South Central Regional Utility Management Services Business Class Leader

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Each and every role throughout our organization makes a difference in our ability to change the world for the better. Read further to learn how you could help make great things possible not only in your community, but around the world. We believe water is more than a resource, it’s a shared responsibility.

As part of our Water Business Group, you’ll help shape how communities manage water for generations to come. From delivering safe drinking water and treating wastewater responsibly to developing sustainable water supplies and protecting lives and property through flood control, your work will directly support public health, environmental sustainability, and infrastructure resilience. We bring together experts across disciplines to solve complex challenges with bold thinking and technical excellence.

Whether you’re modernizing aging systems or pioneering innovative approaches, your contributions will make a meaningful difference in people’s lives. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to lead change, drive progress, and leave a lasting legacy.

The South Central Regional UMS Business Class Leader (BCL) will lead the development and implementation of business strategies across the Region in coordination with Regional Business Group leadership, operational leadership, client managers, area UMS BCLs and the UMS Business Class Director (BCD) and Technical Director (BCTD). The South Central Region covers Arkansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. Reporting to the Regional Water Business Group (WBG) Director, and in full coordination with the UMS BCTD, the Regional UMS BCL creates and monitors frequent and regular communication across the region to implement the strategic and key project delivery plans and marketing opportunities for the Business Class (BC).

This market leader will support and collaborate across various areas and business lines to advance a variety of strategies intended to grow services.

Within the Water Business Group, the UMS BC is a group of over 150 professionals that provide capital planning, hydraulic modeling, asset management, regulatory support, operations support, and utility rates, finances, and funding with a consulting focus on drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and reuse utilities. The BC also provides services across our water business line to help teams apply these strategic consulting services.

Our UMS team is geographically diverse, spanning many of HDR’s offices within the US with approximately 20 staff within the Region.

The South Central Regional UMS BCL will provide substantial support to assessing the Region’s marketplace and opportunities to grow HDR’s services through development and implementation of regional initiatives aligned with our UMS BC and Water Business Group initiatives. Specific initiatives to develop and implement within the Region include:

• One Water
• Value of Water
• Asset management
• Capital Planning
• Utility advisory services (e.g., strategic planning, workforce development, business process improvement)

The Regional UMS BCL will work with WBG leadership, area UMS BCLs, and market sectors to develop and implement tactical initiative plans. This position will implement One Water, UMS BC, and WBG strategies that are effective in gaining market share, and successfully interface with Regional/Area client development programs, our Strategic Pursuits program, and Regional/Area marketing managers/pursuit leaders. Specific business development activities include:

• Incorporate our corporate and Water business vision within the utility sector to become the industry leader.
• Serve as…