NY/NJ Water Construction Management Lead

About the role

The NY/NJ Construction Field Services Lead is a professional who will lead the development and growth of Construction Management Services within the NY/NJ Water Business Group. Reporting to the Area Water Business Group Manager and working with the Area Business Development Manager, Water Market Sector Client Managers, Regional Construction Field Services Lead, Project Managers, and technical staff, this role supports Construction Management business development and project delivery in the area.

Responsibilities

• Advance business development strategies, develop and pursue new clients and projects, and manage client relationships.
• Develop and drive a long-range Construction Field Services vision and strategy for HDR’s NY/NJ Area Water Business Group.
• Serve as a client manager to select agencies and be active in the industry through participation in professional organizations, conference presentations, and client development workshops.
• Lead HDR’s branding in the NY/NJ area by engaging in professional organizations aligned to the market and serving as a company role model in business and community organizations.
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams, and activities to continually improve standards and best practices.
• Coordinate project staffing and resourcing decisions, workload, and Market Sector utilization.
• Implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Manage business class staff, workload, and projects and participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations.
• Perform construction management activities, including development procurement-construction schedules, construction subcontract scopes, review of subcontract terms and conditions, perform value engineering and constructability reviews, construction estimating and schedule reviews, and project construction performance presentations.
• Coordinate, expedite, and review construction submittals.
• Control the project budget and schedule.
• Prepare and update project schedules, pay requests, progress reports, budgets, and schedule management reports.

Requirements

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

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning, Sciences, Business Administration, or a closely related field.
• Program management experience consistent with one of the following requirements:
  • A minimum of three (3) years of program management experience in a deputy role to the Program Manager for the delivery of one or more programs, with a cumulative capital value of $200 million or more, or;
  • A minimum of five (5) years of program management experience as a Project Manager or Project Controls Manager for the delivery of one or more programs, each with a capital value of $200 million or more, or;
  • A minimum of ten (10) years of project management experience as a Project Manager directing a multi-disciplinary team for the delivery of at least two (2) projects, each with a capital value of $50 million or more.
• Strong leadership skills with experience building a cohesive team culture and managing team members in various locations.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Comfortable presenting to client executives and in front of a large audience in a public setting.
• Management experience with the implementation of projects or programs using alternative and collaborative delivery methods, including design-build (DB), progressive design-build (PDB), and/or construction management at-risk (CMAR).
• Familiar with the various tools used to manage large programs - PMIS, CMIS, scheduling, cost control, document management, risk management, asset management, dashboard analytics, etc.

Skills

• Developing and driving a long-range Construction Field Services vision and strategy.
• Leading HDR’s branding in the NY/NJ area.
• Participating in business class practice and professional discipline groups.
• Managing project staffing and resourcing decisions.
• Implementing effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Coordinating project staffing and resourcing decisions.
• Preparing and updating project schedules, pay requests, progress reports, budgets, and schedule management reports.

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

• Expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Schedule

• Full-time

Business Class

• Field Services - Non-FAR / Negotiated