Power Delivery Senior Project Manager

HDR; Billings (MT); On-site; USD 128,000 - 183,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Comprehensive benefits

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time off

Job summary

HDR is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join our Montana Power Delivery team. You will lead multi-disciplinary projects, manage client relationships, and drive strategies from pre-positioning through project completion.

The role requires strong communication, significant engineering project management experience, and a track record with high voltage substation and transmission line systems. HDR offers employee ownership and a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering is required.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license is required/recognized.
• 10 years related experience; minimum 5 years PM experience.
• PE license recognized by licensing board for position location.
• MS Office and MS Project experience; Access is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Direct and coordinate work of single or multi-discipline teams through the project lifecycle.
• Manage large multi-discipline projects with high technical complexity.
• Produce and coordinate several projects concurrently.
• Establish and maintain client relations; participate in marketing, contractual, design and production meetings.
• Conduct work sessions for deliverable development with staff and stakeholders.
• Coordinate staffing and workload; ensure on-schedule delivery of deliverables.
• Track financials and adjust work effort to meet budget and schedule.
• Mentor project staff; implement QA/QC procedures.

Skills

Leadership

Business development

Strategic planning

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Master’s degree

Tools

Primavera P3

SureTrak

Prolog

MS Office

MS Project

Access

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 electricity powers modern life. As part of our Power sector, you’ll help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted & 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.

HDR is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to join our Montana Power Delivery team. As a Senior Project Manager, you will be joining a highly capable, multi-disciplined team that supports power and energy projects within the industrial, institutional, municipal, IPP and utility power and energy industry. The Senior Project Manager will be a seller-doer who helps maintain client relationships, brings in projects, develops strategies and plans for performing the work, monitors and communicates status of the project, and leads multi-disciplined project teams to successful completion of the work. 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. The ideal candidate will have significant experience with both high voltage substation and transmission line systems, as well as proven ability to plan, schedule, and lead complex design and consulting assignments.

Responsibilities include:

• 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
• Implement QA/QC procedures
• Supervise large projects staff and act as mentor for less-experienced Project Managers
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree
• PMP certification
• Familiar with Primavera P3 or SureTrak software
• Familiar with Prolog software
• Experience leading Engineer/Procure/Construct (EPC) contracts or other Alternative Delivery models

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• 10 years related experience
• A minimum 5 years project management experience
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered. Example: Professional Engineer (PE or P.Eng) license.
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus)
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning 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.) Montana: $128,000- $183,000 Primary Location:United States-Montana-Billings Industry:Power Schedule:Full-time Employee Status:Regular BusinessClass:Substation Engineering Job Posting:Aug 12, 2026

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