Water Treatment Business Class Leader

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.

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You will be responsible for leading and growing our existing & strong Drinking Water Treatment group for Northern California.

This role will support other projects in the area and work with the Water Business Group Market Sector Leads and Client Development Leads on the development and implementation of technical and business development strategies.

The work products in this area are broad and are expected to include master planning through design and support during construction.

Your primary duties will include delivering projects and monitoring project quality, mentoring staff, pursuing and securing opportunities with new and existing clients, and growing the business portfolio.

Providing leadership through mentoring, directing, and delegating to staff is a key component of the role as is maintaining focus on the execution of HDR's growth strategy.

As the Water Treatment Lead for HDR's largest Water Business Group, you will interface with regional and national technology leaders to advance local capabilities and support national pursuits and project delivery efforts related to their expertise.

Specifically, you will support project teams to pursue and complete projects including planning, condition assessment, and design of water treatment and drinking water planning projects.

You will also be expected to engage in industry groups and forums and take leadership roles in such organizations, including committee participation and regular submission of conference abstracts / proceedings.

Primary Responsibilities

In the role of Northern California Water Treatment Business Class Lead , we'll count on you to :

• Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans.
• Manage projects of various sizes.
• Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations.
• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management.
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews.
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation.
• Supervise and mentor staff.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree.
• Professional registration / licensure in California is strongly desired.
• Strong technical background and experience in planning and design relative to water treatment projects and / or programs.
• Active engagement in industry organizations both locally and nationally (e.g., Cal Nevada AWWA) to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills that are necessary to grow and lead a business group.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• 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.)

Primary Location : United States-California-Walnut Creek

Other Locations : United States-California-Oakland, United States-California-Sacramento, United States-California-Folsom

Industry : Water

Schedule : Full-time

Employee Status : Regular

Business Class : Water Treatment

Job Posting : Jul 2, 2024

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