Strategic Wastewater & Effluent Director

HDR; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 178,952 - 336,375; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership benefits

Retirement savings plan

Health and time-off benefits

Job summary

HDR is seeking a WTEM Business Class Director to lead wastewater treatment and effluent management initiatives. You will coordinate with multiple market sectors, set strategic plans, and mentor technical leaders to deliver high-impact projects across HDR’s global footprint.

You will drive risk management, apply research to practice, and foster relationships with universities and professional groups to advance capabilities and services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in a professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in related field
• For Business Class leadership roles for which the core service being overseen is technical design, the role must maintain a professional or Architecture/Engineering registration and has related technical experience
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
• Works cooperatively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

Responsibilities

• Provide company-wide leadership of technical capabilities within the business class
• Build close working relationships and coordinate with related business classes, market sectors, business groups and operations
• Lead and participate in technical risk management through process and resource reviews, providing technical advisory services on selected projects, and claims prevention and avoidance activities
• Drive quality assurance and control processes and coordinate with the WBG Quality Manager in those areas
• Oversee development and application of technical tools, standards, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency
• Oversee assignment of qualified, experienced staff to projects including effective use of worksharing
• Work with market sector directors to develop strategic plan for the business class and provide strategic and tactical business trend input to business group leadership at the national, regional, area and local levels
• Leads applied research strategy and engagement to advance WTEM technical capabilities, inform future service offerings, and translate research outcomes into practice standards, tools, and guidance
• Leads and maintains strategic relationships with key university graduate programs to support workforce development, applied research collaboration, recruiting pipelines, and long-term capability building for the WTEM business class
• Monitor business class direction, adherence to policies and practices, quality assurance, technical tools, project staffing and resource to workload allocation
• Build technical expertise and production capacity through recruitment and training
• Coordinate all strategic hires within the business group
• Facilitate business class technical experts in support of client development and project pursuits
• Ensure that business class technical experts represent HDR by involvement in industry organizations and functions
• Oversee Practice Groups within Business Class
• Facilitate lessons learned for project delivery, processes, trends, successes, strengths, and weaknesses
• Monitor company-wide performance within business class to achieve defined goals and support operational managers

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Stakeholder management

Quality improvement

Employee ownership culture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Engineering or related field

Job description

HDR is seeking a WTEM Business Class Director to lead wastewater treatment and effluent management initiatives. You will coordinate with multiple market sectors, set strategic plans, and mentor technical leaders to deliver high-impact projects across HDR’s global footprint.

You will drive risk management, apply research to practice, and foster relationships with universities and professional groups to advance capabilities and services.