Resources (Power/ Industrial/ Waste) Business Group Professional Services Director - Engineering

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At HDR, our employee‑ownership model shapes everything we do, including how we support and care for our people. Our diverse service lines, including Water, Architecture, Building Engineering Services, Field Services, Power, Waste, Industrial, and Transportation reflect our commitment to shaping resilient, sustainable, and forward‑thinking communities around the world. Across these disciplines, our teams design and deliver solutions that safeguard public health, enhance quality of life, power innovation, and drive responsible growth. Whether advancing clean water, creating healing and learning environments, engineering next‑generation facilities, or building the infrastructure that moves people and energy, our work is rooted in technical excellence and a shared sense of purpose. Our employee‑owners collaborate across specialties, combining creativity, precision, and deep expertise to solve the most complex challenges facing our clients and communities.

Position Overview

The RBG Professional Services Director, Engineering will work with the RBG Professional Services Director (PSD) to lead and execute RBG professional services programs and initiatives assocaited with our Engineering Business Classes (i.e. Power Generation, Hydropower, Substation, Transmission / Distribution, System Protection and Planning, Waste, Oil Gas and Chemicals, Industrial Water / Wastewater, and Mine Water). The RBG Professional Services Director, Engineering will partner with (as appropriate) various Market Sector, Practice, Business Class, Operational, and/or Corporate Leaders throughout HDR to successfully execute programs and initiatives as assigned by the RBG Professional Services Director. In addition, the RBG Professional Services Director, Engineering will also support project teams by acting as a Principal In-Charge, Senior Technical Advisor, and/or Project Approach and Resources Review (PARR) Lead Reviewer. This position will be part of the RBG Professional Services Organization, report to the RBG Professional Services Director, and be a peer to the RBG Professional Services Director, Cross Sector, RBG Technology Director, and RBG Digital Delivery Director.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Program Growth

• Define and lead the long-term vision and growth strategy for the RBG’s Engineering Business Classes, aligned with the RBG Professional Services strategic objectives.
• Partner with market sector, operational and technical leadership to identify and capture large, programmatic opportunities and/or strategic hires.

Strategy Execution & Operationalization

• Align market sector, professional services and operations leadership to deliver consistent execution of the services offered by our engineering business classes throughout all of our geographies (i.e. domestic and international).
• Drive implementation of enterprise initiatives in alignment with RBG Professional Services priorities.

Standardization & Delivery Excellence

• Support RBG Professional Services in establishing and maintaining standardized processes, procedures, and delivery frameworks across our Engineering Business Classes.
• Support RBG Professional Services in codifying and deploying standards, recommended practices, tools, templates, and lessons learned to verify consistent, high-quality delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement, innovation, and digital delivery across the RBG Engineering Business Classes.

Operations Integration & Resource Management

• Collaborate with RBG Engineering Business Class Leaders to support our Operational Leaders with balancing staffing, workload, and delivery capacity.
• Partner with the RBG’s Regional Directors to support area and regional growth strategies.
• Work with the RBG Engineering Business Class Leads to drive consistent approaches to project staffing, utilization, and workshare.
• Partner with our Operational Leaders to optimize staffing models (HDR staff vs. teaming partners vs. contingent workers) via informed, data-driven decisions.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead and develop the RBG Engineering Business Class Leads.
• Promote career development, succession planning, and workforce growth across our Engineering Business Classes.
• Actively support the recruitment process of strategic hires (including leading the process if so called upon).

Technical Excellence & Risk Management

• Drive a culture of safety and quality as a top priority in our RBG Professional Services Organization.
• Partner with professional services leadership to support adoption of our technical, quality, and digital delivery and health and safety standards and recommended practices.
• Partner with our Engineering Business Class Leads to drive consistency in technical execution.

Leadership Profile

• Enterprise Influencer: Proven ability to lead and influence across a complex, matrixed organization.
• Strategic Executor: Demonstrated success translating strategy into scalable, operational programs.
• Commercial Acumen: Deep expertise in construction services pricing, including overhead structures and markups.
• Growth-Oriented Leader: Track record of building and scaling construction or field services programs.
• Technical Credibility: Recognized leader in construction management and field services delivery.
• Collaborative Leader: Strong partnership mindset across market sectors, operations, and professional services.
• People Developer: Committed to mentoring, leadership development, and building high-performing teams.
• Entrepreneurial Mindset: Self-starter with strong initiative and focus on continuous improvement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• Global project execution experience

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams. Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

What We Believe

HDR is our company. Together, we build on each other's life experiences and perspectives to make great things possible every day. This shapes our collaborative culture, encourages organizational trust and connects us closer to the clients and communities we serve.

