BES Professional Services Lead

Responsibilities

• Be responsible to the Business Group Manager to develop, coordinate, monitor and improve technical competencies of Business Group staff to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Assist with daily operations, such as project oversight, management reviews, financials and driving profitability at the project level.
• Lead and monitor hiring, development and training of area staff in technical and business competencies.
• Work with market sector leads on workload projections and coordinating workload sharing with other Business Groups or Areas.
• Lead quality assurance efforts to implement QA/QC Program activities striving for continuous improvement.
• Lead and monitor activities for continuous improvement including development and use of technical standards, procedures, best practices and lessons learned.
• Participate in project reviews and support project teams with management of claims and losses.
• Participate in key pursuit teaming, staffing discussion and fee development.
• Partner with Market Sector Leaders and Project Delivery Leader.
• Work with Business Group Manager to streamline and coordinate business processes consistent with Area, corporate policy and MOA.
• Oversee and ensure implementation of quality, standards, and best practices.
• Support communication and coordination within all business groups.
• Work closely with the Area Professional Services Lead.
• Perform other duties as needed.

• A minimum of 15 years' experience. Knowledge of the local market.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license.
• Excellent communication, leadership and organizational skills.
• Knowledge of the local market.

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field.
• A minimum of 10 years' experience.
• Maintains a professional or engineering registration and has related technical experience.
• Demonstrated experience with leading diverse teams. Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand.
• Ability to work cooperatively with regional and local office managers, other area business group directors, technical directors and marketing managers.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

United States-Illinois-Chicago

Full-time

Regular

At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrests and conviction records.