North Central Regional Environmental Leader & Strategist

HDR; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 168,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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 emblem

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Regional Environmental Sciences and Planning Leader to guide strategy, delivery, staff development, and growth across the North Central U.S. The role partners with Area Operations, Business Group leaders, and cross‑sector directors to operationalize environmental programs and manage multi‑discipline teams.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in environmental services for transportation, water, energy, and industrial markets, with 10+ years of leadership and a

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field is required.
• 10 years experience in related field.
• 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.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, operational, and people leadership for the Business Class in alignment with regional and enterprise plans.
• Build strong relationships with Area Operations, Business Class/Section Leads, Business Group leadership, and peer Regional Business Class Leaders.
• Participate in regional strategic planning, budgeting, annual alignment
• Implement key Business Class initiatives while promoting cross-Area and cross sector integration.
• Coordinate staffing, workshare, utilization, and workload balancing across Areas to meet project and market demands.
• Maintain situational awareness of major programs to enable integrated, multi-discipline delivery solutions.
• Recruit, mentor, onboard, and develop Area Business Class/Section Leads.
• Support training, credentialing, career pathways, coaching, and performance conversations.
• Identify and develop future leaders while fostering an inclusive, collaborative, high-performance culture aligned with company values.
• Partner with Business Groups to strengthen client relationships and support growth strategies.
• Support capture planning, pursuit strategies, proposals, and marketing materials.
• Serve as Project Principal, pursuit champion, or senior advisor for high-visibility or strategic pursuits as appropriate.
• Provide project delivery excellence while promoting discipline-specific best practices, and quality standards.
• Support project teams in resolving delivery challenges while championing innovation, continuous improvement, and alignment with HDR quality expectations, culture and values.
• Lead regular coordination calls with Area Business Class/Section Leads
• Organize and lead regional leadership meetings
• Conduct periodic area visits
• Support and/or lead annual regional summits or discipline forums
• Maintain regular communication with Business Class Director and Area Leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

People management

Stakeholder collaboration

Regional coordination

Education

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

Job description

HDR is seeking a Regional Environmental Sciences and Planning Leader to guide strategy, delivery, staff development, and growth across the North Central U.S. The role partners with Area Operations, Business Group leaders, and cross‑sector directors to operationalize environmental programs and manage multi‑discipline teams.

The ideal candidate has a proven track record in environmental services for transportation, water, energy, and industrial markets, with 10+ years of leadership and a