Director, Integrated Watershed Management

HDR; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 179,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership benefits

Medical, dental, vision coverage

Retirement plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Business Class Director for Integrated Watershed Management to lead HDR’s service lines including watershed management, water supply, groundwater and water quality. The role will build relationships across market sectors, drive risk management, and mentor technical leaders to deliver high‑quality projects across HDR’s national footprint.

The position emphasizes strategic planning, collaboration with market sector directors, and active participation in HDR’s employee‑owned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in related field.
• Professional or Architecture/Engineering registration required for technical design leadership roles.
• Experience in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Committed to quality, HDR values.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Provide company-wide leadership of technical capabilities within the business class.
• Build close working relationships and coordinate with related business classes, market sectors, business groups and operations.
• Lead and participate in technical risk management through process and resource reviews, providing technical advisory services on selected projects, and maintain quality standards and delivery expectations.
• Drive quality assurance and control processes and coordinate with the WBG Quality Manager in those areas.
• Oversee development and application of technical tools, standards, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency.
• Work with market sector directors to develop strategic plan for the business class and provide strategic and tactical business trend input to business group leadership at the national, regional, area and local levels.
• Facilitate business class teamwork, communication and work sharing between offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff.
• Monitor business class direction, adherence to policies and practices, quality assurance, technical tools, project staffing and resource to workload allocation.
• Build technical expertise and production capacity through recruitment and training. Coordinate all strategic hires within the business group.
• Facilitate business class technical experts in support of client development and project pursuits.
• Ensure that business class technical experts represent HDR by involvement in industry organizations and functions including presentations and publications.
• Oversee Technical Networking Groups sponsored by business class.
• Facilitate “lessons learned” for project delivery, processes, trends, successes, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Monitor company-wide performance within business class to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership

Collaboration

Quality mindset

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field

Job description

HDR is seeking a Business Class Director for Integrated Watershed Management to lead HDR’s service lines including watershed management, water supply, groundwater and water quality. The role will build relationships across market sectors, drive risk management, and mentor technical leaders to deliver high‑quality projects across HDR’s national footprint.

The position emphasizes strategic planning, collaboration with market sector directors, and active participation in HDR’s employee‑owned