Wastewater Treatment Business Class Lead

Primary Responsibilities

• Staff Development
  • Select, train, develop, and manage technical personnel.
  • Manage and develop multidisciplinary teams.
  • Take responsibility for operations of production section including utilization, morale, quality control and marketing support.
  • Implement, monitor, and support company policy.
  • Supervise engineers and junior staff (assumed in the 2-6 person range).
• Technical Excellence
  • Function as a project manager and lead critical area and regional projects.
  • Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products.
  • See that all work is planned, organized, controlled and evaluated through proactive project management.
  • Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations.
  • Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing, project managers, and project delivery staff.
  • 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.
  • Conduct QC reviews where appropriate or assist technical teams in finding appropriate reviewers.
• Marketing and Strategy
  • Be directly involved in marketing planning, proposals, and interviews.
  • Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation.
  • Drive area initiatives that are relative to the business class.
• Perform other duties as needed

• Master's degree is a plus
• 10+ years of experience in wastewater treatment or pipelines and pump station systems
• Active engagement in professional or industry organizations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand both locally (e.g., PNCWA) and nationally (e.g., WRF)
• Proven leadership and mentoring skills that are necessary to grow and lead a business group
• Strong technical background and experience in planning and design
• Ability to travel; must be able to visit each office with wastewater treatment staff and visit Bellevue for leadership and key meetings, as needed
• Strong active listening and communication skills

• 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
• Experienced 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