Wastewater & Effluent Leadership Director

HDR; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 178,952 - 336,375; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision benefits

Disability & life insurance

Retirement plan with employer match

Employee ownership

Tuition reimbursement

Paid time away & holidays

Job summary

HDR seeks a WTEM Business Class Director to lead the Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Management program, coordinating cross-functional teams and guiding technical strategy with risk management and client relations.

The role requires 10+ years of leadership experience in professional services, registration, and a commitment to HDR’s employee-owned culture. Significant travel and strategic oversight across multiple regions are included.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in related field.
• 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, 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.
• 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 across HDR.
• 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.
• Facilitate business class teamwork, communication and work sharing between offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff.

Skills

Leadership

Team management

Technical direction

Education

Bachelor's degree in Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field

Tools

Professional registration (PE/Architect)

Job description

HDR seeks a WTEM Business Class Director to lead the Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Management program, coordinating cross-functional teams and guiding technical strategy with risk management and client relations.

The role requires 10+ years of leadership experience in professional services, registration, and a commitment to HDR’s employee-owned culture. Significant travel and strategic oversight across multiple regions are included.