Transmission EPC Project Engineering Lead

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HDR is seeking a national Transmission EPC Project Engineering Lead within our Power Delivery Practice to be part of our national Alternative Delivery (AD) Leadership Team. The role focuses on technical bid development, estimating, and transitioning projects from pursuit to execution for transmission EPC projects in the utility, developer, renewable, battery or data‑center markets.

• Serve as the Pursuit Champion / Manager on Transmission EPC projects and transition project management duties to the Project Manager and execution team upon award.
• Collaborate with construction partners and HDR technical leads to discuss technical risk analysis, mitigation, preliminary routing and design, bill‑of‑material take‑off support, and provide value engineering and constructability solutions.
• Lead scope, schedule and budget development for AD projects, coordinating with land survey, geotechnical, distribution, substation, environmental, real‑estate and GIS staff.
• Estimate technical investments before the Go/No‑Go discussion and share risk evaluation with commercial, business‑development and operations leaders.
• Interface with construction contractors and HDR subconsultants throughout pursuit and project to drive risk identification and mitigation conversations.
• Assist in Go/No‑Go discussions, project risk assessments, SOQs, proposals, interviews and negotiations as required.
• As the AD program grows, work with power delivery and operations leadership to build out front‑end engineering & design (FEED) teams.
• Serve in project technical leadership roles such as engineering manager, discipline lead, or technical advisor, and conduct ongoing technical risk analysis to determine handoff timing.
• When not involved in pursuits or projects, develop templates, standards, specifications, drawings, processes and procedures supporting transmission line EPC pursuits and projects, and provide best‑practice guidance.
• Lead team development, mentorship and leadership of Project Managers, Engineering Managers and specific discipline practitioners.
• Perform other duties as needed.
• Report directly to the Alternative Delivery Director.

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Civil and/or Mechanical Engineering.
• Professional Engineering License.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Minimum 10 years of experience in transmission design.
• Minimum 5 years of experience building and leading engineering teams on EPC projects.
• Proficiency with PLS‑CADD, PLS‑Pole, PLS‑Tower, MFAD and LPILE.
• Minimum 5 years in developing engineering scope, schedule and budget estimates on EPC projects.
• Experience developing EPC design and construction packages.
• Specific experience performing all aspects of transmission line design, procurement and construction up to 500 kV.
• Understanding of routing, structure spotting, material selection, wire sagging and foundation plans; experience offering value‑engineering solutions.
• Experience optimizing pole and foundation design.
• Experience working with environmental, real‑estate and GIS teams.
• Strong leadership skills and engineering‑management experience with multiple remote teams.
• 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).
• Position requires up to 20 % travel.

• Bachelor's degree (Professional, Architecture, Engineering or related field).
• 10 years of experience in the related field.
• Professional or engineering registration with related technical experience.
• Experience developing and managing diverse teams.
• Ability to work cooperatively with business‑class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers.
• Commitment to quality, improvement and HDR values.
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