West Region Alternative Delivery Lead

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• In collaboration with Power Sector AD Director, provide overall leadership and responsibility for elevating the power delivery AD program within HDR’s West Region, which includes 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. The FEED team may include discipline specific practitioners such as substation physical, substation electrical, transmission structural/foundation, distribution and/or site civil individuals.
• 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.
• While working with pursuit teams, drive development of scope, schedule, and budget, with a focus on activities and risks unique to AD projects (e.g. procurement support, construction support, critical path scheduling, etc.).
• 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. Specific skillsets will be identified in coordination with the AD leadership team.
• Actively serve as a senior advisor during AD project execution. Provide 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.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil and/or Mechanical Engineering, Construction Management, or similar combination of relevant education and experience.
• 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 is preferred.
• 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, Web Ex, Teams, etc.).
• Position requires up to 30% travel.
• Professional Engineer licensure or DBIA certification is preferred.

• Bachelor's degree in 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…