East Region Mining Practice Lead

About the role

HDR is seeking an East Region Mining Practice Lead to support the growth of technical support needs for greenfield and brownfield projects related to permitting, design, and operations. Key responsibilities include project management, technical support, and program building.

Responsibilities

• Guiding project teams on approach, requirements, and scope to solve client challenges and leading projects to successful completion
• Maintaining communication with HDR operations leadership and networking internally to identify and onboard the right team members
• Expanding program service offerings within the East Region through area and national teams, as well as training and mentoring new mining team members
• Managing client interactions, including awareness of client challenges, technical value development, and proposal writing
• Recruiting personnel to grow the Mining Practice in the East Region
• Serving as an active member of relevant local and regional organizations, presenting at industry events, mentoring project teams, and collaboratively developing proposals within the region

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, or related discipline
• PE in a minimum of one state, multiple states preferred
• Minimum of 15 years related industry experience
• Minimum of 10 years mining project management experience
• Experience in managing mining projects to a successful conclusion (under budget, on-schedule, solid safety and quality records)
• Familiarity with multiple commodities, soft and hard-rock mining operations, studies, design, and execution from exploration to closure and reclamation, greenfields and brownfields
• Strong relationships and significant experience winning and executing projects for mining companies in construction materials, industrial minerals, metals, phosphates, etc.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• 10 years experience in related field
• Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
• Works cooperatively with other business class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts
• Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values

Skills

The ideal candidate will have strong relationships and significant experience winning and executing projects for mining companies in construction materials, industrial minerals, metals, phosphates, etc. Additionally, it is expected that this role would include recruiting of personnel to continue to grow the Mining Practice in the East Region, inclusive of expanding our service offerings/capabilities in the Region.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.

Pay

$154,350 - $219,999