Regional Environmental Planning Leader, North Central

HDR; Fargo (ND); On-site; USD 160,000 - 252,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

Disability Insurance

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Paid Time Away

Parental Leave

Paid Holidays

Retirement Plan with Employer Match

Employee Referral Bonus

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

HDR is hiring a North Central Region Environmental Sciences and Planning Leader to provide strategic, operational and people leadership for the Environmental Planning Business Class across HDR regions. The role will align with operations and cross-sector strategies while driving staff development and business growth.

Based in Fargo or other North Central locations, this leadership role requires travel across the region and a track record of delivering environmental services for infrastructure

Qualifications

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

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 development

Relationship building

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

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

Job description

HDR is hiring a North Central Region Environmental Sciences and Planning Leader to provide strategic, operational and people leadership for the Environmental Planning Business Class across HDR regions. The role will align with operations and cross-sector strategies while driving staff development and business growth.

Based in Fargo or other North Central locations, this leadership role requires travel across the region and a track record of delivering environmental services for infrastructure