Area Drinking Water Business Class Lead

HDR; Saint Louis Park (MN); On-site; USD 155,453 - 222,075; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Water Treatment Business Class Lead to develop and manage HDR’s water treatment business in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The role concentrates on growth, team leadership, and delivering high‑impact infrastructure projects.

You will drive strategic planning, coordinate with operations, marketing and project delivery, and recruit and develop engineers while ensuring quality and safety across regions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a professional, architecture, engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience in the field.
• Demonstrated commitment to quality and HDR values.
• Current professional engineering registration or licensure.
• Experience in development and management of diverse teams.
• Ability to collaborate with area leaders, operations, marketing and project management.

Responsibilities

• Participate in delivery of projects from planning to construction to meet client expectations.
• Lead as project manager or design manager on critical area and regional projects.
• Oversee quality assurance and control reviews of staff deliverables.
• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage technical personnel.
• Drive marketing planning, proposals, and interviews.
• Coordinate and implement area strategic planning, budgeting and execution.
• Promote HDR employee-owned culture and professional discipline groups.

Skills

Leadership

Project management

Team development

Quality focus

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/architecture or related field

Job description

We are seeking a Water Treatment Business Class Lead to develop and manage HDR’s water treatment business in Minnesota and Wisconsin. The role focuses on driving growth, managing teams, and delivering high‑impact infrastructure projects.

Primary Responsibilities

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

Staff Development

• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and manage technical personnel
• Manage and develop multidisciplinary teams, including monitoring utilization, morale, quality control, and marketing support
• Commit to promoting employees’ physical and mental wellness and delivering meaningful employee experiences
• Support the development of technical experts
• Implement, monitor, and support company policy
• Supervise engineers and junior staff (assumed in the 2‑6 person range)

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

Area Business Class Leader Role

• 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
• 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
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand both locally and nationally (e.g., MN‑AWWA, WI‑AWWA, MN Rural Water Association, WI Rural Water Association)

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

Benefits

Medical, dental, vision, short and long‑term disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus, tuition reimbursement. Compensation range varies by skills, experience, education and geographic location: Minnesota $155,453 - $222,075.

Location

United States–Minnesota–Saint Louis Park (primary). Other locations: United States–Wisconsin–Madison, United States–Wisconsin–Milwaukee, United States–Minnesota–Thief River Falls.

Schedule

Full‑time, Employee Status: Regular, Job Posting: Jul 15, 2026.

Equal Opportunity

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.