Senior Project Manager - Transmission Routing and Siting
Description
Opportunity to have an impact on how regional and national energy needs are met
Opportunity to own and develop your career with a variety of projects and challenges
Opportunity and exposure to projects in different sectors including water, waste and transportation, for example
Become an employee-owner and share in HDR’s success—open to all employees.
Opportunity to participate in HDR’s practice group that develops and facilitates recommended practices and professional development
What you will do
- Responsible for developing buildable routing and siting solutions to support utility and developer infrastructure
- Working with project teams including utility and developer staff and consultants
- Working with stakeholders including government agencies, regulators, communities and landowners
- Preparing testimony and technical documentation including studies to present defensible line route and facility site selection
- Preparing and monitoring project scope, schedule, and budget
- Working with and developing newer staff to produce client deliverables
- Building key relationships with HDR and utility staff
- Strategic thinking, networking, client relations and lead development
- Travel on average 10-20% of the time expected.
Why HDR?
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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story:' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story
Preferred Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in environmental planning, environmental science, community planning, engineering, landscape architecture or related field
- Minimum 10 years of experience in linear projects involving land acquisition, routing or environmental planning
- 8+ years writing proposals, developing scopes of work, budget, and schedules for complex environmental projects with multi-disciplinary teams and multi-agency efforts with a strong focus on siting and routing studies
- Experience preparing applications for submittal to state utility regulatory agencies and system operators
- Experience preparing and providing expert witness testimony
- Experience and understanding of permit requirements
- Strong conceptual, organizational, analytical, problem-solving, and research abilities
- Ability to support multiple complex and time sensitive projects effectively
- Identify and resolve issues effectively and efficiently
- Able to interact with design and construction teams in a positive and proactive manner
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in related field
- 10 years related experience
- A minimum of 5 years of project management experience
- Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software
- Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
- An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must
What We Believe
HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve. Our Commitment As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees. 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, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement.
Expected Compensation Range
(Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)
Columbus and Cincinnati: $124,950 - $178,500
Primary Location
United States-Virginia-Glen Allen
Other Locations
- United States-Ohio-Cincinnati
- United States-Ohio-Columbus
- United States-Virginia-Vienna
- United States-Virginia-Roanoke
- United States-Virginia-Virginia Beach
Industry
Power
Schedule
Full-time
Employee Status
Regular
Business Class
Environmental Sci and Planning
Job Posting
Jan 13, 2026