Power Market Lead

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We believe electricity powers modern life. As part of our Power sector, you’ll help shape how electricity is generated, transmitted and delivered as global energy demands grow. From massive data centers to modernizing transmission systems, our industry-recognized engineers and scientists have been at the forefront of grid transformation for more than a century. You’ll work side‑by‑side with these experts and contribute to reliable, resilient and sustainable power systems, helping communities thrive and industries expand.

This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to drive infrastructure forward, power innovation and leave your mark on our energy future.

HDR is currently seeking a Power Market Sector Lead, Canada who has interest in expanding their career across multiple practices, business areas, and technical innovations across Canada. This position is a key role for our power market sector growth, responsible for staff and program management and building local teams across the country to provide project management and technical expertise, and to support business development activities for a diverse set of power generation, power delivery, hydropower, renewables, technology, data centre, and industrial projects and clients across the country.

HDR is recognized by Engineering News Record in the Top 20 ranking for Power. With over 1,000 professionals working within the power market sector, we are leading, transmission and distribution design, power generation design, hydropower design, siting and routing, and environmental due diligence and monitoring throughout BC, AB, SK, ON, NL, and NB.

The Power Market Sector Leader will bring power generation, power delivery, hydropower, or comparable technical experience, with a seller/doer mindset to grow these services with power utilities, cooperatives, energy developers, industrial and technology companies. The primary duties of the Power Market Sector Leader include leadership and responsibility for program growth with an emphasis on client development, market diversification, and recruiting and developing talent to support project and program needs.

This position will work closely with local, regional, and national leaders to influence the general direction of the Canadian Power program to ensure that the operations and growth expectations are met.

The successful candidate will be involved in program management, project management, delivery design, quality management, client relationships, identification of opportunities, and will work closely with multi-disciplinary project teams to develop effective, creative, high‑quality power design solutions for power generation, power delivery, hydropower, renewables, technology, data centre, and industrial clients in Canada. The candidate will also work collaboratively with the US and UK power teams, teaming partners, and other business groups within HDR to provide solutions that meet regional regulatory requirements and to deliver world class services to our clients with complex power delivery needs.

The primary duties of this position include leadership, building and managing multiple teams, and designing, planning, managing, permitting, and delivering all aspects of power generation (thermal and reciprocating), power delivery (high voltage electrical switching stations, substations, distribution and transmission), hydropower, and renewable energy projects, as well as business continuity, and resiliency components.

• Program management for power generation, power delivery,…