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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. We foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company to ask: What is our impact on the world? Watch Our Story: Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world.

Primary Responsibilities

• In collaboration with Power Sector AD Director, provide overall leadership and responsibility for elevating the power delivery AD program within HDR's West Region, including Alaska, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Hawaii.
• Partner with business development, operations and technical leadership to develop new opportunities, markets and staffing plans.
• In coordination with AD Director, operations and legal counsel, drive teaming agreement negotiations with potential construction partners that align with HDR's business goals and initiatives.
• Lead and drive development of a power delivery front‑end engineering and design (FEED) team that evaluates and mitigates technical risk of AD opportunities prior to and during the Go/No‑Go evaluation.
• In collaboration with technical teams, review AD project intel, opportunities and RFPs to estimate technical investments prior to the Go/No‑Go discussion.
• Assist in Go/No‑Go discussions, project risk assessments, SOQs, proposals, interviews, and negotiations as required.
• Drive development of scope, schedule, and budget with a focus on activities and risks unique to AD projects.
• Provide AD best practice guidance to pursuit and project delivery teams.
• Collaborate with HDR regional and area operations leaders, market sector leaders, practice leaders, project managers, commercial managers, and project teams to deliver world‑class quality in engineering, environmental, real estate, geospatial and construction support services for power delivery AD projects.
• Drive development of AD project teams, including AD project managers, technical leaders, project controls and commercial managers.
• Actively serve as a senior advisor during AD project execution, providing project delivery support including contract administration and management.
• Serve as the Project Manager or Engineering Manager on select power delivery projects, including both AD and traditional design‑bid‑build delivery.
• Provide oversight of a production section including project delivery, staffing, recruiting, quality, utilization, workload forecasting, work‑sharing, safety and morale.
• Mentor and develop other employees.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Report to Power Sector Alternative Delivery Director.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Civil and/or Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or similar.
• Minimum 15 years of power delivery experience.
• Minimum 5 years building and/or managing engineering teams on EPC projects.
• Strong leadership skills and project management experience with multiple remote teams.
• Understands contractual risk and mitigation strategies in AD models.
• Proven experience managing projects, client relationships, proposal development, and business development.
• Self‑starter with excellent writing and communication skills.
• Strong conceptual, organizational, problem‑solving, and collaboration skills.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office and conferencing platforms (Zoom, WebEx, Teams, etc.).
• Position requires up to 30% travel.
• Professional Engineer licensure or DBIA certification is preferred.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• 10 years related experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of project management experience.
• Familiar with Microsoft Office, estimating and scheduling software, project management software.
• Must have the ability to interact with various design teams and have excellent organizational, project management and communication (both written and verbal) skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

Primary Location: United States-Montana-Billings

Schedule: Full‑time

HDR is committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.