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
• Engaging in client interaction, proposal development, and communication with internal staff including project team members, business development leadership, marketing staff, and operations leadership

Requirements

• Technical leadership to guide project teams
• Experience in managing mining projects to successful conclusion
• Familiarity with multiple commodities, soft and hard-rock mining operations, studies, design, and execution from exploration to closure and reclamation
• Ability to lead a team on projects
• Good planning, communication, and mentoring skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• MSHA certification

Preferred Qualifications

• 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
• Familiarity with multiple commodities, soft and hard-rock mining operations, studies, design, and execution from exploration to closure and reclamation
• Ability to lead a team on projects
• Good planning, communication, and mentoring skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
• MSHA certification
• Open pit and underground-mine experience
• Hard rock, soft rock and industrial minerals consulting and operations experience
• Mine software experience for block modeling
• Experience working for a mine operating company

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
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Pay

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 Transparency: $154,350 - $219,999.

Benefits

We offer a 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.