Water Treatment Program Lead: Growth & Leadership

HDR, Inc.; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

HDR, Inc. in Washington is seeking a Drinking Water Treatment Business Class Lead to shape HDR's water treatment practice across Washington, leading delivery from planning through construction and mentoring a team of engineers.

The role emphasizes leadership, staff development, and business development, collaborating with national experts and HDR leaders to advance high-quality water infrastructure projects for public health and resilience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• 10 years of experience.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

Responsibilities

• Lead project delivery from planning and design through construction, serving as project or design manager on critical area and regional projects.
• Oversee and continually raise the technical quality of business class staff and deliverables, applying proactive project management to keep work on track.
• Partner with area operations, marketing, project managers, and delivery staff to advance business class initiatives and technical standards.
• Drive technical and marketing initiatives, and implement strong quality assurance and quality control practices across the team.
• Recruit, hire, train, and develop a high-performing technical team of roughly 2–6 engineers and staff.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Project management

Team collaboration

Education

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

Job description

HDR, Inc. in Washington is seeking a Drinking Water Treatment Business Class Lead to shape HDR's water treatment practice across Washington, leading delivery from planning through construction and mentoring a team of engineers.

The role emphasizes leadership, staff development, and business development, collaborating with national experts and HDR leaders to advance high-quality water infrastructure projects for public health and resilience.