North Central Environmental Sciences and Planning Business Class Leader

About the Role

HDR is hiring a North Central Region Environmental Sciences and Planning Leader to provide leadership and direction in the execution of strategy and initiatives for providing environmental services to a diverse range of clients across the North Central U.S. This position can be based out of any of our North Central offices and will require periodic travel across the region.

Responsibilities

• Regional Leadership and Connectivity: Provide strategic, operational, and people leadership for the Business Class in alignment with regional and enterprise plans. Build strong relationships with Area Operations, Business Class/Section Leads, Business Group leadership, and peer Regional Business Class Leaders. Participate in regional strategic planning, budgeting, and annual alignment. Implement key Business Class initiatives while promoting cross-Area and cross-sector integration.
• Resource Planning, Workshare & Utilization: Coordinate staffing, workshare, utilization, and workload balancing across Areas to meet project and market demands. Support forecasting, capacity planning, and proactive deployment of resources. Maintain situational awareness of major programs to enable integrated, multi-discipline delivery solutions.
• People Leadership & Professional Development: Recruit, mentor, onboard, and develop Area Business Class/Section Leads. Support training, credentialing, career pathways, coaching, and performance conversations. Identify and develop future leaders while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, high-performance culture aligned with company values.
• Business Development & Marketing Support: Partner with Business Groups to strengthen client relationships and support growth strategies. Support capture planning, pursuit strategies, proposals, and marketing materials. Serve as Project Principal, pursuit champion, or senior advisor for high-visibility or strategic pursuits as appropriate.
• Project Delivery, Quality & Best-In-Class Practices: Provide project delivery excellence while promoting discipline-specific best practices and quality standards. Support project teams in resolving delivery challenges while championing innovation, continuous improvement, and alignment with HDR quality expectations, culture, and values.

Core Operating Expectations

• Lead regular coordination calls with Area Business Class/Section Leads
• Organize and lead regional leadership meetings
• Conduct periodic area visits
• Support and/or lead annual regional summits or discipline forums
• Maintain regular communication with Business Class Director and Area Leadership

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering, or closely related field
• 10 years of experience in a related field
• 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 in our employee-owned culture

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry-recognized reputation for professional accomplishment in the North Central U.S.
• Understanding of environmental services as related to transportation, water, energy, and industrial markets across the North Central U.S.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience leading environmental review processes
• Demonstrated experience leading complex projects and diverse teams
• Experience leading teams to deliver environmental services for a diverse range of market sectors across infrastructure types

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location:

• Colorado: $160,090 - $251,570
• Illinois: $176,099 - $251,570
• Minnesota: $168,095 - $240,135

Locations

Primary Location: United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park

Other Locations:

• United States-North Dakota-Bismarck
• United States-South Dakota-Rapid City
• United States-Illinois-Rosemont
• United States-Nebraska-Lincoln
• United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne
• United States-Iowa-Des Moines
• United States-Missouri-Kansas City
• United States-South Dakota-Sioux Falls
• United States-Nebraska-Omaha
• United States-Colorado-Denver
• United States-North Dakota-Fargo
• United States-Illinois-Chicago
• United States-Wyoming-Gillette
• United States-Michigan-Ann Arbor
• United States-Indiana-Indianapolis
• United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs
• United States-Iowa-Cedar Rapids
• United States-Wisconsin-Madison
• United States-Michigan-Lansing

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

Business Class: Environmental Planning

Industry: Environment/Sciences