Senior Power Generation Project Leader

HDR, Inc.; Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The ideal candidate has 7+ years of PM experience, a Bachelor's degree in a related field, and PMP certification. Excellent communication and leadership skills are essential to coordinate with design teams and stakeholders across the project lifecycle.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience in power/energy.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Strong client relationship and communication skills.
• PMP certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain positive client relationships.
• Achieve project schedule, quality, and profitability goals.
• Lead proposal activities and review contracts/risks.
• Provide daily leadership to project teams.
• Coordinate with client and internal teams on deliverables.
• Monitor budget and schedule; develop recovery plans.
• Identify scope changes and manage change control.
• Mentor project staff on PM and consulting issues.
• Perform design or consulting work in engineering.
• Report progress to accounting and operations.

Skills

Project management

Client relationship management

Budget management

Scheduling

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

Job description

Power Generation Project Manager - ( 195446 )

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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the 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 an experienced Project Manager to join our Michigan-based Power Generation team. As a Project Manager, you will be joining a highly capable, multi-discipline team that supports power and energy projects within the industrial, institutional, municipal, IPP and utility power and energy industry. The 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-discipline 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 experience with both utility scale power generation systems and equipment as well as exposure with emerging market trends, including distributed generation and combined heat and power technologies and projects, as well as proven ability to plan, schedule, and lead complex design and consulting assignments.

Responsibilities include:

· Develop and maintain positive and proactive client relationships.

· Achieve project schedule, quality, and profitability goals.

· Serve as proposal champion/manager and assist with proposal preparation, review of contract terms and conditions, and evaluate risks associated with the services being offered.

· Provide daily leadership to the project team and technical staff in completion of project activities.

· Provide regular communication and coordination within the project team and with the client such that the project work plan and the client’s expectations on deliverables are understood and aligned. Monitor project deliverables for quality, completeness and conformance to the client’s expectations.

· Proactively monitor and maintain the project budget and schedule. Develop appropriate recovery plans in the event of potential shortfalls.

· Monitor the contracted scope of work and identify scope changes.

· Provide training and mentoring to project team staff on project management and project consulting issues.

· Perform design or consulting work in the manager’s area of engineering expertise.

· Routinely report project progress to the local and regional accounting and operations team.

· All other duties as assigned

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification

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Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in related field
• 7 years related experience
• A minimum of 2 years project management experience
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams, have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) 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.

Primary Location

Other Locations

Industry

: Power

Schedule

Schedule

: Full-time

Employee Status

Employee Status

: Regular

BusinessClass : Power Generation

Job Posting

Job Posting

: Aug 26, 2026

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

We are an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employe r.

We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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