SW Florida Transportation Business Group Leader

Primary Roles and Responsibilities

• Controlling – Responsible for assisting with meeting the operational metrics for the Area Transportation Business Group including specifically net fees earned and profitability.
• Staffing - Assist in prioritization of hires, identification and recruiting of candidates, development and retention of staff and management of workload.
• Client Management Leadership & Assistance - Collaborate with staff in the definition and engagement strategy for clients within the Area.
• Alignment of Resources - Coordinate the alignment of internal resources to the needs of our clients and the achievement of goals.
• Strategic Planning - Assist in development of annual strategic planning effort.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Maintain progress toward period and annual net fee bookings goals.
• Work closely with business development leadership to observe trends, adjust projections and make required alterations to plan in an effort to achieve year over year goals and cost management targets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Registered Professional Engineer in Florida, or the ability to gain reciprocity.
• Must have proven marketing and business development skills in addition to contacts/relationships with transportation clients.
• Demonstrated excellent communication skills (written and verbal), demonstrated team building capabilities, strong people-leader experience of a diverse team.
• Good leadership and organizational skills with the ability to grow continue to grow the local geography’s transportation team.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Able to handle multiple assignments effectively.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• 15+ years industry experience, must include management experience.
• Experience must include significant transportation experience.
• Previous experience managing staff, clients, contracts and hiring staff for an engineering consulting firm.
• Master's degree
• PMP certification

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 10 years related experience
• Minimum 5 years project management experience
• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)

Additional Information

Primary Location: United States-Florida-Tampa
Other Locations: United States-Florida-Fort Lauderdale, United States-Florida-Sarasota, United States-Florida-Doral
Industry: Highway + Road
Schedule: Full-time
Employee Status: Regular
Business Class: Highways
Job Posting: Jun 17, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.