Senior Engineering Project Manager - Alternative Delivery Experience

HDR; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager - Alternative Delivery Experience to lead multidisciplinary engineering projects for U.S. government clients across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

You will manage design-build and alternative delivery efforts from capture through construction, coordinating with owners, design-build teams, and subconsultants. HDR emphasizes quality, safety, and rigorous QA/QC while mentoring junior staff and contributing to playbooks

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in engineering, construction management, planning, business administration, sciences, or related field.
• PE or RA license.
• PM professional certifications (PMP, DBIA, CCM).
• Experience with Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, or CMAR delivery.
• Experience leading federal design projects with construction values over $25 million.

Responsibilities

• Lead Federal DB and PDB assignments from capture through closeout.
• Interface with design-builder, Federal owner, and partners.
• Define responsibilities for PM, Design Manager, QA/QC.
• Integrate design with estimate, procurement, and scheduling.
• Drive risk management and timely decisions.
• Mentor Federal PMs and Design Managers.
• Contribute to playbooks and delivery standards.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Education

Master’s degree in Engineering/Construction Management/Planning/Business Administration/Sciences

PE or RA license

PM certifications (PMP/DBIA/CCM)

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.

HDR is seeking a Senior Engineering Project Manager - Alternative Delivery Experience, to lead multidisciplinary engineering projects for U.S. government clients. This role will work closely with project teams to deliver projects across California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah.

Project assignments may include multidisciplinary design services from schematic design and design development through preparation of construction documents for federal facility and infrastructure projects of varying sizes and complexity. Develop and maintain integrated controls connecting design progress, estimate maturity, procurement milestones, construction sequencing, staffing, risk, changes, and forecast-to-complete performance. Provide timely, decision-oriented reporting to HDR leadership and the design-builder.

The portfolio includes horizontal and vertical construction; military, international, and interagency support projects; facilities sustainment, restoration, and modernization (FSRM); asset management; and military planning. Assignments are delivered under architect-engineer (A-E) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts or Other Transaction Authority (OTA) solicitations.

In the role of Senior Engineering Project Manager - Alternative Delivery Experience, we'll count on you to:

• Lead Federal DB and PDB assignments from capture and preconstruction through design, construction support, and closeout.
• Serve as the primary interface with the design-builder, Federal owner, internal alternative delivery project team, teaming partners, and subconsultants.
• Establish clear Project Manager, Design Manager, Quality Manager, and discipline-lead responsibilities.
• Integrate design progress with estimate maturity, procurement, construction sequencing, staffing, and risk.
• Lead design-to-budget, constructability, value-analysis, design-validation, and package-release activities.
• Manage designer-of-record scope boundaries, contract flow-downs, change entitlement, contingency, and commercial exposure.
• Coordinate delegated-design requirements and design integration with trade partners and specialty designers.
• Drive timely decisions and elevate unresolved technical, commercial, quality, or schedule risks.
• Apply HDR’s quality, safety, and project management requirements, including quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) throughout the project lifecycle.
• Coordinate project staffing and workload with operational and business leadership to effectively utilize resources and meet project commitments.
• Lead pursuit-to-project transition so proposal commitments, assumptions, innovations, exclusions, and risks are transferred into the execution plan.
• Develop relationships with priority Federal design-build contractors and support opportunity-specific positioning.
• Mentor Federal PMs and Design Managers in contractor-led delivery.
• Capture lessons learned and contribute to the Federal DB playbook, tools, and delivery standards.
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Planning, Business Administration, Sciences, or a closely related field.
• Registered Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA)
• Professional certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Design-Build Professional (DBIA), or Certified Construction Manager (CCM).
• Experience with collaborative and alternative project delivery methods, including Design-Build (DB), Progressive Design-Build (PDB), and/or Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR).
• Demonstrated experience successfully managing complex federal design projects, including projects with construction values exceeding $25 million