South Central Region Power Delivery Practice Lead

HDR South-Central Region Delivery Practice Lead

HDR is seeking a strategic-minded South-Central Region Delivery Practice Lead to partner with our internal client, project, and operational teams and with our clients to sculpt the strategies around diversification and growth of power delivery services to support the evolution of the power grid.

Who you are:

You are an industry leader and knowledgeable about the power delivery market. You are passionate about being a strategic, comprehensive solutions provider recognizing the growth and evolution of the power delivery market. You are an enthusiastic leader of futuristic ideas and have the ability to lead teams of all generations in a rapidly evolving and complex industry. You are a driver who makes things happen and ultimately deliver on your promises.

You're an 'ideas' person with high levels of emotional intelligence which helps you gain greater insight into client needs and leverage high performance technical teams to achieve a goal. You're just as comfortable having an in-depth one-on-one discussion as you are presenting in front of a board room or making a technical presentation in a crowded convention center. You are as dedicated to the success of your co-workers and your clients as you are your own.

Things don't'sit' with you – you have a natural fire within yourself to keep things moving and to keep others focused on the goals of our team in the more respectful, professional manner. You are a difference maker.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Develop strategy, set goals and drive results for HDR's power delivery practice of the future.
• Collaborate with peer leaders in business lines across the engineering and architecture business lines at HDR.
• Represent HDR as our regional power delivery lead in the industry.
• Nurture relationships with clients to understand their challenges and strategies as they continue to evolve and align for the future.
• Create a cohesive practice across multiple offices, disciplines, and power delivery services.
• Establish and drive objectives that support the HDR annual and the five-year strategic plans for the power delivery business.
• Collaborate with local and regional operations, client development leaders, and power delivery leadership team on staffing, workload, and workshare with other offices across the practice to support both regional client growth and current and potential workshare.
• Partner with HDR stakeholders and clients to explore and execute on HDR's priorities for capital deployment models.
• Develop strategy and identify teaming partner relationships that enhance HDR's market position. Support the development of these relationships.
• Support staff development. Assess HDR's power delivery staff and partner with leadership to position HDR's talent to match the needs of the future through technical and leadership development programs.
• Participate in power market sector efforts such as strategic planning initiatives, business development, and internal operations synergies to maximize client satisfaction and HDR success.
• Partner with HDR operations leadership to implement strong staffing and financial goals.
• Serve as principal project manager on select projects and an advisor to more junior staff.
• Perform other duties as needed

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering related discipline
• Minimum of 12 or more years strategic leadership experience focused on developing and leading technical teams providing solutions for large scale power delivery projects and programs
• Maintain Texas Professional Engineering License or ability to obtain reciprocity
• Preferred experience working with a variety of client types including regulated and non-regulated utilities, Independent Power Producers, municipalities, mission-critical facility owners/developers, and other public and private clients
• Actively engaged in professional or industry associations to enhance HDR technical expertise and brand

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• 10 years experience in related field
• Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience
• Expe…