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 experience in managing 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.

Responsibilities

• Develop, plan, and deliver water infrastructure projects related to designing and constructing data centers for specific clients.
• Manage teams working on tasks including environmental, permitting, industrial water/wastewater treatment, building architecture, and other HDR expertise.
• Support water sustainability initiatives aligned with client goals.
• Collaborate with HDR practices and professional discipline groups on staff assignments, technical services, and quality assurance procedures.
• Balance fast-paced and variable environments while participating in and overseeing consulting, planning, and design scope delivery.
• Coordinate with HDR’s TMT business development teams to grow HDR’s water-related work for data center clients.
• Work with HDR’s client managers and interface with clients to develop detailed project scopes meeting client expectations.
• Travel up to 20-30% to diverse geographic locations as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in Mechanical, Chemical, Environmental, Civil, or similar engineering disciplines.
• Experienced in developing and managing client relationships and specific program/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/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, including MS Office and MS Project.
• 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

• Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• 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).