West Region Mining Practice Lead

HDR

Fort Collins (CO)

On-site

USD 175,000 - 200,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time away

Retirement savings plan with employer match

Job summary

A leading engineering firm is seeking a West Region Mining Practice Lead in Fort Collins, CO. This role focuses on technical leadership, project management, and business development within mining projects. The ideal candidate must have extensive experience, strong communication skills, and the ability to lead diverse teams. Competitive compensation of $175,000 - $200,000 with comprehensive benefits package is offered.

Qualifications

15+ years related industry experience.
10+ years mining project management experience.
Experience managing projects to successful conclusion.

Responsibilities

Guide project teams to solve client challenges.
Manage project status and communicate with leadership.
Recruit and grow the Mining Practice in the West Region.

Skills

Project Management

Technical Leadership

Business Development

Communication Skills

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in mining engineering or related discipline

Professional Engineering Registration

Tools

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft PowerPoint

Microsoft Project

Job description

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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 work to weave diversity, equity, and inclusion into our work and foster a sense of belonging throughout the 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.

HDR’s Mining clients have significant technical support needs for their greenfield and brownfield projects related to permitting, design and operations. To support this growth, HDR is seeking a West Region Mining Practice Lead who is a Seller/Doer with a key focus on Technical Leadership/ Project Management/Program Building/ Staff Growth and Business Development.

A focus of the role will be project management, technical support, and program building. The role requires technical leadership to guide project teams as to the approach, requirements, and scope to solve client challenges and leading the projects to successful completion of the work, monitoring and communicating the status of their projects with HDR operations leadership, and networking internal to HDR to identify and on-board the right multi-disciplinary local and remote team members to support the pursuits and projects. This will also expand the program service offerings within the West Region through area and national teams, as well as training and mentoring new(er) to mining team members.

Within business development, this role requires client interaction (awareness of client challenges and potential HDR all team opportunities, technical value development and positioning during proposals, through project completion) and strong verbal and written communication skills for in interactions with clients, as well as internal staff such as project team members, business development leadership, marketing staff, and operations leadership. The ideal candidate will have strong relationships and significant experience winning and executing projects for mining companies in construction materials, industrial minerals, metals, phosphates, etc. Additionally, it is expected that this role would include recruiting of personnel to continue to grow the Mining Practice in the West Region, inclusive of expanding our service offerings/capabilities in the Region.

Other responsibilities include serving as an active member of relevant local and regional organizations, presenting at industry events, mentoring project teams and collaboratively developing proposals within the region.

Preferred Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in mining engineering, civil engineering, chemical engineering, or related discipline. PE in a minimum of one state. Multiple states preferred.
A minimum of 15 years related industry experience.
A minimum of 10 years mining project management experience.
Experience in managing mining projects to a successful conclusion (budget, schedule, safety, quality).
Familiarity with multiple commodities, soft and hard-rock mining operations, studies, design, and execution from exploration to closure and reclamation, greenfields and brownfields.
Must be able to successfully lead a team on projects.
Good planning, communication, and mentoring skills.
Excellent competence in Microsoft Word, Excel, Power Point and Project.
MSHA certification.
Open pit and underground mine experience.
Hard rock, soft rock and industrial minerals consulting and operations experience.
Mine software experience for block modeling.
Experience working for a mine operating company.

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Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
10 years experience in related field
Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience
Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
Works cooperatively with other business class regional 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

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.

We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee ownership, employee health, performance, and success, which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, a retirement savings plan with employer match, employee referral bonus and tuition reimbursement. The expected compensation range for this position depends upon skills, experience, education and geographical location. (Stated benefits are for full-time regular positions. Temporary and part-time roles eligible for limited benefits.) The targeted salary range for this position (based on experience and location) is $175,000 - $200,000.

Primary Location:

United States-Utah-Salt Lake City

Other Locations:

United States-Arizona-Phoenix, United States-Nevada-Reno, United States-Idaho-Boise, United States-Colorado-Fort Collins, United States-Arizona-Tucson, United States-Idaho-Coeur d'Alene, United States-Nevada-Las Vegas, United States-Colorado-Denver, United States-Colorado-Colorado Springs, United States-Colorado-Englewood

Industry:

Mining

Schedule:

Full-time

Employee Status:

Regular

BusinessClass:

Industrial Services

Job Posting:

Jul 2, 2025

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. 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.

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