Water Program Manager - Data Centers

About the role

We are seeking a Water Infrastructure Program Manager (PgmM) to join our team. This role will focus on developing, coordinating, and delivering water infrastructure consulting, design projects and tasks for data center clients. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in industrial water and wastewater engineering and possess project management experience.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, and deliver water infrastructure consulting, design projects, and tasks for data center clients.
• Manage teams working on tasks from front-end site due-diligence evaluation, consulting, planning, and detailed design support through the construction administration and commissioning phases of data center projects.
• Support water sustainability initiatives as aligned by client goals.
• Collaborate with HDR practices and professional discipline groups on staff assignments, technical services, activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implementation of effective quality assurance and quality control procedures.
• Balance the fast-paced and variable environment of working with data center clients.
• Participate in and oversee the execution of consulting, planning, and design scope delivery.
• Manage the day-to-day activities of project-based team members and ensure they meet deadlines and deliver high-quality work.
• Identify key staff to support new opportunities, including monitoring of staff workload and facilitating work sharing amongst and between HDR groups.
• Recruit new staff based on client project needs.
• Facilitate development and dissemination of lessons learned, Standards & Practices, and other key delivery guidance/tools.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, Civil or other similar engineering disciplines.
• Experienced in development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific program and/or project pursuits.
• Experience working cooperatively with multiple HDR positions such as Market Sector Leadership, Business Class Directors, Regional Business Group Directors, Area Business Group Managers, and Area Managers.
• Demonstrated commitment to HDR values and an attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Works well in a team and matrix environment.
• Highly motivated, articulate, and self-starting.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Platforms.
• Demonstrated project management experience with winning and delivering projects in the Data Center and other industrial sectors, with responsibility for budget, schedule, contractual obligations, and quality standards.

Preferred Qualifications

• Registration as a Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• Project Management training and experience, including PMP certification.
• Experience designing industrial water and wastewater treatment plants, including development of conceptual/preliminary designs and detailed design document preparation.
• Knowledge of Google Workspace platforms (formerly G Suite or Google Apps).