Western Canada Solid Waste Lead

HDR•Vancouver, BC

31d

About The Position

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is an impact on the world? The Waste Sector in HDR is experiencing significant growth and opportunities in both the planning and facilities engineering space throughout North America. HDR provides solid waste consulting services across Canada, with a majority of this work in Ontario. However, we also have a strong history of providing value-added and niche services to select clients across Canada. An exciting career opportunity is now available to lead and manage solid waste projects in Western Canada. Our Waste Sector team is working towards further enhancing our services offered such as circular economy, solid waste management planning, facilities design, strategic communication, public education, advisory services, organics, extended producer responsibility, and zero waste planning. HDR has been providing these services to clients throughout North America with several new opportunities in front of us. We could be, and should be doing more, and we expect that the right person in this role will enhance and grow our service offerings.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering
10 years related experience
A minimum 5 years project management experience
Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills
An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Nice To Haves

A minimum of 15 years working with regulatory and approval/permitting agencies, writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budgets, and schedules for complex waste projects.
Experience with managing a team of people is an essential asset.
Experienced in development and management of strategic marketing programs for planning and/or engineering services.
Experienced in development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific program and/or project pursuits.
Experienced in overall staff development to include recruiting, career path and professional growth.
Experienced with industry associations and maintains a visible profile in the market sector.
Ability to work cooperatively with Regional Market Sector Directors, Market Sector Directors, Business Class Directors, Regional Business Group Directors, Area Business Group Managers, Area Marketing Managers and Area Managers.
Excellent writing and verbal communication skills for a broad range of audiences.
Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem solving and research abilities.
Ability to support multiple complex and time sensitive projects effectively.
Identify and resolve issues effectively and efficiently.
Recognize and understand big picture concepts while recognizing details that are important.
Fostering collaborative team attitudes.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Able to work under and meet tight deadlines.

Responsibilities

Working closely with HDR Resources and Waste Sector leadership to drive program development in Western Canada.
Provide HDR with senior consulting and project management leadership in the Waste Sector, managing both planning and engineering related projects and developing client relationships.
Report to the Canadian Solid Waste Market Sector Lead and play a leading role in developing HDR’s Western Canadian waste presence.
Establish client relationships through networking, develop leads, and think strategically in future directions for both our clients and programs.
Identify market changes and anticipate their impact to the business.
Conduct pre-proposal visitations.
Support proposal preparation with technical and marketing staff by providing client-centric input and feedback.
Possess and maintain a deep understanding of how clients perceive their technical problems and has the ability to package HDR expertise as solutions to these problems.
Act as Senior Project Manager for waste related projects (seller-doer).
Work with Canadian Solid Waste Market Sector Lead to develop business and marketing initiatives, prioritize business efforts that provide maximum return on investment.
Leverage existing connections within the solid waste community to gain business opportunities for HDR.
Identify and develop opportunities in Western Canada to expand services to clients.
Provide local support for existing Western Canadian clients and projects, and maintain existing client relationships for continued business growth.
Champion a quality-culture within the sector organization, and within production teams, serving the sector’s clients.
Act as client manager for select clients, actively developing relationships with the candidate’s previous contacts and HDR’s existing clients.
Assist with Western US projects and pursuits on an as needed basis.
Be familiar with risk management activities for both contract reviews and project deliverables.
Direct the technical messaging and professional attendance at professional organizations and industry events.
Identify future staff needs and lead process of attracting and hiring staff to build team to support project work in Western Canada.
Able to travel across North America as required.