North Central Hydropower Practice Leader

About the role

This isn't just a job, it's a chance to drive infrastructure forward, power innovation and leave your mark on our energy future.

Primary Responsibilities

• Drive areas of growth and execute new work by leveraging industry relationships and technical expertise in conjunction with HDR’s business development and execution teams.
• Leverage supervisory component to lead or partner with HDR staff in the planning and execution of existing work or new work resulting from business development activities.
• Support hydropower client management, marketing and strategic planning activities.
• Work closely with local and regional business group operations as well as the national hydropower practice leadership to identify and develop new areas of growth.
• Manage the technical and operational activities of the North-Central hydropower section and serve as a project manager and/or task/discipline lead on key projects.
• Participate in key hydropower projects nationwide.
• Prepare/review the project budgets for the hydropower section and track budget status.
• Schedule and coordinate work performed by and for the hydropower section.
• Establish work priorities and project assignments for hydropower staff.
• Maintain and establish client relations and be involved with marketing and client development activities.
• Perform or arrange for quality control reviews of hydropower deliverables.
• Monitor changes in codes, regulations and client standards.
• Advance the skill level of personnel through training, education, experience, etc.
• Coordinate with the hydropower section managers of other locations to review workload, project status, and staffing requirements.
• Prepare and/or review hydropower scopes of work and budgets/estimates for proposals.
• Monitor changes in codes, regulations and client standards.
• Perform or arrange for quality control reviews of hydropower deliverables.
• Maintain and establish client relations and be involved with marketing and client development activities.
• Participate in industry events and conferences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with conventional and pumped storage hydropower and associated features and hydraulic structures.
• Ability to travel.
• Ability to become licensed as a PE in other US states’ jurisdictions, through the NCEES or similar.
• Recognized leader within and comprehensive understanding of the hydropower industry, including engineering and regulatory disciplines.
• Recognizes how hydropower integrates into the changing energy generation landscape.
• Holds established relationships with existing and potential North Central clients and other hydropower clients/owners nationally.
• Demonstrated business development skills and demonstrated ability to relate well to internal and external clients.
• Demonstrated professional services operations experience, including team leadership and ability to sell programs and services.
• Strong understanding of the keys to successful project execution including quality management and client satisfaction.
• Business acumen skills and ability to collaborate internally and navigate within a matrix organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Civil, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering.
• Minimum 15 years hydropower, dam, hydraulic structures or related engineering experience.
• Drawings related to hydropower or similar projects.
• Strong communication, listening and mentoring skills.
• Ability to handle multiple assignments.
• Good leadership and organizational skills.
• Experience in design calculations, studies, specifications, and preparation of construction.

Required 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.