East Region Mining Practice Lead

HDR; Richmond (VA); On-site; USD 154,350 - 219,999; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid parental leave

Tuition reimbursement

Employee ownership

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking an East Region Mining Practice Lead in Richmond, Virginia. This role involves overseeing mining projects, managing client relationships and developing staff within the region. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in mining project management and a strong technical background. The position includes a comprehensive benefits package and competitive pay ranging from $154,350 to $219,999 based on experience.

Qualifications

• 10 years experience in related field required.
• 15 years industry experience preferred.
• MSHA certification is required.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical projects and manage teams effectively.
• Interact with clients to drive business development.
• Mentor and train new team members in mining practices.

Skills

Project management

Technical leadership

Business development

Strong communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, civil engineering, or related discipline

Professional Engineering license preferred

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Project

Job description

Overview

East Region Mining Practice Lead at HDR leads HDR’s mining practice in the East Region with a focus on technical leadership, project management, program building, staff growth, and business development. HDR’s Mining clients have significant technical support needs for greenfield and brownfield projects related to permitting, design, and operations. HDR is seeking a 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 onboard 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 and strong verbal and written communication skills for interactions with clients and internal staff, including 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 personnel 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.

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.
• A minimum of 15 years related industry experience.
• A minimum of 10 years mining project management experience.
• Experience in managing mining projects to a successful conclusion (under budget, on-schedule, 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.
• Must be able to successfully lead a team on projects.
• Good planning, communication, and mentoring skills.
• Excellent competence in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point 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
• Experienced 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
• 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, 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.

Job Details

• 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

Equal Opportunity

HDR is 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.