LA/MS Coastal Business Class Leader

About the role

We are looking for a professional to lead our Coastal Restoration Business Class in the Louisiana/Mississippi Area. In this role, you will collaborate with local and national leadership to grow the program, emphasizing quality service delivery, client development, and market diversification.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the delivery of project services through planning, design, and construction phases to meet client expectations.
• Serve as Project Manager or Technical Lead on coastal restoration projects.
• Support the development of and provide reviews of scopes of work, fee estimates, project risk identification, and project schedules.
• Assist with contract review on key projects to ensure risk management, proper staffing, quality reviews, and resolution of claims.
• Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews where appropriate or assist technical teams in finding appropriate reviewers.
• Identify, develop, and implement coastal initiatives in the marketplace.
• Collaborate with other technical and marketing staff in the pursuit of new projects, as well as take a leadership role in selected key pursuits.
• Serve as a client liaison to select agencies and clients.
• Collaborate with business class practice leaders and professional discipline groups to improve standards, best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert for Regional, State, and Federal coordination.
• Work with area leadership to identify technical gaps and support talent management and recruiting.
• Mentor staff and support their development.
• Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams, and activities to continually improve standards and best practices.
• Participate in area business class strategic planning, budgeting, and plan implementation.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering, or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
• 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 in our employee-owned culture is a must.

Preferred Qualifications

• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Ph.D. in related fields.
• Management of coastal State and Federal Programs.

About HDR

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected. We foster a sense of belonging and empower everyone to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As employee owners, we all contribute to making great things possible in our communities and around the world.

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.

Locations

United States-Louisiana-Lafayette (Primary). Other locations include: United States-Louisiana-Baton Rouge, United States-Louisiana-Metairie.