Resources Data Steward — Power, Waste & Industrial

HDR; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is seeking a strategic-minded Resources Business Group Data Steward to shape how our data is defined, shared, and reused across HDR and its Business Groups. This leadership role will focus on clarity and consistency of data terminology and governance, enabling analytics, automation, and AI across the organization.

The role reports to the Resources Business Group Technology Director with a dotted line to the Digital Design Lead, and requires collaboration with HDR Data Operations and the HDR

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, engineering, data science, business, computer science, or related discipline or equivalent related experience.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in a related field and at least 15 years of overall experience delivering diverse data‑focused solutions.
• Experience within the architecture, engineering, and construction industry.
• Previous experience in the power, industrial and/or waste sectors is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Work as the RBG data point of contact and leverage SME expertise from our Business Classes and Practices.
• Develop and maintain specific data glossary(ies) for key engineering and technical terms with business context.
• Use your technical network to build alignment and consensus around data processes, priority, and expected use.
• Promote consistent, responsible use of technical data, including access, data quality, best practice for format, and reuse.
• Support governance of externally sourced datasets (access, approvals, inventory awareness, storage, and lifecycle considerations).
• Work with Enterprise Data Operations to help lead a RBG SME network to align practices and share lessons learned across our business classes and practices.
• Promote data fluency across the RBG.
• Regularly communicate and collaborate with other BG Data Stewards, BG and Enterprise Data Science Teams, and Enterprise Data Operations staff.

Job description

HDR is seeking a strategic-minded Resources Business Group Data Steward to shape how our data is defined, shared, and reused across HDR and its Business Groups. This leadership role will focus on clarity and consistency of data terminology and governance, enabling analytics, automation, and AI across the organization.

The role reports to the Resources Business Group Technology Director with a dotted line to the Digital Design Lead, and requires collaboration with HDR Data Operations and the HDR