Senior Pursuit Specialist

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 foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

We believe building engineering is more than systems and structures, it’s about powering progress and enabling innovation. As part of HDR’s Building Engineering Services Group, you’ll help design the critical infrastructure that supports the digital age and shapes the spaces where people work, connect, and thrive. From high-performance data centers driving the future of AI to dynamic commercial environments, your work will directly support technological advancement, sustainability, and human experience.

We bring together mechanical, electrical, structural, and civil engineering experts to solve complex design challenges with precision, creativity, and collaboration. Whether you're optimizing energy efficiency, integrating resilient systems, or engineering the backbone of next-generation facilities, your contributions will help define the future of the built environment. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to lead innovation, engineer impact, and build a legacy of excellence.

At HDR, we are compelled to improve the communities where we live, work and play. To do that, we need a talented individual who is interested in driving marketing submittals for a range of building types. You will be successful because you love to manage multiple deadlines and teams, layout or help write beautiful documents or presentations, act as a knowledge manager, and most importantly, work with a nationally focused, like-minded team who love what they do.

Working collaboratively with our business developers, you are responsible for managing the pursuit process from premarketing through interview and will direct the development, organization and production of marketing materials. If you are highly organized and detail-oriented, with an eye for creativity and design, this opportunity might be for you.

Our team of Pursuit Specialists are organized and thorough; and when it comes to submittals, our team prods, pushes, and polishes our responses from initiation through the decision. Like you, our team members are results-driven, accountable, and take pride in their follow-through. The position will be reporting to the North America Pursuits Leader and collaborating with the Marketing and Pursuits team.

You will also work directly with Building Engineering Services (BES) marketing leadership, market sector and business development leaders, principals, project managers, and other leaders in various offices and regions.

• Lead a pursuit from initiation through qualifications, proposal, interview and selection phases, including all submittals whether print or electronic.
• Able to manage large pursuit teams and high-pressure deadlines with diligence.
• Understand the required experience, knowledge, and project types required of the program.
• Work directly with the project manager and marketer/business developer and coordinate with sub-consultants and subject matter experts.
• Involve frequent collaboration with additional internal staff, such as writers and graphic designers.
• Evaluate content, both technical and non-technical, and edit proposal sections.
• Complete government forms, client questionnaires and qualifying statements.
• Gather information on past project experience and develop personnel resumes.
• Maintain accurate pursuit status reports in the CRM system.

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or combination of education and relevant experience.
• A minimum of 2 years document layout and production experience.
• Experience in proposal planning and coordination.
• Strong writing ability, organizational skills and ability to handle multiple tasks.
• Ability to handle tight deadlines and make independent decisions critical to job success.
• Quick self-starter, team-oriented and able to work with different personalities and professional styles.
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