Bridges and Structures Business Class Lead

About the role

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 part of HDR’s Transportation Business Group, you’ll help shape the systems that move people and goods safely, efficiently, and sustainably. From designing resilient highways and iconic bridges to advancing transit, passenger and freight rail, aviation, federal transportation ports, and marine infrastructure, your work will directly support economic vitality, public safety, sustainable and resilient communities, and quality of life.

We bring together planners, engineers, architects, construction management staff, environmental, strategic communications, economists, management consultants, and specialists across disciplines to solve complex mobility challenges with innovation, technical excellence, and a deep understanding of community needs. Whether you're modernizing aging infrastructure or pioneering next-generation transportation solutions, your contributions will help define the future of mobility.

Responsibilities

• Take responsibility for area coordination, project management, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within the direction and goals of business class plans
• Participate in the delivery of project services to meet client expectations
• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing, and project management
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams, and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting, and plan implementation
• Manage business class project staffing/resourcing, workload and resource balancing, and business class utilization in coordination with project managers and the Project Delivery Lead
• Participate in business class internal strategic plan initiatives
• Lead business class communications
• Oversee the business class technical development in the area
• Organize business class participation in practice groups
• Conduct project and quality control reviews
• Perform other duties as needed

Requirements

• 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand

Benefits

As employee-owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected, and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.

Schedule

Full-time

Locations

United States-South Dakota-Sioux Falls, United States-North Dakota-Bismarck, United States-Wyoming-Gillette, United States-North Dakota-Fargo, United States-South Dakota-Rapid City, United States-Wyoming-Lander, United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne