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Area Transit Practice Leader

HDR · Fort Worth, TX · 3 wk ago
On-siteConsultingFull-time

About the role

We are seeking a Transit Practice Lead for the North Texas, El Paso, Oklahoma, Arkansas Area. This role is part of an established and growing transit consulting practice within HDR’s Transportation Business Group. The Transit Practice Lead will manage and expand HDR’s transit consulting business with transit agency clients in North Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain and grow HDR’s transit consulting business with transit clients in North Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas for all modes of public transit – LRT, commuter rail, streetcar, BRT, enhanced bus, and conventional buses – and also involving transit stations, terminals, and maintenance and storage facilities.
  • Service areas will include transit planning, funding support, corridor and feasibility studies, preliminary design, environmental, detailed design/PS&E, and construction services.
  • Develop and implement marketing strategies, raise the profile of HDR, identify and pursue opportunities, and ensure overall financial performance of the market sector.
  • Assist the Global Transit Market Sector Director in setting and executing the vision to expand services and win contracts within the market for the area, region, and beyond as needed.
  • Provide operational leadership to other transit professionals and support the professional development of its staff to ensure alignment with market needs.
  • Lead and support multi-disciplinary transit projects that may include light rail, commuter rail, streetcar, bus, bus rapid transit, or transit support facilities.
  • Be responsible for tasks assigned from concept, through to execution and delivery.
  • Initiate and conduct agency coordination, planning and programming, and working with multi-discipline teams.
  • Initiate client development and advance marketing to achieve goals.
  • Support and lead project pursuits and prepare proposals, scopes, and fees.
  • Cook up project staffing and workload management on transit projects utilizing the HDR matrix of disciplines.
  • Manage QC/QA procedures and be responsible for the overall quality of project deliverables.
  • Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

  • Master’s degree in planning, engineering, or closely related field.
  • 10 years or more of experience in all aspects of transit planning and engineering.
  • Experience with transit agencies in North Texas, Oklahoma, and/or Arkansas.
  • Professional Engineer (P.E.) license in Texas or ability to obtain reciprocity.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
  • Strong communication and listening skills.
  • Good leadership and organizational skills.

Skills

The ideal candidate will possess strong communication and listening skills, good leadership and organizational skills, and an attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.

Benefits

As an employee-owner at HDR, you are part of a collaborative culture that connects employees around the world. HDR is committed to the principles of employment equity and considers all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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