Wastewater Treatment Business Class Leader - Northern California

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You will be responsible for leading and growing our existing & strong Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Management group for Northern California. This role will support other projects in the area and work with the Water Business Group Market Sector Leads and Client Development Leads on the development and implementation of technical and business development strategies. The work products in this area are broad and are expected to include master planning through design and support during construction. Your primary duties will include delivering projects and monitoring project quality, mentoring staff, pursuing and securing opportunities with new and existing clients, and growing the business portfolio. Providing leadership through mentoring, directing, and delegating to staff is a key component of the role as is maintaining focus on the execution of HDR's growth strategy.

As the Wastewater Treatment and Effluent Management Lead for HDR's largest Water Business Group, you will interface with regional and national technology leaders to advance local capabilities and support national pursuits and project delivery efforts related to their expertise. Specifically, you will support project teams to pursue and complete projects including planning, condition assessment, and design of wastewater treatment facilities. You will also be expected to engage in industry groups and forums and take leadership roles in such organizations, including committee participation and regular submission of conference abstracts/proceedings.

In the role of Northern California Wastewater Treatment Business Class Leader, we'll count on you to:

• Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans
• Manage wastewater projects
• Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations
• Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management
• Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews
• Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation
• Supervise and mentor staff
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree
• Strong technical background and experience in wastewater planning and design
• Active engagement in industry organizations both locally (e.g., CWEA) and nationally to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills that are necessary to grow and lead a business group

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Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• A minimum of 10 years of 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 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

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