Senior Water Projects Leader

HDR; Rocky Hill (CT); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR is a global engineering, design and consulting firm that values an inclusive, employee‑owned culture. We seek a Senior Project Manager - Water Engineering to lead complex water projects from initiation through close‑out and to mentor junior staff.

In this role, you will direct multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, maintain client relations and contribute to business development across the Water Business Group.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 10 years related experience.
• Minimum 5 years project management experience.
• Requires professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location of the position offered; e.g., PE license.
• MS Office and MS Project experience; Access experience would be a 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.
• Preferred: Master's degree; PMP certification; residence in New England area.

Responsibilities

• 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 project staffs and act as mentor for less‑experienced Project Managers.
• Perform other duties as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic planning

Business development

Project management

Education

Master's degree in Engineering

PMP certification

Professional Engineer license

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Access

Job description

HDR is a global engineering, design and consulting firm that values an inclusive, employee‑owned culture. We seek a Senior Project Manager - Water Engineering to lead complex water projects from initiation through close‑out and to mentor junior staff.

In this role, you will direct multidisciplinary teams, manage budgets, maintain client relations and contribute to business development across the Water Business Group.