Bridge Engineering Business Class Leader

About the role

The Northern California Transportation Business Group is seeking an energetic and experienced Bridges & Structures Business Class Leader (BCL) to manage our transportation bridges and structures team and to help grow our technical expertise.

Responsibilities

• Provide Area leadership of technical capabilities within the Bridges and Structures Business Class
• Responsible for managing project staffing/resourcing, workload and resource balancing and BC utilization in coordination with Project Managers (PMs) and the Area Transportation Manager
• Delivery focus of technical skills, be consulted and provide input on project discipline requirements and manage/supervise BC Staff
• Maintain appropriate QA/QC procedures and best practices
• Monitor area performance within BC to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions
• Support top line growth across all market sectors in their technical area of focus
• Prioritize BC activities across Northern California to best implement Market Sector and Business Group objectives and promote technical services of their section in the Area
• Facilitate BC teamwork, communication and work sharing between Area offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff
• Planning and management of multiple projects or tasks ranging from small- to large-size environmental planning and compliance projects
• Direct work of others in a team setting to complete required studies, documents and reports in accordance with local, state and federal regulations
• Demonstrate ability to facilitate, coordinate and present project elements and issues with multiple agencies, stakeholders and the public in efforts to educate and assist with consensus building
• Serve as client manager, project principal and/or PM
• Actively participate in projects or manage projects to meet assigned utilization rate
• Build and retain strong relationships with Staff, Project Managers, Client Development Managers throughout the Area and within HDR in the SW Region
• Provide strategic and tactical input on business trends to BC and local office planning
• Manage staff workloads and make recommendations for adjustments and recruiting as needed
• Manage training and licensing requirements and identify opportunities for continuing education
• Develop a technical mentoring and employee advancement process to advance staff
• Champion marketing opportunities to grow the practice
• Identify project needs and recruit professionals to join our HDR team
• Demonstrate “can-do” problem solver approach to colleagues and clients
• Able to build positive client relationships, strong communication, negotiation and presentation skills, and the ability to manage and motivate direct reports
• Perform other duties as needed

Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications: PE registration in CA, Proven ability to manage Bridges and Structures projects and teams effectively, Minimum of 10 years’ experience leading transportation projects and teams within this market, Strong structural technical design experience to provide quality control of staff, Strong project management skills, including experience managing budgets, preparing scopes and developing cost estimates, Prior experience preparing reports on project financials, Demonstrated ability to manage the Bridges and Structures program and staff working statewide in multiple offices, Ability to build, effectively implement and manage training programs; workload and staffing plans; marketing plans and proposal preparation and business group budgets, Must have experience effectively managing and motivating direct reports, Excellent written and strong communication and listening skills, Strong attention to detail, Strong leadership and organizational, planning, and prioritization skills, Ability to work efficiently and effectively under tight deadlines, as well as balance multiple projects by prioritizing effectively, Ability to understand applicable laws, policies, and procedures that each project is governed by, Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills, Proven ability of contract development and implementation of capital improvements, Go getter attitude and self-starter who takes initiative, Proficient with MS Office Suite, specifically Outlook, Word and Excel, Experience in client development, proposal writing, and general marketing is strongly preferred, Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand
• Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field, 10 years of experience, Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values, Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience, Experienced in development and management of diverse teams, Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts, An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Benefits

Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. The expected compensation range for this position is $156,464.00- $254,000.00 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.