Transmission EPC Project Engineering Lead

About the role

The Transmission EPC Project Engineering Lead will play a crucial role in shaping the future of power transmission infrastructure. This position is part of the HDR Power Delivery Practice and focuses on collaborative delivery models such as Design-Build (DB)/Progressive Design-Build (PDB), Engineer-Procure-Construct (EPC), Construction Manager-General Contractor (CMGC)/Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR), and Integrated Project Delivery (IPD).

Responsibilities

• Serve as the Pursuit Champion / Manager on Transmission EPC projects.
• Ensure a clear transition of scope, schedule, and budget expectations once the project is awarded.
• Facilitate discussions on technical risk analysis and mitigation, preliminary routing, and design, and bill-of-material takeoff support.
• Offer value engineering and constructability solutions.
• Lead HDR scope, schedule, and budget development with a focus on AD project-specific activities and risks.
• Coordinate with land survey, geotechnical, distribution, substation, environmental, real estate, and geographic information system (GIS) staff.
• Estimate technical investments prior to the Go/No-Go discussion and share risk evaluations with relevant leaders.
• Interface with construction contractors and HDR subconsultants during pursuit and project phases.
• Assist in Go/No-Go discussions, project risk assessments, SOQs, proposals, interviews, and negotiations.
• Work with power delivery and operations leadership to build out FEED teams.
• Support project technical leadership roles, including engineering manager, discipline lead, technical advisor, or other.
• Develop templates, standards, specifications, drawings, processes, and procedures for transmission line EPC pursuits and projects.
• Provide EPC best practice guidance to pursuit and project delivery teams.
• Perform team development, mentorship, and leadership activities, including project management, engineering management, and discipline-specific practitioner roles.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil, or Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering License.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in transmission design.
• Minimum 5 years of experience building and leading engineering teams on EPC projects.
• Proficient in PLS-CADD, PLS-Pole, PLS-Tower, MFAD, and LPILE.
• Experience developing engineering scope, schedule, and budget estimates on EPC projects.
• Experience with transmission line design, procurement, and construction, including estimating, engineering design, procurement, and construction specifications.
• Experience with value engineering solutions and discussions with material vendors and subcontractors.
• Experience with pole design, foundation design, and environmental, real estate, and GIS teams.
• Strong leadership skills and engineering management experience with multiple remote teams.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and conferencing platforms.
• Up to 20% travel required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering, or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience in related fields.
• Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Works cooperatively with other business class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors, and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Committed to quality, improvement, and HDR values.
• Participates actively in HDR's Employee Network Groups.

Benefits

HDR offers a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.