South Carolina Water Business Group Manager

HDR; Fort Mill (SC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR seeks a South Carolina Water Business Group Manager to lead client relationships, deliver critical projects, and grow HDR's regional water practice. You will mentor staff, monitor utilization and profitability, and drive pursuit efforts while representing HDR with industry partners.

The role emphasizes employee-owned culture, collaboration with regional leaders, and active engagement in professional associations to advance technical excellence and HDR's brand.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related field.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in water consulting or related field.
• Proven ability to lead diverse teams.
• Active engagement in professional associations to enhance HDR expertise.
• Strong business development and client relationship skills.
• Committed to HDR values and employee-owned culture.

Responsibilities

• Drive Client Success and Growth by maintaining key client relationships and guiding delivery.
• Lead and deliver critical projects ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality.
• Grow the business through action by pursuing opportunities and proposals regionally.
• Develop and mentor talent to foster accountability, technical excellence, and utilization.
• Own business performance by monitoring metrics and driving profitability.
• Drive business development and market presence with industry partnerships.

Skills

Professional registration

Program development

Pursuit management

Client relationship development

Business development

SC client network

Leading diverse teams

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or closely related field

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?
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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.
We believe water is more than a resource, it's a shared responsibility. As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence. Whether you're modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it's a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

In the role of South Carolina Water Business Group Manager, we'll count on you to:

• Drive Client Success and Growth – Maintain key client relationships, lead strategic pursuits, and personally support project delivery to ensure exceptional client outcomes and repeat business.
• Lead and Deliver Critical Projects – Serve as a project manager, technical lead, or senior advisor on high-priority projects while ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality objectives are achieved.
• Grow the Business Through Action – Identify opportunities, lead proposal development, participate in interviews, and convert relationships into new work across the region.
• Develop and Mentor Talent – Recruit, coach, and develop staff while fostering accountability, technical excellence, and a high-performance culture focused on utilization and project delivery.
• Own Business Performance – Actively monitor and manage key metrics including net fee earned, utilization, direct labor, backlog, and project profitability, implementing corrective actions when needed to achieve business plan targets.
• Drive Business Development and Market Presence – Partner with regional and national leaders to advance growth initiatives, strengthen client relationships, lead pursuit and proposal efforts, and actively represent HDR through industry organizations, conferences, and strategic partnerships to achieve bookings and growth objectives.

Preferred Qualifications

• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience
• 5 years or more of experience with program development, pursuit management, and client relationship development in the water consulting industry.
• Proven business development success in the water consulting industry.
• Existing network of clients and teaming partners in South Carolina is preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• A minimum of 10 years experience
• Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand
• Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers
• 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:United States-South Carolina-Charleston Other Locations:United States-South Carolina-Columbia, United States-South Carolina-Greenville, United States-Georgia-Savannah, United States-South Carolina-Fort Mill Industry:Water Schedule:Full-time Employee Status:Regular BusinessClass:WW Treatment and Effluent Mgmt Job Posting:Aug 19, 2026

We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer (https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer). We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.