NY/NJ Water Construction Management Lead

About the role

The NY/NJ Construction Field Services Lead is a professional who leads the development and growth of Construction Management Services within the NY/NJ Water Business Group. This role requires coordination, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of construction management staff, focusing on meeting client needs and market drivers.

Responsibilities

• Advance business development strategies and pursue new clients and projects.
• Manage client relationships and provide leadership in addressing client issues.
• Develop and pursue new clients and projects.
• Support selected pursuits through client relationship development and/or through development of strategy, tactics, value-added technical differentiation, and participation in pursuit activities.
• 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.
• Coordinate staffing/recruiting plans for key hires and assist leadership as necessary with technical or project management hires.
• Mentor staff and support the development of technical experts and business class leaders.
• Identify needs and opportunities for new and improved technical services and products to maximize the breadth, depth, and effectiveness of the practice.
• Support 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, performance of constructability and value engineering reviews, construction estimating and schedule reviews, and project construction performance presentations.
• Coordinate, expedite, and review construction submittals.
• Control the project budget and schedule.
• Ensure subcontractor compliance with the Health and Safety Program through communication and inspections.
• Prepare and update project schedules, pay requests, progress reports, budgets, and schedule management reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning, Sciences, Business Administration, or a 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).
• Familiarity 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 professional organizations and conferences.
• Engaging in client development workshops.
• Leading the Area in identifying needs and opportunities for new and improved technical services and products.
• Managing project staffing and resourcing decisions.
• Implementing effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Coordinating local bidding efforts for quotes obtained in the field.
• Procuring purchase orders and subcontract packages.
• Performing construction management activities, including development procurement-construction schedules, construction subcontract scopes, review of subcontract terms and conditions, performance of constructability and value engineering reviews, construction estimating and schedule reviews, and project construction performance presentations.
• 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

Employee Status

• Regular

Job Posting

Jun 3, 2026