Transportation Geotechnical Business Class Leader

Transportation Geotechnical Business Class Leader

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HDR is seeking a Geotechnical Business Class Lead for national engagement in deep foundation design and construction, as well as development of a cohesive south-east US geotechnical community of practice to align exceptional technical approaches with innovative, constructable solutions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Coordinate, monitor, and improve technical competencies of geotechnical business class staff in deep foundation design and construction to meet client needs and market drivers.
• Engage alternate delivery projects to provide deep foundation design and construction expertise, including project approach and resource reviews for optimal team arrangement.
• Select, train, mentor and manage geotechnical personnel.
• Promote the geotechnical practice and establish partnerships to advance innovative concepts and mitigate risks for the benefit of HDR and our clients.
• Contribute to HDR’s geotechnical practice and professional discipline groups, project teams, and activities to continually improve standards and best practices.
• Participate in geotechnical strategic planning and implementation.
• Confirm geotechnical work is planned, organized, controlled, and evaluated through proactive project management system.
• Drive to continually refine the process to increase technical competence, efficiency of design, and quality of product.
• Function as project manager or geotechnical task lead and take responsibility for production on projects.
• Develop marketing plans and proposals, as well as participate in interviews while representing HDR in front of clients and during coordination of pursuit related work.
• Work proactively and collaboratively with HDR geotechnical services director to align strategies and proactively drive the geotechnical community of practice.
• Facilitate national training programs by maintaining NHI certified instructor credential and engagement in DOT training deployment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Active, or ability to get within 6 months, PE registration in AL, FL, MS, SC, and TN.
• Proficient with geotechnical aspects deep foundation construction and construction claim mitigation.
• Master of Science or higher in Engineering (Geotechnical/Geologic engineering)/or equivalent level of experience.
• 15 or more years of progressive experience in advanced engineering projects leading geotechnical design efforts for public and private clients.
• Demonstrated ability to complete geotechnical investigations and analyses for foundations, embankments, slopes, excavation support and retaining structures for varied project types, including transportation clients.
• Sufficient knowledge in both rock and soil mechanics to fully understand the technical elements of each.
• Experience with geotechnical engineering software, and its use, to analyze static, dynamic, and seismic aspects of foundation design, including numerical modeling.

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.
• Experienced in development and management of diverse teams.
• Works cooperatively with other business class regional directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

HDR is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.