks associated with proposed services.
Provide daily leadership to project teams and technical staff in completing project activities.
Coordinate and communicate regularly with project teams and clients to align the work plan and deliverables with client expectations.
Monitor project deliverables for quality, completeness, and conformance to client expectations.
Monitor and maintain project budgets and schedules, and develop recovery plans when potential shortfalls arise.
Monitor contracted scope of work and identify scope changes.
Train and mentor project team staff on project management and consulting issues.
Perform design or consulting work in the manager’s engineering area of expertise.
Routinely report project progress to local and regional accounting and operations teams.
Handle multiple concurrent projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.