Integrated Watershed Management Business Class Lead for Water Resource Plan Formulation

Business Class Lead

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves: What is our impact on the world? Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you'll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people's lives. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

The Business Class Lead (BCL) will work with the Business Class Director (BCD) and HDR peers on monitoring and improvement of technical competencies, staff development, and execution of work associated with water resource planning that meets federal planning standards and expectations. The overall goal of the role is to promote a quality culture, drive or support BC initiatives that drive growth and project delivery, and work with areas to hire, train and support career progression of staff within this technical service area.

The successful candidate will bring a vision for delivery, mentoring, and market growth; and have a proven ability to work broadly with teams to deliver positive outcomes for projects. The BCL will collaborate on business class efforts with market sector directors, business group regional directors, other business class leaders, local business group leaders, local market sector (marketing) leaders, cross sector leadership, and area staff.

The BCL responsibilities include the following:

• Fostering a quality culture though project delivery excellence and staff coaching. Serve as a Quality Control lead, technical advisor, and technical lead (i.e., Project Manager or Task Manager) for specific projects. Work with project teams to field needs and align staff to meet delivery expectations and develop strategy to promote knowledge transfer and staff development within water resource plan formulation.
• Leading or supporting Business Class sponsored standards and guidelines (i.e., best practices) technical tools, checklists, workflows, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency. Promoting forward thinking delivery and strategy approaches as well as technology use and adoption.
• Participating in tactical planning including engagement others within HDR to align initiatives with market drivers and client needs. Maintain awareness related to industry trends and drivers. Implementing actions associated with annual planning including leading or supporting recruiting key positions in partnership with others.
• Working with others within HDR including client facing and marketing staff to track, develop and share qualifications and project approaches. Engage on specific pursuits as a lead or team member. Drive industry facing strategies associated with technical service area (e.g., professional association engagement, webinars, workshops, etc.).

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience leading plan formulation for Federal clients. Specific experience with the USACE's Principles, Requirements and Guidelines (PR&G) ideal.
• Demonstrated ability to lead multidisciplinary teams to successful project outcomes.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• A minimum of 10 years experience
• Professional registration, license or certification may be required based on role
• Strong communication and listening skills
• Ability to handle multiple assignments
• Good leadership and organizational skills
• 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. Our eight Employee Network Groups (Asian Pacific, Black, Hispanic/Latino(a), LGBTQ+, People with Disabilities, Veterans, Women, Young Professionals) help create a sense of belonging and foster a supportive environment where everyone is empowered to engage and contribute. Each group has an executive sponsor and is open to all employees.