PA-OH-WV-DE Power Market Sector Lead

HDR, Inc.; Charleston (WV); On-site; USD 146,000 - 215,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Power Market Sector Leader to guide growth across Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Delaware. You will lead power generation, delivery, and related services while building client relationships and a seller-doer culture.

The role emphasizes leadership, recruitment, and cross‑functional collaboration with regional leaders to meet growth targets and deliver high‑quality projects for utilities, data centers, and energy developers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in engineering, planning or related field is required.
• At least 10 years of industry experience.
• Experience developing and managing strategic marketing programs for planning/engineering services.
• Experience managing a wide range of client relationships and pursuing programs and projects.
• Experience developing staff and working with industry associations.
• Ability to collaborate with Regional Market Sector Directors, Market Sector Directors and others to guide HDR’s power program.

Responsibilities

• Grow, monitor, and participate in HDR’s portfolio of Power services across PA, OH, WV and DE.
• Identify opportunities to deliver design, consulting, advisory, owners engineering, asset management and related services.
• Establish external teaming relationships to support program growth and represent HDR in industry associations.
• Provide leadership and project management to ensure staffing and quality, serving as Principal-in-Charge or Project Manager.
• Coordinate with Business Group Leaders to align resources with workload and marketing efforts.
• Drive client growth and staff recruitment to execute business development plans.
• Coordinate with local operations and leadership to support work sharing and growth.
• Lead and motivate staff to meet growth goals.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Project management

Client relationship management

Team building

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's Degree in engineering or related field

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.

Power

We believe electricity powers modern life. As part of our Power sector, you’ll help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than a century. You’ll work side‑by‑side with these experts and contribute to reliable, resilient and sustainable power systems, helping communities thrive and industries expand. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to drive infrastructure forward, power innovation and leave your mark on our energy future.

In the role of PA-OH-WV-DE Power Market Sector Lead, we'll count on you to:

HDR is looking for a Power Market Sector Leader to provide oversight and direction for the growth of HDR’s Power program in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Delaware. HDR is recognized by Engineering News Record in the Top 20 ranking for Power. With over 1,000 professionals working within the Power Market Sector, we are leading siting and routing, environmental due diligence, transmission and distribution design, power generation, and hydropower. HDR has established and growing offices in Bethlehem, Plymouth Meeting, Philadelphia, Mechanicsburg, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Cincinnati, Cleveland and Columbus, Ohio and Charleston, West Virginia. We are well positioned to support our states’ design demands for utilities, data centers, and renewable energy.

The Power Market Sector Leader will bring power generation, power delivery, or comparable technical experience, with a seller/doer mindset to grow these services with power utilities, cooperatives, energy developers, industrial and technology companies. The primary duties of the Power Market Sector Leader include leadership and responsibility for program growth with an emphasis on client development, market diversification, and recruiting and developing talent to support project needs. This position will work closely with local, regional, and national leaders to influence the general direction of the Power program to ensure that the operations and growth expectations are met.

Specific duties include

• Responsible for growing, monitoring, and participating in the execution of HDR’s portfolio of Power services in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia and Delaware. Partner with local and regional business development leaders to position ahead of market trends and implement strategies to diversify work and grow client relationships.
• Identify and pursue opportunities to deliver a variety of services including but not limited to design, consulting, advisory services, owners engineering, asset management, due diligence, and planning. Clients may include power utilities, cooperatives, energy developers, industrial and technology companies.
• Identify and establish effective external teaming relationships to support program growth. This includes developing relationships with industry counterparts and representing HDR in industry associations and as a role model in business and community organizations.
• Provide leadership and project management to ensure projects have appropriate staff and that work is executed in a quality manner. Perform client management, project management and/or technical support activities. Serve as a Principal-in-Charge or Project Manager.
• Coordinate closely with the PAOHWVDE Business Group Manager, Power Market Leaders, and Power Business Development Leaders, to align resources and technical expertise with workload and marketing efforts to deliver for the clients.
• Drive client growth, locally and regionally, including recruiting and hiring staff to support and implement business development and marketing plans.
• Coordinate with local operations, section managers, and business group leadership to support work sharing efforts.
• Lead and motivate the staff to meet growth goals.

Preferred Qualifications

• PE license, or Industry equivalent
• PMP Certification
• Ability to travel for client and project meetings (up to 25%), meeting with staff in area offices, and regional meetings with key Power Market Sector leadership

Keywords

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in an engineering, planning or a related field
• A minimum of 10 years of industry experience
• Experienced in development and management of strategic marketing programs for planning and/or engineering services
• Experienced in development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific program and/or project pursuits
• Experienced in overall staff development to include recruiting, career path and professional growth
• Experienced with industry associations and maintains a visible profile in the market sector
• Ability to work cooperatively with Regional Market Sector Directors, Market Sector Directors, Business Class Directors, Regional Business Group Directors, Area Business Group Managers, Area Marketing Managers and Area Managers
• Demonstrated commitment to 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 Ohio: $146,090 - $215,000 Primary Location:United States-Pennsylvania-Pittsburgh Other Locations:United States-Ohio-Cincinnati, United States-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia, United States-Ohio-Cleveland, United States-Pennsylvania-Mechanicsburg, United States-Pennsylvania-Plymouth Meeting, United States-West Virginia-Charleston, United States-Ohio-Columbus, United States-Pennsylvania-Bethlehem Industry:Power Schedule:Full-time Employee Status:Regular BusinessClass:Power Generation Job Posting:Oct 16, 2026

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an Affiliation 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.