Pump Stations and Pipelines (PS&PL) Business Class Director

HDR · Corpus Christi, TX · 1 mo ago

On-siteConsulting$179k–$336k/yrFull-time

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story.

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

About the role

The duties of a Business Class Director (BCD) include responsibilities for company-wide development, coordination, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff, products, and services to meet client needs, response to market drivers, and risk management across HDR. Business Class Directors support the needs of all Market Sectors, Business Groups, and geographic regions, as appropriate to their areas of practice, expertise, and focus.

Specifically, the Pump Stations and Pipelines (PS&PL) Business Class Director is responsible for the direction, coordination, and quality of work for the pump stations, pipeline and tunneling design programs within HDR. Responsibilities include building close working relationships with related business classes, market sectors, business groups and operations. The PS&PL BCD will provide risk management on projects with technical complexity. The position will participate in and provide oversight of a variety of project types including planning, design, construction, and full lifecycle services for pump stations, design of pipelines, and management/oversight of water bearing tunnel projects and subconsultant design activities for water bearing tunnel projects. The position will build and maintain the industry presence, reputation, and participation in professional organizations to raise the profile of the practice. As part of these duties, the Business Class Director participates in client management, participates in proposal and project development and is an active member of professional organizations. The BCD will mentor and direct Business Class leaders that help manage and execute the mission of the business class.

The BCD may be required to execute certain responsibilities and actions according to the HDR Matrix of Authority (MOA) including risk-focused reviews of technical and project elements. The selected individual may be asked to work closely with HDR legal, project managers, business group managers and area managers in reviewing go/no go decisions, SOWs, Contracts, and project pricing – especially for projects and activities relating to water conveyance tunnels. The position will also require coordination with HDR’s other regional and corporate business class technical leads and advisors.

Responsibilities

Provide company-wide leadership of technical capabilities within the business class.
Build close working relationships and coordinate with related business classes, market sectors, business groups and operations.
Lead and participate in technical risk management through process and resource reviews, providing technical advisory services on selected projects, and claims prevention and avoidance activities.
Drive quality assurance and control processes and coordinate with the WBG Quality Manager in those areas.
Oversee development and application of technical tools, standards, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency. Ensure that technical staff are aware of and monitoring emerging technologies.
Oversee assignment of qualified, experienced staff to projects including effective use of worksharing.
Work with market sector directors to develop strategic plan for the business class and provide strategic and tactical business trend input to business group leadership at the national, regional, area and local levels.
Lead applied research strategy and engagement (e.g., Water Research Foundation and similar organizations) to advance WTEM technical capabilities, inform future service offerings, and translate research outcomes into practice standards, tools, and guidance across HDR.
Lead and maintain strategic relationships with key university graduate programs to support workforce development, applied research collaboration, recruiting pipelines, and long-term capability building for the WTEM business class.
Along with Regional WTEM BC Leaders facilitate business class teamwork, communication and work sharing between offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff.
Monitor business class direction, adherence to policies and practices, quality assurance, technical tools, project staffing and resource to workload allocation.
Build technical expertise and production capacity through recruitment and training. Coordinate all strategic hires within the business group.
Facilitate business class technical experts in support of client development and project pursuits.
Ensure that business class technical experts represent HDR by involvement in industry organizations and functions including presentations and publications.
Oversee Practice Groups within Business Class.
Facilitate “lessons learned” for project delivery, processes, trends, successes, strengths, and weaknesses.
Monitor company-wide performance within business class to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions.
Facilitate the PARR process through assignment of Lead Reviewers, acting as a Lead Reviewers, and review of requests for PARR exemptions.

Location and Travel

The geographic location of this position is non-specific; however, a location with significant HDR presence is preferred. The estimated, average travel requirement is primarily at 50% with monthly variations between 0% and 75%.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
A minimum of 10 years of experience in related field.
For Business Class leadership roles for which the core service being overseen is technical design, the role must maintain a professional or Architecture/Engineering registration and has related technical experience.
Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
Works cooperatively with other business class 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.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in a Business Class or Professional Services leadership role.
Experience working cooperatively with other HDR business class directors, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts.

Skills

Keywords: pumps, pump station, pump facility, design, pipe, pipeline, transient, tunnel.

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes:

Medical, dental, vision
Short and long-term disability
Life insurance
Employee assistance program
Paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays
Retirement savings plan with employer match
Employee referral bonus
Tuition reimbursement

(Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)

Pay

The expected compensation range for this position is $178,952 - $336,375 depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location.

Locations

Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha

Other Locations:

United States-North Carolina-Charlotte
United States-Minnesota
United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne
United States-California-Long Beach
United States-Minnesota-Saint Louis Park
United States-Wyoming
United States-Florida-Fort Lauderdale
United States-Pennsylvania-Bethlehem
United States-Oregon-Salem
United States-Maryland-Baltimore
United States-Texas-Fort Worth
United States-Montana-Missoula
United States-District of Columbia-Washington DC
United States-Texas-Houston
United States-Michigan
United States-California-Irvine
United States-Wisconsin-Madison
United States-Washington-Tacoma
United States-Nevada-Reno
United States-Colorado-Fort Collins
United States-Iowa-Des Moines
United States-New York-Albany
United States-California-Folsom
United States-Oregon-Portland
United States-Washington
United States-Montana-Bozeman
United States-Texas-El Paso
United States-Colorado-Durango
United States-Texas-Corpus Christi
United States-Washington-Seattle
United States-Nevada-Las Vegas
United States-Virginia
United States-Montana-Billings
United States-Texas-Dallas
United States-Montana-Helena
United States-Washington-Spokane
United States-Virginia-Arlington
United States-Washington-Pasco
United States-Texas-Austin
United States-Texas
United States-Virginia-Virginia Beach
United States-Massachusetts-Boston
United States-Kentucky
United States-Colorado-Denver
United States-Oregon-Bend
United States-Missouri-St Louis
United States-South Dakota
United States-Georgia-Savannah
United States-Arizona-Tucson
United States-Pennsylvania-Mechanicsburg
United States-Washington-Olympia
United States-Tennessee
United States-Hawaii-Honolulu