Water Resources Management Market Sector Leader

About the role

We are seeking a Water Resources Management Market Sector Leader to join our team. This role will develop and drive a long-range Water Resource Management vision and strategy for HDR’s Southern California Area.

Responsibilities

• Develop and drive a long-range Water Resource Management vision and strategy for HDR’s Southern California Area.
• Engage in professional organizations allied to the water resource market to lead HDR’s Water Resource Management branding in Southern California Area.
• Collaborate with other technical and marketing staff in the pursuit of new projects, taking a leadership role in selected key pursuits.
• Support the development of and provide reviews of scopes of work, fee estimates, project risk identification, and project schedules.
• Coordinate staffing/recruiting plans for key hires and assist leadership as necessary with technical or project management hires.
• Identify technical gaps and support talent management and recruiting.
• Apply Water Resource Management initiatives to the marketplace.
• Implement national Water Resource Management initiatives to the marketplace.
• Participate in industry associations and serve as a company role-model in business and community organizations.
• Develop relationships with industry counterparts in other consulting organizations.
• Promote the Water Resource Management market in alignment and support of our Client Managers.
• Serve as the Client Manager for selected key clients.
• Function as a project manager on large or key projects.
• Assist with contract review on key projects to help ensure risk management, proper staffing, quality reviews, and resolution of claims.
• Serve as a QA/QC reviewer for Drinking Water projects, including plans, specifications, models, presentations, and reports, and be engaged early in the project delivery process.

  Requirements

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Civil or Environmental Engineering or a related field.
  • Masters’s degree in engineering, planning, or related field.
  • Minimum of 20 years of experience in major water infrastructure projects.
  • Minimum of 15 years managing municipal water and wastewater projects, engineering budgets, project teams.
  • Minimum of 10 years of hands-on project engineering experience.
  • Good leadership and organizational skills.
  • Experience with staff mentoring and development of multidiscipline teams a must.

  Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, planning, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 10 years of industry experience.
  • Experience with development and management of strategic marketing programs for planning and/or engineering services.
  • Experience with development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific program and/or project pursuits.
  • Experience with overall staff development to include recruiting, career path, and professional growth.
  • Experience with industry associations and maintaining a visible profile in the market sector.
  • Demonstrated commitment to HDR values.

  Skills

  • Leadership and organizational skills.
  • Project management.
  • Technical expertise in water resources management.
  • Strategic planning.
  • Client relationship management.
  • Team building and mentoring.

  Benefits

  Comprehensive benefits package that 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.

  Pay

  The expected compensation range for this position is $168,000 - $250,000 and depends upon skills, experience, education, and geographical location.

  Schedule

  Full-time.

  Employee Status

  Regular.

  Business Class

  Dams Levees Civil Works.

  Job Posting

  Apr 27, 2026.

  Company Beliefs

  We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, asking ourselves: What is our impact on the world?

  Our Commitment

  We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.