Our Commitment

As employee owners, we all have a role in creating an inclusive environment where each of us is welcomed, valued, respected and empowered to bring our authentic selves to work every day.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which 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. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) The pay range for this position in North America (based on experience and location) is $197,600 - $260,000. Primary Location: United States-Nebraska-Omaha Other Locations: United States-Texas-Round Rock, United States-North Carolina-Charlotte, United States-Wyoming-Cheyenne, United States-California-Long Beach, United States-Florida-Fort Lauderdale, United States-Pennsylvania-Bethlehem, United States-Oregon-Salem, United States-Maryland-Baltimore, United States-Kansas-Wichita, United States-Texas-Fort Worth, United States-Montana-Missoula, United States-District of Columbia-Washington DC, United States-Texas-Houston, United States-California-Irvine, United States-Wisconsin-Madison, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-Colorado-Fort Collins, United States-Iowa-Des Moines, United States-New York-Albany, United States-California-Folsom, United States-Oregon-Portland, United States-Montana-Bozeman, United States-Texas-El Paso, United States-Colorado-Durango, United States-Texas-Corpus Christi, United States-Washington-Seattle, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-Montana-Billings, United States-Texas-Dallas, United States-Washington-Spokane, United States-Iowa-Cedar Rapids, United States-Colorado-Englewood, United States-Washington-Pasco, United States-Texas-Austin, United States-Louisiana-Metairie, United States-California-Claremont, United States-Massachusetts-Boston, United States-Colorado-Denver, United States-Iowa-Ames, United States-Oregon-Bend, United States-Missouri-St Louis, United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Washington-Olympia, United States-Washington-Vancouver, United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs, United States-Louisiana-Lafayette, United States-Hawaii-Honolulu, United States-Oklahoma-Tulsa, United States-Maryland-Fulton, United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-Kentucky-Louisville, United States-Georgia-Atlanta, United States-South Carolina-Greenville, United States-Illinois-Rosemont, United States-California-Walnut Creek, United States-Oklahoma-Oklahoma City, United States-Tennessee-Memphis, United States-Louisiana-Baton Rouge, United States-Missouri-Springfield, United States-Washington-Gig Harbor, United States-Ohio-Cleveland, Canada-British Columbia-Vancouver, United States-South Carolina-Fort Mill, United States-Florida-Tampa, United States-Florida-West Palm Beach, United States-Ohio-Columbus, United States-California-Ventura, United States-Tennessee-Chattanooga, United States-Kentucky-Lexington, United States-South Dakota-Rapid City, United States-Missouri-Forsyth, United States-Washington-Bellevue, United States-Missouri-Kansas City, United States-South Dakota-Sioux Falls, United States-Alabama-Mobile, United States-Florida-Sarasota, United States-North Carolina-Wilmington, United States-Alabama-Athens, United States-Florida-Pensacola, United States-New York-White Plains, Canada-Ontario-Toronto, United States-California-San Francisco, United States-South Carolina-Charleston, United States-Virginia-Roanoke, United States-South Carolina-Columbia, Canada-Ontario-Richmond Hill, United States-Minnesota-Thief River Falls, United States-Virginia-Vienna, United States-North Carolina-Asheville, United States-Florida-Orlando, United States-Alaska-Anchorage, United States-Indiana-Indianapolis, United States-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh, Canada-Ontario-London, United States-New York-Syracuse, United States-California-San Diego, Canada-Ontario-Ottawa, United States-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia, United States-California-Riverside, United States-Virginia-Newport News, Canada-Ontario-Kingston, United States-Illinois-Springfield, United States-California-Sacramento, United States-New York-New York, United States-Kansas-Overland Park, United States-Michigan-Ann Arbor, United States-Utah-Salt Lake City, United States-North Carolina-Winston-Salem, Canada-Alberta-Calgary, United States-North Dakota-Bismarck, United States-Maine-Portland, United States-California-Oakland, United States-Idaho-Coeur d'Alene, United States-North Dakota-Fargo, United States-Florida-Jacksonville, United States-Illinois-Chicago, United States-California-Los Angeles, United States-Wyoming-Gillette, United States-Idaho-Boise, United States-North Carolina-Raleigh, United States-Texas-San Antonio, United States-Texas-Spring Branch Industry: Power Schedule: Full-time Employee Status: Regular BusinessClass: Marketing and Admin Job Posting: Oct 21, 2026

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