West Tunnel Practice Lead

Overview

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where every person is valued and respected. As part of our Water Business Group (WBG), you will shape how communities manage water for future generations. This key leadership role focuses on hydraulic tunnel engineering and leads the largest and most significant infrastructure projects in the Central and West Regions.

• Direct involvement and oversight on select projects to manage tunnel-related services.
• Advising on and reviewing alternatives analyses and feasibility studies related to tunnels.
• Risk Management and risk awareness of the WBG tunneling portfolio.
• Subconsultant vetting and working with teams for subconsultant risk management including required Quality Assurance activities and scope provisions.
• Assessment and enhancement of HDR’s capabilities regarding tunnel construction and trenchless technologies such as SEM and NATM.
• Collaboration with HDR’s WBG Tunnel Practice Lead and Geotechnical Cross Sector.
• Verify qualifications and training of field staff assigned to construction phase services related to tunnels.

• Cost Engineering support.
• Skills and bench-depth management for tunnel instrumentation, mechanical, civil, and mechanical consulting and design support for projects.
• Assessing terrestrial and marine construction capabilities.
• Numerical modeling to support tunnel projects including modeling of ground/structure interaction and underpinning of buildings and utilities.
• Technologies for coordination/production of design (calculations), design products, and contract documents.
• Site characterization and geotechnical evaluations.
• Construction Engineering support.
• Inspections and Condition Assessments.
• Resiliency, operations, and emergency response issues.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering.
• 10 years related experience.
• A minimum 5 years project management experience.
• Professional engineering license recognized by the licensing board for the location (PE or P.Eng).
• MS Office and MS Project experience (Access experience would be plus).
• Demonstrated leadership, business development and strategic planning skills.
• An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must.

• Master’s degree.
• Ability to communicate and coordinate work within an integrated multidisciplinary team.
• U.S. focused tunneling design and construction experience.
• Leading the design and construction of tunnels and underground facilities for major projects.
• Rock mechanics, soil mechanics, and geotechnical engineering experience.
• Wide variety of ground conditions and applications of various approaches and technologies such as SEM, NATM, SCL, EPBM, and cut-and-cover techniques.
• Track record of industry facing publication and presentation of technical papers and active participation in professional organizations.
• Ph.D. in engineering or related field (preferred).
• Previous experience managing staff, clients and contracts, and hiring staff for an engineering consulting firm is desired.
• Excellent marketing and business development skills and contacts/relationships in respective discipline.
• Experience in numerical analysis such as FLAC, UDEC, PHASES2, PLAXIS 2D & 3D, MIDAS GTS, MODFLOW, etc. is a plus.
• Ground-structure-interaction modelling (FEM or similar).
• Experience in large scale underground projects, urban tunneling, tunnel rehabilitation.
• Prior working experience in construction or working for a contractor.
• Robust interpersonal skills and professional demeanor appropriate for interacting with clients, other design professionals and colleagues.

• Comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, and employee assistance program.
• Paid time away, parental leave, paid holidays, and an employee referral bonus.
• Retirement savings plan with employer match and tuition reimbursement.
• Competitive compensation range $116,802 - $231,750 depending on skills and experience.

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, arrest and conviction records, and all protected classes.

United States, Wisconsin, Madison

Full-time

Regular

Pump Stations and Pipelines