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Drinking Water Treatment Business Class Lead | Washington Water Business Group

HDR is a 100% employee-owned professional services firm. Founded over a century ago to bring electricity to a changing world, we are now a global company specializing in architecture, engineering, environmental, and construction services. Our success in built and natural environments continues as we collaborate to solve our clients' and communities' most complex challenges.

A part of HDR's Washington Water Business Group, our Drinking Water team is recognized throughout Washington in the planning, design, and delivery of complex water infrastructure projects, including water system planning, water quality, condition assessment, and drinking water treatment facilities. As the Water Treatment Business Class Lead, you will work with Water Business Group leadership to lead, shape, and grow HDR's water treatment business in Washington.

Our employee-owned culture creates a workplace atmosphere of collaboration, learning, enrichment, and inclusion. Collaboration is a cornerstone of our design delivery approach. In this role, you will play an integral technical role on multidisciplinary teams to deliver highly visible, impactful public infrastructure projects across the state, region, and country. You will have the opportunity to manage staff, deliver projects, and pursue opportunities with new and existing clients.

Providing leadership through mentoring, directing, and delegating staff is a key component of the role as is maintaining focus on the execution of HDR's growth strategy. You will interface with regional and national technical leaders to advance local capabilities, and may support national pursuits and project delivery efforts related to your expertise. A candidate who engages in industry groups and has a leadership role in such organizations, including committee participation and regular submission of conference abstracts/presentations, will excel in this role.

We are committed to promoting employees' physical and mental wellness and well-being and delivering meaningful employee experiences. Whether you are interested in advancing your technical skillset, business development, or project management, we provide endless growth and training opportunities that match your skillset and interest.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Technical Excellence

* Participate in project delivery from planning, design, through construction phases to meet client expectations

* Serve as a project manager or design manager and lead critical area and regional projects

* Oversee coordination, monitoring, and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and deliverables

* Use proactive project management to verify that all work is planned, organized, controlled, and delivered

* Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing, project managers, and project delivery staff

* Develop and lead technical and marketing initiatives

* 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

* Conduct quality assurance and quality control reviews where appropriate, or assist technical teams in finding appropriate reviewers

2. Staff Development

* Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage technical personnel

* Manage and develop multidisciplinary teams, including monitoring utilization, morale, quality control, and marketing support

* A commitment to promoting employees' physical and mental wellness and well-being and delivering meaningful employee experiences

* Support development of technical experts

* Implement, monitor, and support company policy

* Supervise engineers and junior staff (assumed in the 2-6 person range)

3. Business Development

* Actively participate in marketing planning, proposals, and interviews

* Lead business class strategic planning, budgeting, and plan implementation

* Drive area initiatives related to water treatment

* Collaborate with water treatment business class leads and water treatment experts across the country

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, or Architecture
• 10+ years of experience in water treatment/quality
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• Strong technical background and experience in planning and design
• 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
• Ability to travel; must be in each office with drinking water treatment staff at least once per year and be present in Bellevue for leadership and key meetings 1-2 times per month.
• Strong active listening and communication skills
• Project management and business management skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree is a plus
• Active engagement in professional or industry organizations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand both locally (e.g., PNWS AWWA, PNCWA) and nationally (e.g., WRF)
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills that are necessary to grow and lead a business group

Why HDR

At HDR, we know work isn't only about who you work for it's also about what you do and how you do it. Led by the strength of our values and a culture shaped by employee ownership, we network with each other, build on each other's contributions, and collaborate together to make great things possible. When you join HDR, we give you license to do the same. We help you take charge of your career, giving you multiple growth opportunities along the way.

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 off, parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position is $149,972 - $246,382 annually depending upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)