Jobs · Consulting · Washington

Civil Business Class Lead

HDR · Olympia, WA · 3 wk ago
On-siteConsulting$142k–$203k/yrFull-time

About the role

In the role of Civil Business Class Lead, we'll count on you to:

  • Take responsibility for operations of the Site Civil Business Class in the regional area, including managing workload and utilization, staff development, project delivery, quality control, and proposal support.
  • Build team technical expertise and design production capacity through recruitment, staff development, and training.
  • Engage with external clients, as well as internal project managers, market sector leads, business group managers, and other leaders throughout HDR.
  • Prepare site civil proposals, including scope development and estimating hours and fees.
  • Support strategic planning, marketing, and interviews for site civil planning and design.
  • Participate in leadership functions and support the development of HDR services in site civil planning and design.
  • Collaborate with National Business Class Directors and Market Sector staff to drive the growth and advancement of our Site Civil Business Class in the industry.
  • Serve as a thought leader within our organization and the land development industry, participating in industry conferences and authoring articles or technical publications.
  • Help implement, monitor, and support company policies.
  • Willingness to travel to all Washington/Oregon offices with civil staff on a regular basis. Travel intermittently nationally as necessary.

Responsibilities

Prepare site civil proposals, including scope development and estimating hours and fees.

Support strategic planning, marketing, and interviews for site civil planning and design.

Collaborate with National Business Class Directors and Market Sector staff to drive the growth and advancement of our Site Civil Business Class in the industry.

Serve as a thought leader within our organization and the land development industry, participating in industry conferences and authoring articles or technical publications.

Help implement, monitor, and support company policies.

Willingness to travel to all Washington/Oregon offices with civil staff on a regular basis. Travel intermittently nationally as necessary.

Requirements

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
  • Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
  • Prior leadership and direct supervision of a team of engineers and designers spread out geographically.
  • Project experience with land entitlement and development processes in multiple jurisdictions.
  • Experience with land development design and construction plan development.
  • Master's degree in Civil Engineering.
  • Previous experience with an architectural/ engineering or engineering consulting firm desired.
  • Proficiency with the following software packages: Civil3D, Microstation, Microsoft Office, and BlueBeam.

Qualifications

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.

Skills

None specified in the job posting.

Benefits

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)

Pay

{Olympia, WA}: $142,240 - $203,200

{Bellevue, WA}: $170,688 - $243,840

Schedule

Full-time

Employee Status

Regular

Business Class

Building Site Civil

Job Posting

May 26, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity.

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.

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