East Region Mining Practice Lead

HDR

Charleston (WV)

On-site

USD 154,350 - 219,999

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Paid time off

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking an East Region Mining Practice Lead in Charleston, WV. The ideal candidate will manage projects and provide technical leadership while engaging in business development. This role requires a Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field, extensive mining experience, and strong communication skills. Competitive salary range is $154,350 - $219,999 with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

Minimum 15 years related industry experience.
Minimum 10 years mining project management experience.
Strong relationships with mining companies.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership for project teams.
Monitor and communicate project status.
Engage in business development with clients.

Skills

Project management

Technical leadership

Communication skills

Business development

Education

Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or related field

PE registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

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HDR’s Mining clients have significant technical support needs for their greenfield and brownfield projects related to permitting, design and operations. HDR is seeking an East Region Mining Practice Lead who is a Seller/Doer with a key focus on Technical Leadership/ Project Management/Program Building/ Staff Growth and Business Development. A core focus of the role will be project management, technical support, and program building. The role requires technical leadership to guide project teams as to the approach, requirements, and scope to solve client challenges and leading the projects to successful completion of the work, monitoring and communicating the status of their projects with HDR operations leadership, and networking internal to HDR to identify and on-board the right multi-disciplinary local and remote team members to support the pursuits and projects. This will also expand the program service offerings within the East Region through area and national teams, as well as training and mentoring new(er) to mining team members.

Within business development, this role requires client interaction (awareness of client challenges and potential HDR all team opportunities, technical value development and positioning during proposals, through project completion) and strong verbal and written communication skills for interactions with clients, as well as internal staff such as project team members, business development leadership, marketing staff, and operations leadership. The ideal candidate will have strong relationships and significant experience winning and executing projects for mining companies in construction materials, industrial minerals, metals, phosphates, etc. Additionally, it is expected that this role would include recruiting of personnel to continue to grow the Mining Practice in the East Region, inclusive of expanding our service offerings/capabilities in the Region. Other responsibilities include serving as an active member of relevant local and regional organizations, presenting at industry events, mentoring project teams and collaboratively developing proposals within the region.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership to guide project teams on approach, requirements, and scope to solve client challenges and lead projects to successful completion
Monitor and communicate project status with HDR leadership; network to identify and onboard multi-disciplinary local and remote team members
Expand program service offerings in the East Region; mentor and train mining team members
Engage in business development with clients, develop technical value, and position HDR in proposals through project completion
Cultivate strong client relationships; pursue opportunities and support pursuits and projects with internal HDR teams
Recruit personnel to grow the Mining Practice in the East Region and expand service capabilities
Represent HDR in local/regional organizations and industry events; assist in proposal development

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, or related discipline
PE in a minimum of one state; multiple states preferred
Minimum 15 years related industry experience
Minimum 10 years mining project management experience
Experience managing mining projects to successful conclusions (on budget, on schedule, with solid safety and quality records)
Familiarity with multiple commodities, soft and hard-rock mining operations, studies, design, and execution from exploration to closure and reclamation, greenfields and brownfields
Ability to lead a team on projects
Strong planning, communication, and mentoring skills
Excellent competence in Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project
MSHA certification
Open pit and underground-mine experience
Hard rock, soft rock and industrial minerals consulting and operations experience
Mine software experience for block modeling
Experience working for a mine operating company

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
10 years experience in related field
Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience
Experience in development and management of diverse teams
Works cooperatively with other business class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
Active participant in HDR"s employee-owned culture

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, 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.) Pay Transparency: $154,350 - $219,999.

Primary Location:
United States-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh

Other Locations:
United States-South Carolina-Charleston, United States-Illinois-Rosemont, United States-Texas, United States-Florida-Tampa, United States-Virginia-Vienna, United States-West Virginia-Charleston, United States-Virginia-Richmond, United States-Florida-Orlando, United States-Kentucky-Lexington

Industry:
Industrial

Schedule:
Full-time

Employee Status:
Regular

BusinessClass:
Industrial Services

Job Posting:
Aug 19, 2025

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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