Resources (Power/ Industrial/ Waste) Business Group - Construction Field Services Director

About the role

The Resources Business Group (RBG) Construction Field Services (CFS) Director provides Business Group leadership, strategy, and operational direction for RBG’s CFS program across all market sectors and geographies. This role is responsible for scaling and operationalizing a global CFS program, driving consistent delivery, profitable growth, and technical excellence.

Responsibilities

• Define and lead the long-term vision and growth strategy for RBG CFS, aligned with RBG and corporate objectives.
• Drive expansion toward a scaled, multi-market sector CFS business through targeted market positioning and strategic pursuits.
• Partner with market sector, regional, area and technical leadership to identify and capture large, programmatic opportunities.
• Operationalize and refine the RBG CFS Strategic Plan, translating initiatives into executable programs, KPIs, and performance metrics.
• Align market sector, professional services and operations leadership to deliver consistent execution across regions.
• Drive implementation of enterprise initiatives in alignment with RBG priorities.
• Support professional services in establishing and maintaining standardized processes, procedures, and delivery frameworks across CFS.
• Codify and deploy best practices, tools, templates, and lessons learned to ensure consistent, high-quality delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement, innovation, and digital delivery across the CFS program.
• Drive overall CFS financial performance, including net fees booked, net fees earned, profitability, utilization, and growth metrics.
• Lead development of CFS pricing strategies, including overhead structures and markups, to support competitive positioning.
• Partner with operations to optimize staffing models (HDR staff vs. contingent workers) via informed, data-driven decisions.
• Collaborate with regional directors to align staffing, workload, and delivery capacity.
• Serve as the primary connector across CFS, market sectors, professional services and operations.
• Collaborate with peer Service Line Directors (Program Management, Alternative Delivery, Advisory Services) to advance project lifecycle delivery.
• Lead enterprise-level coordination to maximize HDR’s competitive advantage.
• Lead and develop the CFS leadership team, including the Practice Lead (PL) and Business Class Lead (BCL) functions.
• Establish clear accountability between strategy/growth (PL) and technical delivery (BCL).
• Promote career development, succession planning, and workforce growth across PMs, CMs, and field staff.
• Drive a culture of safety as a top priority in our CFS program.
• Partner with RBG safety, health and environmental (SH&E) lead(s) to identify and mitigate CFS SH&E risks.
• Partner with professional services leadership to verify technical quality, QA/QC, and standards compliance.
• Oversee risk management practices, including project reviews, delivery oversight, and issue resolution.
• Drive consistency in technical execution across market sectors and geographies.

Requirements

• A strong understanding of overhead structuring, specifically within the CFS industry.
• Certified Construction Manager (CCM) certification.
• Experience with estimating software, scheduling software, project management software and web-based collaboration software for the exchange of documents.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Construction Science or closely related field or equivalent work experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in various aspects of construction planning and management, including but not limited to construction contracts; document, time, cost, and quality management; change management; and site safety.
• Experience with Microsoft Office.
• Experience with construction management software such as Procore, Prolog, Primavera, Bluebeam, etc.

Skills

• Enterprise Influencer: Proven ability to lead and influence across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strategic Executor: Demonstrated success translating strategy into scalable, operational programs.
• Commercial Acumen: Deep expertise in construction services pricing, including overhead structures and markups.
• Growth-Oriented Leader: Track record of building and scaling construction or field services programs.
• Technical Credibility: Recognized leader in construction management and field services delivery.
• Collaborative Leader: Strong partnership mindset across market sectors, operations, and professional services.
• People Developer: Committed to mentoring, leadership development, and building high-performing teams.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Self-starter with strong initiative and focus on continuous improvement.

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

The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. In North America, the pay range for this position is $187,200 - $260,000.

Schedule

Full-time Employee Status: Regular