Area Professional Services Manager

HDR, Inc.; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 154,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Employee referral bonus

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking an Area Professional Services Manager in Honolulu to lead and develop regional staff, ensure quality and support project teams across multiple disciplines.

You will oversee staffing, QA/QC activities, and continuous improvement initiatives while collaborating with area operations, market sectors, and delivery leaders. This role aligns with our employee-owned culture and corporate standards.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field.
• Minimum 15 years of experience.
• Professional or engineering registration maintained.
• Experience managing diverse teams.
• Collaborates with operations, technical staff and marketing managers.
• Commitment to quality and HDR values.
• Active participation in employee-owned culture.

Responsibilities

• Develop, coordinate, monitor and improve technical competencies of area staff and products.
• Lead and monitor development and training of area staff.
• Oversee workload balancing and ensure qualified staffing of project teams.
• Lead quality assurance efforts to implement QA/QC program activities.
• Monitor project QC reviews and assign reviewers.
• Drive continuous improvement via standards, procedures and lessons learned.
• Lead area mentoring initiative and support project teams with claims management.

Skills

Staff management

Leadership

Quality focus

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Tools

Engineering registration

Job description

Area Professional Services Manager

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? Watch Our Story: ' https://www.hdrinc.com/our-story' Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

Job Responsibilities

• Be responsible to the Area Manager to develop, coordinate, monitor and improve technical competencies of area staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Lead and monitor development and training of area staff in technical and business competencies.
• Oversee workload balancing and ensure qualified staffing of project teams. Lead quality assurance efforts to implement QA/QC Program activities striving for continuous improvement.
• Monitor project QC Review activities including assignment of experienced and qualified reviewers.
• Lead and monitor activities for continuous improvement including development and use of technical standards, procedures, best practices and lessons learned.
• Lead and participate in project reviews and support project teams with management of claims and losses.
• Lead the Area mentoring initiative.
• Oversee technical and digital delivery evolution, in collaboration with subject matter experts.
• Work with AM to streamline and coordinate business processes consistent with Area, corporate policy and MOA.
• Oversee and ensure implementation of quality, standards, and best practices.
• Provide leadership to assigned business class leaders, including the cross-sector leaders.
• Collaborate with Area operations, market sectors, business classes, and delivery leaders.
• Participate in Area strategic planning and plan implementation.
• Support area activities related to hiring and retaining key staff.
• Serve as a champion for BGX opportunities.
• Support communication and coordination within all business groups.
• Perform other duties as needed

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in a related field
• A minimum 15 years' of experience
• Maintains professional or engineering registration and has extensive related technical expertise
• Experienced in management and development of diverse teams
• Works cooperatively with operations managers, technical staff and marketing managers on professional services-related efforts
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• 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.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success.

• 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
• tuition reimbursement

(Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.)

Honolulu, Hawaii: $154,000 - $220,000.

Primary Location: United States-Hawaii-Honolulu

Industry: Administrative

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Marketing and Admin

Job Posting: Oct 9, 2026