Industrial Project Manager - LNG & NG

HDR, Inc.; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 138,000 - 197,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking an experienced Industrial Project Manager to lead large, multi-disciplinary projects for industrial clients in the New England region.

The role emphasizes strong client relationships, project leadership, and the ability to guide teams from development through close-out. The successful candidate will coordinate across design, engineering, and marketing teams, manage budgets, and serve as a primary liaison with HDR operations leadership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and related professional experience.
• Minimum of 2 years project management experience.
• Strong written and verbal communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams through the project's lifecycle.
• Manage large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high technical complexity.
• Lead multiple projects concurrently and ensure deliverables meet schedule and budget.
• Establish and maintain client relations; participate in marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Coordinate staffing and workload across the project lifecycle; ensure deliverables are completed on time.
• Track project financials and adjust scope with the team to stay within budget.
• Collaborate with accounting, operations, and leadership for periodic project reviews.

Skills

Project Management

Client Relations

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree

Professional Engineering license

Job description

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'

Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

We believe industry drives progress. As part of our Industrial sector, you'll help shape efficient, advanced infrastructure and environmental stewardship. We partner with clients across industries to responsibly optimize processes, modernize facilities and solve complex challenges. Our work spans the full project life cycle, from up-front evaluation and planning studies through design and into construction monitoring and operations. You can help clients push boundaries and meet evolving industrial demands while supporting resilient infrastructure and responsible growth. This isn't just a job, it's a chance to engineer smarter solutions, drive industrial innovation and make a lasting impact.

HDR is seeking a seller-doer Industrial Project Manager with significant experience supporting Industrial sector clients and projects.The successful candidate will serve in a key leadership position in the Industrial team. Primary responsibilities may vary slightly based on the candidate but will generally include establishing and strengthening relationships with Industrial clients, locally and nationally, winning and successfully executing engineering/consulting/other projects for Industrial clients, and supporting the recruiting, supervising, mentoring, and sustainable growth of the New England-based team of Industrial-focused engineers and designers. Other responsibilities include serving as an active member of relevant local organizations, presenting at industry events, collaboratively developing proposals, leading project teams 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 your pursuits and projects. This role requires significant client interaction (from pre-positioning for the work through project completion) and strong verbal and written communication skills as needed for regular interaction with internal staff such as project team members, marketing staff, and operations leadership.

In the role of Industrial Project Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multidiscipline teams throughout the project's lifecycle (from development & initiation to close-out)
• Responsible for all aspects of large multidiscipline projects or medium-sized projects with high degree of technical complexity, involving a large project staff
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently
• Establish and maintain client relations, and be involved with marketing, contractual, design and production meetings
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development in conjunction with other staff and stakeholders
• Coordinate staffing and workload through entire project life cycle, and ensure completion of deliverables on schedule
• Track financial aspects of projects, and coordinate and adjust work effort with team to ensure that work is completed within parameters of agreed-to budget and schedule
• Work with the Accounting, Operational and Business leadership for periodic project reviews

Preferred Qualifications

• The ideal candidate will have strong relationships and significant experience winning and executing projects for industrial clients within the oil, gas and chemicals markets.
• Ideal project experience should include natural gas/ LNG/storage/compression/transmission/distribution/metering/regulation.
• A Professional Engineering license
• PMP certification
• Preference given to local candidates
• Master's Degree

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and related professional experience
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills
• 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.) {Boston, MA}: $137,676 - $196,680

Primary Location: United States-Massachusetts-Boston

Industry: Industrial

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Regular

BusinessClass: Industrial Services

Job Posting: Sep 15, 2026